Male circumcision for HIV prevention: what about protecting men's partners?
Male circumcision for HIV prevention: what about protecting men's partners?
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DOI:
10.1016/s0968-8080(08)32418-5
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发表时间:
2008-11-01
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Berer, Marge
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作者:
Berer, Marge
MALE circumcision for HIV prevention has been one of the “hot” topics at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City this year. I think that's great. Everywhere the subject has been raised, widely differing views have been expressed. It means we can confront all the issues openly in hopes of having a good effect on the practice, since male circumcision programmes are already being generously funded and moving full steam ahead to scale up male circumcision in as many countries as are keen to have it.My expertise is women's sexual and reproductive health and rights, including in relation to HIV. I was asked to put forward a gender perspective in this session. I'm not up here to condemn male circumcision. I understand the reasons why it is being promoted and sought after. But it is early days to know what it will contribute to reducing the HIV epidemic and we need to be mindful of comments such as these from a report by the UN news agency Irin in July 2008 1 regarding the very men who are intended to benefit from male circumcision: