| " GENEVA -- Heterosexual men should be circumcised because of compelling evidence it reduces their chances of contracting HIV up to 60 percent, U.N. agencies said Wednesday." " But men should still use condoms and other protection against the virus, said the World Health Organization and UNAIDS, the U.N. agency that coordinates the fight against the AIDS virus." " ''We must be clear,'' said Catherine Hankins of UNAIDS. ''Male circumcision does not provide complete protection against HIV.''" " Besides condoms, men and women should use protections such as abstinence, delaying the start of sexual activity and reducing the number of sexual partners, she said." " Otherwise, they could develop a false sense of security and engage in high-risk behavior that could undermine the partial protection provided by male circumcision, the agencies said." " More study is needed to determine whether male circumcision will cut the transmission of HIV to women ... read the whole article |