Circumcision will not be infected with HIV?

A recently published study suggested that male circumcision could significantly reduce the proportion of people infected with HIV, especially in areas with a high population density such as Africa.

This study concludes that if the method is applied in the next 20 years, it could reduce up to 6 million people infected with HIV and 3 million people die of AIDS in Africa.

Circumcision method (Photo: VTV)

Circumcision will help reduce the risk of infection among men who are sexually promiscuous.

A group of scientists around the world have used data on the prevalence of HIV infection, and the prevalence of circumcision in Africa, thus predicting the possibility of interactions between the two.

Using mathematical simulations, the researchers assume that if in 10 years all men in Africa are circumcised. They calculated that within those 10 years, about 2 million people would avoid the risk of HIV infection, and 300,000 deaths were also saved. And 10 years from now, the future of 2.7 million people who die from a century disease will be a non-existent figure.

Professor Catherine Hankins
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However, Catherine Hankins - Head of the United Nations Program Scientific Advisory Committee on HIV / Aids, co-authored in this study, said: "Safety, acceptability and cost of circumcision Men's heads will be important factors, besides simulating experiments for the impact of this method, because if you do not change your perception, you will never see the effect of it".

At the same time, she also added that in different parts of Africa, the study also showed mixed results: In the west and central Africa, the rate of circumcision in men higher, and lower HIV prevalence. This is the opposite in southeastern Africa.

Deborah Jack - the highest rights holder in the National AIDS Trust: This study is encouraging the number of people voluntarily circumcised, and it plays an important role in reducing the rate of people at risk. HIV / AIDS infection. However, circumcision can still be infected with HIV, and advocacy campaigns are still necessary, not to tell the public what use can avoid HIV infection, but to give them an idea. be aware of caution with your own health and life.