WHO and UNAIDS recommend Male Circumcision

From VOA Burmese Program http://www.voanews.com/burmese/2007-04-05-voa4.cfm

Health Experts Recommend Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention
Thar Nyunt Oo Washington 05 April 2007

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Kim Dickson, left, next to WHO's Jos Perriens, right, answers journalist's question about WHO and UNAIDS recommendations, 28 Mar 2007

For the first time, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS are recommending that male circumcision be used as part of a comprehensive package of prevention of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Both agencies say strong evidence from trials in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa provide compelling evidence that male circumcision reduces the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men by about 60 %.

Dr. Ye Mon Myint, DrPH student of Dept. of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University, discussed about how the male circumcision can prevent the HIV infection and whether it would be useful for Burmese society or not.