Rwanda: Plan to Circumcise Two Million Using New Devise Complete

16 January 2012

The government plans to circumcise two million men in the next two years in an ambitious mass program that aims to reduce HIV transmission rate by 50 percent.

This follows successful trials of a non-surgical method of male circumcision called Prepex which experts say is easy to use and appropriate for the rural settings. Male circumcision has traditionally been performed surgically.

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