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The message from Bailey's quarter is clear: in countries where HIV is ravaging populations, circumcision of both newborns and adults should be added to the artillery of preventative measures. Earlier this year WHO and UNAIDS issued a comprehensive statement that saluted the discovery as "an important landmark in the history of HIV prevention". The March 2007 document calls for the scale up of male circumcision in certain countries and says that it should be considered as a part of a comprehensive HIV prevention package. Though the procedure is not proven to reduce either male to female or male to male transmission, scientists say that circumcision uptake could drive the epidemic "to a declining state". Reduced prevalence rates are projected within five to eight years of roll-out.
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The only medical justification for male circumcision is to correct a health problem or condition. There are no medical justifications for female circumcision. The only other justification for male or female circumcision is religious or cultural. Leaders of the vast majority of religions throughout the world condemn any form of female circumcision.
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DOCTORS are in disagreement over whether male circumcision should be encouraged as one way to prevent the spread of HIV in this country. Many doctors talked to by the Post-Courier gave differing views, following a paper presented by senior gynaecologist Professor Glen Mola at the medical symposium in Port Moresby yesterday.
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