Voluntary adult male circumcision has emerged in the past decade as a “critical” tool to prevent HIV infection, according to a United Nation AIDS agency study.
The 139-page report said male circumcision offers a 60 percent reduction in HIV risk and the benefits are life-long. The number of people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, rose 27 percent, to 33 million, between 1999 and 2009, according to the report.
