Circumcision — A Surgical Strategy for HIV Prevention in Africa

Abstract

Drs. Ingrid Katz and Alexi Wright report that, in a radical departure from earlier strategies, public health officials are now arguing that circumcision of men should be a key weapon in the fight against infection with HIV in Africa. Skeptics argue that efforts to “scale-up” circumcision programs on the continent that has the fewest physicians per capita may draw funds away from other necessary public health programs.