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Circumcising Newborn Males Cost Effective Strategy For HIV Prevention, Rwandan Study Finds
Performing circumcisions on newborn boys to lower their risk for HIV infection later in life is more cost-effective than adolescent or adult circumcision, according to researchers at Rwanda's health ministry, Reuters reports. The findings, published in the journal PLoS Medicine, suggest that "the operation, which has been shown to cut dramatically the virus' transmission from women to men, is quicker, simpler and more cost-effective in newborns," the news service writes.
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