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Rwanda Testing Non-Surgical Circumcision Device In National Campaign
BBC News on Sunday looked at how Rwanda's national circumcision campaign, which began in December 2010 to help lower the incidence of HIV in the country, is testing a new "device called a PrePex, a three-piece mechanism consisting of two plastic rings and an elastic mechanism." The device "is clamped onto the penis without any need for sutures or anesthesia" to remove the foreskin.
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