HIV prevention done right
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
Local control is vital to the success of anti-AIDS efforts in other countries.This week, tens of thousands of delegates are meeting in Washington for the biennial International AIDS Conference, striving to advance an agenda for an AIDS-free generation. Achieving such an ambitious goal will require multiple strategies, but virtually all agree that male circumcision — which provides powerful protection against HIV infection as well as other health benefits for men and women — must be a core element. Yet although some prevention efforts in Africa have been successful, others have floundered.