The widespread adoption of male circumcision throughout Africa could avert up to 5,7-million HIV infections by 2026. According to a scientific study published in Public Library of Science Medicine, male circumcision could avert two million new infections and 300 000 deaths over the next 10 years.
The move by the United States to sign free-trade agreements with the Andean countries of Peru, Colombia and Ecuador will harm thousands of small farmers, Oxfam has warned. The agreements will block access to affordable medicines and favour foreign investors, says Oxfam in a new report.
Uganda is among six African countries that have met the 2001 United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/Aids and reduced HIV prevalence among young people by 25%, according to the 2006 report on the global Aids epidemic by the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/Aids.