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Medical circumcision reduces HIV risk for gay and bisexual men - but only for tops

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'Swimming amongst crocodiles': How HIV services are provided in conflict zones across Africa

Lindsay Mgbor/Department for International Development. Image for illustrative purposes only. Creative Commons licence.

HIV incidence starting to fall in the hardest hit communities in South Africa

High school students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. © 2000 Patrick Coleman, Courtesy of Photoshare. Image is for illustrative purposes only.

Systematic analysis suggests that circumcision helps protect MSM from infection with HIV

PEPFAR funded 15 million medical male circumcisions between 2007 and 2017

Table from the study showing increases in PEPFAR-supported VMMC procedures, 2007-2017.

Starting from here – what PrEP programmes can learn from circumcision

South Africa: women may have higher rates of HIV than men because fewer men are on treatment

New HIV infections halved after scale-up of HIV treatment and circumcision in Uganda's hardest-hit district

Medical male circumcision for HIV has benefits for women too

Carlos Toledo presenting at IAS 2017. Photo by Roger Pebody, aidsmap.com