Prof John Idoko Scientists are getting close to ending the scourge of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) with the announcement that male circumcision and antiretroviral (ARV) drugs “significantly reduced new infections by over 90 per cent.” Encouraged by the findings, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is already planning to circumcise 80 per cent of men in the Sub-Saharan Africa to beat the disease. The findings, published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) revealed two prevention strategies – male circumcision and antiretroviral drugs – helped reduce new HIV infections in Uganda. Earlier studies had shown that circumcision reduces infection, by removing the foreskin – where there are a high number of HIV-target cells. Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Prof. John Idoko, reacting to the study, said: “ARV drugs are now recommended to be prescribe...
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