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    David Wilton is a lawyer by training. He has a long-standing interest in issues of body integrity and HIV/AIDS. He maintains this site and blogs from San Francisco, California. His primary interests outside of nurturing a debate on the controversial measure of removing sexual tissue to reduce the spread of HIV are in the areas of international relations, languages, and journalism.
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Thursday, May 01, 2008

Report: Global warming set to fan the HIV fire

My conclusion is of course a bit different than Professor Cooper's in the story linked below. Climate change towards a warmer environment dictates that we move away from coercive practices such as male circumcision rather than towards them. Circumcision soaks up resources and introduces conflict where cooperation and careful deployment of aid are called for. In fact, resources devoted carelessly rather than carefully to HIV prevention activities could potentially put more people at risk from dangers other than HIV, such as avian flu and related epidemics that are not preventable by condoms and common sense.

Link: Global warming set to fan the HIV fire - Breaking News - National - Breaking News.

Posted by David at 07:00 AM in Health Policy Economics |

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"He said it was important to strengthen preventative measures proven to work, like condoms and circumcision..." Good grief! "Proven to work" now? How can he even mention them in the same breath? And not even mention abstinence or monogamy? I suppose we should be grateful he puts condoms first.

Posted by: Hugh Young | Sunday, May 04, 2008 at 09:50 PM

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    One of the most thorough reviews anywhere of circumcision and the history behind the HIV prevention community's study of it. The science behind this prophylactic tool is much more equivocal than the most recent researchers would have you believe. New Zealand based.
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    From the Circumcision Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts. This human rights organization has published such books as Questioning Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective and Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma. Sitting on its board are a number of individuals affiliated with Harvard and other Ivy League institutions.
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