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Effectiveness of and Financial Returns to Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in South Africa

Sunday, 8th of May 2016 Print

Effectiveness of and Financial Returns to Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in South Africa

 

Excerpt below; full text is at http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002012

 

“VMMC in South Africa is highly effective in reducing both HIV incidence and the financial costs of the HIV response. The return on investment is highest if males are circumcised between ages 20 and 25, but this return on investment declines steeply with age.”

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