DHS in the News

Body:

Muthoki Mumo
UPI (Kenya)

...Along the way, Kenyans even discovered an unexpected way to prevent transmission: circumcision. The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey showed that uncircumcised men are four times more likely to contract and spread HIV. Although the same report cautioned that there are other related factors, the U.S. Agency for International Development reported that by 2009, 90,000 men had been circumcised in a bid to prevent HIV transmission...

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/01/04/Kenya-Journeys-Towards-Universal-Access-of-HIVAIDS-Services/UPIU-12941728995277/

Abstract: Muthoki Mumo
UPI (Kenya)

...Along the way, Kenyans even discovered an unexpected way to prevent transmission: circumcision. The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey showed that uncircumcised men are four times more likely to contract and spread HIV. Although the same report cautioned that there are other related factors, the U.S. Agency for International Development reported that by 2009, 90,000 men had been circumcised in a bid to prevent HIV transmission...
URL to article: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/01/04/Kenya-Journeys-Towards-Universal-Access-of-HIVAIDS-Services/UPIU-12941728995277/