QuoteThe prevalence of self-reported STIs did not differ significantly between circumcised and non-circumcised respondents in both survey rounds.
Verdammt, so ein Pech aber auch! ![]()
While we found no evidence of a protective association between male circumcision (scale-up) and self-reported STIs among adolescent boys and men (15-49 years), it cannot be entirely excluded that scaling-up VMMC programmes had a protective effect on the prevalence of specific STIs.
"It cannot be entirely excluded" - dünner geht ja wohl nicht mehr. ![]()
Und klar, im Zweifel gegen den zur Unrecht angeklagten, gegen die Vorhaut:
QuoteThe high and rising STI burden in this population, together with the relatively low male circumcision rates observed in some settings, call for a better integration of VMMC programmes...
Wie sagte Sander Gilman noch so treffend: "Die HIV-Infektion in Afrika ist in Wahrheit die Masturbation des 20. Jahrhunderts". Inzwischen schon des 21. Jahrhunderts seufz