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2009-10
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has evaluated on the effects of male circumcision on the risk of contracting HIV.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has evaluated on the effects of male circumcision on the risk of contracting HIV.
Asked by
Nigel Evans
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Merron
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 December 2009
For answer on
7 December 2009
Answered on
7 December 2009
The Expert Advisory Group on AIDS, which provides the Department with expert scientific advice on HIV, keeps the evidence on the effect of male circumcision on prevention of HIV transmission under review.Male circumcision has been demonstrated to reduce heterosexual (female-to-male) transmission of HIV by around 60 per cent. in randomised controlled trials in Africa.
Subjects
Circumcision; HIV/AIDS
Date
7 December 2009
Reference
502 c158-9W; 304406
House
House of Commons