a women not protected from hiv/aids by male circusision

circumstances f men living with HIV does not prevent transmission to their female partners, according to new research. The study in Uganda was stopped early after 18 percent of the women with newly-circumcised partners became infected with HIV, compared to 12 percent of women with uncircumcised partners.
The authors of the study, published in today’s Lancet, wrote:
“We were disappointed that the trial did not show protection from HIV infection in women as was expected from observational studies”.
The study suggests that the risk of HIV transmission from men to women in the six weeks after circumcision could be increased due to unhealed wounds from the procedure.
Circumcision has already been found to significantly reduce the risk of HIV from women to men, and is promoted as part of HIV prevention by the likes of UNAIDS and WHO.
Authors of the Ugandan study still support circumcision as a preventative measure for men, but emphasise the need to delay sexual intercourse until the wound has fully healed. Condoms, counselling and education should also be provided along with circumcision procedures. The study concludes that ultimately women will benefit from male circumcision initiatives as the chances that a male partner will have HIV will be reduced.