Circumcision 'no silver bullet'

Cape Town - Male circumcision should not be seen as a "silver bullet" in fighting HIV infection, University of Cape Town researchers said in a paper published in the latest issue of the SA Medical Journal.

The evidence for the preventive benefit of male circumcision was "rather modest", and did not warrant "heroic policies or practises", humanities student Alex Myers and co-author, public health professor Jonny Myers, said.

"The current zeal and naive enthusiasm for promoting circumcision as an Aids prevention tool show lack of regard for the limited degree of benefit likely," they said... NEWS24