Current Evnt on HIV/AIDS

: Current Event on HIV /AIDS

p Specifications : 3 pages , 1 Source , MLA style

: language 1 .CURRENT EVENT WRITTEN SYNOPSIS Select an article that discusses any HIV /AIDS related story published within the last 90 days . It can come from any reputable news magazine or journal e .g . New York Times , Los Angeles Times , News Week Time Magazine , Atlantic Monthly , or any peer reviewed scientific journal such as the New England Journal of Medicine or AIDS Write a synopsis and commentary on the article . Minimum 2-3 pages typewritten 1 ? spaced , no more than

12 pt font , Times New Roman Turn in your written synopsis of the article with one copy of the article . This must be original writing , not plagiarized , not all quotes Use your own words

Writing will be evaluated based on the content and the format . Use correct spelling , grammar and format I NEED A COPY OF THE ARTICULE THANKS

The article that I have chosen is : - WHO advocates circumcision to curb new HIV cases - The practice would best serve males in sub-Saharan Africa , researchers say ' By Jia-Rui Chong (Times Staff Writer , Dated March 29 , 2007 (Quoted

The article speaks of one of the latest finding related to HIV /AIDS involving male circumcision . The WHO recommends it as a one of its main strategies to help prevent HIV /AIDS spread in Africa . The WHO claims that this new finding and execution of it as a strategy in preventing the spread of HIV /AIDS during sexual intercourse in men could save millions of lives in Africa . Male circumcision is widely being performed in the Northern African regions , and is less frequently performed in the Southern and the Eastern African regions . The WHO feels that the if it was more widely performed , it could help to prevent in the transmission of HIV /AIDS and save millions of lives . The Director of the WHO 's HIV /AIDS Department Kevin De Cock , feels this could be utilized as an additional intervention in countries where the prevalence of HIV /IDS was high and where circumcision was appropriate This could effectively reduce the risk of transmission of HIV /AIDS in heterosexual men . In many parts of Africa , male circumcision is performed to lower extents nowadays , and if these were increased , it would help in reducing the transmission of HIV /AIDS . Initially , when HIV /AIDS was began to spread in Africa , it was observed that men who had undergone circumcision had less frequently transmitted or developed the infection , than those who were not circumcised (BBC-Health . 2007 However , these earlier observations were unconfirmed , and only through recent trials have they been established

The risk of HIV /AIDS spread reducing after conducting male circumcision is well-documented . According to the CDC , the foreskin present on the penis is less keratinized and a greater number of Langerhans cells are present (specific cells that are targeted by the HIV virus . During sexual intercourse , the foreskin is at a greater risk of undergoing damage , and so the risk...