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Swaziland: U.S. Circumcision Funds Termed an Error

The New York Times - October 14, 2006
Sharon LaFraniere

The United States Agency for International Development mistakenly financed a program in Swaziland that promoted circumcision to prevent the spread of H.I.V., a spokesman said. The spokesman, David Snider, said the Family Life Association of Swaziland received about $150,000 in agency funds last year and circumcised 328 men. Financial support has not been renewed this year. He said the agency's policy is not to finance circumcisions until results are in from two major American-financed studies into whether male circumcision helps to prevent H.I.V. transmission. World Health Organization experts are also awaiting the results of those studies before deciding whether to recommend circumcision as a way to fight AIDS.


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