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United Press International - December 26, 2006
The research, published in PLoS Medicine, suggests that circumcision could reduce the cost of healthcare in South Africa and other sub-Saharan countries, mainly through savings on the cost of HIV treatment.
The researchers carried out a set of calculations and made other assumptions based on data from elsewhere. Their mathematical model was based on a hypothetical group of 1,000 men, all of whom would be circumcised. The researchers calculated that in such a hypothetical group the cost of providing male circumcision per HIV infection prevented would be around $180. Overall, this procedure seemed to be cost-saving when the cost of HIV treatment was considered; around $2.4 million would be saved for the 1,000 men circumcised, according to the study.
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