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A few months ago, King Goodwill Zwelithini launched a voluntary male circumcision programme as part of a strategy to reduce the spread of HIV in his kingdom of KwaZulu-Natal. The launch marked the end of a ban imposed 200 years ago by his ancestor, the mighty King Shaka Zulu, who felt that too many young men were unable to participate in war because they had septic wounds from circumcision. Today, male circumcision is being actively promoted across sub-Saharan Africa as part of national HIV prevention programmes.
In this issue, we examine the emerging link between the circumcised penis and reduced HIV infection risk. And in Your Shout, a Mambo reader gives his personal take on the question of whether African men in the UK should borrow a leaf from their counterparts in Africa, and seek the ‘cut’. In another section of the magazine, we look at tuberculosis (TB), a disease widely acknowledged as common among people who have HIV. With the latest figures showing a signifi cant rise in the number of cases in London, the need to educate high-risk communities about TB has become clear. In his article, Elias Phiri of TB Alert tells us about the connection between TB and HIV, and offers guidance on what can be done to reduce exposure to infection.
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