December 13, 2006

• News Release: Adult Male Circumcision Significantly Reduces Risk of Acquiring HIV: Trials in Kenya and Uganda Stopped Early
• Q & A: NIAID-Sponsored Adult Male Circumcision Trials in Kenya and Uganda
• NIAID Media Telebriefing on Adult Male Circumcision Trials, December 13, 2006
• Transcript: Telebriefing: Update on NIAID-Sponsored Adult Male Circumcision Clinical Trials (PDF), (HTML)
• Audio: Telebriefing: Update on NIAID-Sponsored Adult Male Circumcision Clinical Trials (Audio), (PodCast Download)
• B-Roll: Clinical Trial of Circumcision to Prevent HIV, Rakai, Uganda, 12/13/2006 (TRT 3:30). To request a copy of this Betacam-SP B-roll, please contact the NIAID News and Public Information Branch at 301-402-1663 or e-mail niaidnews@niaid.nih.gov.
  

Resources and Links

Links to Federal Web Sites

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fact Sheet: Male Circumcision and Risk for HIV Transmission: Implications for the United States 

Links to Non-Federal Web Sites

• World Health Organization press statement: Statement on Kenyan and Ugandan Trial Findings Regarding Male Circumcision and HIV
• Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida: CIHR-Funded Research in Kenya: Interruption of 2 Trials on Circumcision Confirming an ANRS Trial
• University of Illinois at Chicago news release: Male Circumcision Reduces HIV Risk, Study Stopped Early
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research: CIHR-Funded Research in Kenya: Study Shows Circumcision Reduces Incidence of HIV
  

Media inquires can be directed to the NIAID News and Public Information Branch at 301-402-1663, niaidnews@niaid.nih.gov.

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