Jerusalem – In an effort to battle the AIDS epidemic in Rwanda, Israeli company Circ MedTech has been approved by the UN and Rwandan government to use their PrePex device for the safe circumcision of 700,000 Rwandans.
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Shalom Life (http://bit.ly/18mux2c) reports that the PrePex, a breakthrough medical device, will allow doctors to perform circumcisions on a mass scale. The surgery would have no incisions, bleeding or anesthesia.
According to UNAIDS, 70 percent of all AIDS-related deaths in 2011 in the world happened in Africa. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that one way to reduce infection rates is through circumcision.
“The PrePex is made of two rings and a special rubber strap,” Tzameret Fuerst, founder and CEO of Circ MedTech says. “The rubber strap’s purpose is to cut circulation to the foreskin. So the foreskin decays and falls off within a week, then the device is removed and the procedure ends.”
The UN set a goal six years ago to circumcise 20 million Africans in 14 nations by 2015.
The goal is expected to decrease infection rates by 20 percent and save $16.6 billion in medical costs, but due to high costs of circumcisions and reluctance of patients, only 10 percent of the target goal has been achieved. PrePex is a low-cost medical tool, costing only $12 per piece, and using this tool in surgery can be performed by lower-level medical professionals.
The device was cleared by the FDA for marketing in the USA.
We don’t need high tech companies or fancy business to reduce the HIV infection spread. Just an ordinary zipper that is kept in the locked position!!
Reduce the incidence does not equal prevention.