Lessing the spread of HIV/AIDS is a highly politicised project full of contradictions and
complex issues of identity and responsibility. Male circumcision has recently been
championed as a key prevention strategy in attempts to subvert HIV spread. Discuss how
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importance of medicalised interventions and what other approaches become excluded.
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