MSI Zambia Raising awareness on World AIDS Day
Lusaka, Zambia - Today on World AIDS Day (1 December), MSI Zambia team members were out in force promoting HIV / AIDS awareness in Lusaka's largest mall, Manda Hill. Any clients referred from the promotion today to MSI Zambia will be offered a free HIV test.
Working together with another local non government organisation, Kara Counselling, the theme of the awareness promotion is Protect Yourself – Circumcize, Condomize.
Although using a condom is a well known way of preventing the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, a less well known way of preventing the infection from spreading is male circumcision. Recent studies have shown that being circumcised can lead to around a 60% reduction in the risk of acquiring HIV infection.