Is Male Circumcision the Key to Stopping the AIDS Epidemic?

Monday, May 7, 2007
Speakers
Mark R. Dybul
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
Tom Frieden
Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Presider
Laurie Garrett
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations

Is Male Circumcision the Key to Stopping the AIDS Epidemic? By Sheri Fink, MD, Harvard School of Public Health

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