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LONDON — The most powerful force against AIDS in Africa may be circumcision, but the procedure is a challenge where there are too few medical workers and a reluctance by men for cultural reasons and fear of pain.
Now there may be a new weapon in the arsenal — a ring-shaped device that is mostly painless and requires less time for health workers.
The Chinese-developed device, the ShangRing, has been tested in a small study in Kenya and a larger test is set for later this year. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will invest about $4 million into studying the adult circumcision device.
