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A delegation of Senegalese doctors arrived in Israel last week to learn special circumcision techniques they can take home to help fight AIDS in Africa.

This comes in light of recent medical studies, which revealed that circumcision surgeries reduce the chances of becoming infected with HIV by 65%.

The physicians spent a week in training at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem. The workshop is intended to establish a coordinated work method between Jewish and Muslim surgeons, and form a team that will be sent in the future to South and East Africa to assist in surgeries.

Israel has already sent three delegations to Swaziland to perform circumcision surgeries, as an experimental project and in a bid to assist the continent, where very few doctors are familiar with the technique.

Read the full story on Ynet News.

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