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A snip in time

Israel isn't just repairing hearts of foreign children. Israeli surgeons have been going to Swaziland to help fight disease. The Washington Post reported Israeli Surgeons Helping Swaziland in Drive to Curb HIV. When I read that, I wondered how do surgeon fight HIV? When I read the article the answer became clear.

Beyond a wooden door a few feet away, two Israeli doctors donned blue hospital scrubs adorned with faded Hebrew script. Stepping into a modest room where only a dangling sheet separated the operating tables, they prepared to perform the world's oldest surgery.

So began Day 10 of an uncommon experiment in international assistance. Small teams of Israeli surgeons have begun circumcising Swazi men, deploying an ancient ritual in hopes of curbing the terrible modern malady of AIDS.

Yes, I suppose that Israelis would have a special expertise in that.

Crossposted on Yourish.

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