The exact method that's now cured two men of HIV infection is not one that's going to be widely available to the nearly 38 million people worldwide living with the virus, but the news has rekindled hopes of finally winning the war against the virus.
Doctors need to be having more frank and open conversations with their male teenage patients about sexual health and HIV testing.
Over the last decade there have been significant decreases in the rates of new HIV infections, HIV-related deaths, and mother-to-child transmission in South Africa. Yet, there are still staggering gaps between different subsets of the population.
Difficult to understand communication and the somewhat overstated benefits of male circumcision may lead to increased risky sexual behaviour.