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MEDAL

WINNER IN IFIA’s Best Invention Medal was granted to Mr. Shang

SVIIF 2018: Jianzhong for his invention of a device for non-sur-

gical male circumcision showcased in Silicon Valley
International Invention Festival (SVIIF) held from July
2nd to 4th 2018 in Santa Clara Convention Center.

Mr. Shang Jianzhong has managed to obtain finan-
cial support from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
which also became its global partner for preventing
HIV. The World Health Organization (WHO) is going
to use this technology in their global anti-AIDS pro-
gram, as well.

Trainings on the application of this device have been
successfully provided in African countries includ-
ing Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania as well as the
U.S.A, Canada, Britain, Australasia, Japan, the Middle
East, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong areas un-
der the patronage of Bill & Melinda Gates Founda-
tion and supervision of WHO.

During his speech at Stanford, Bill Gates said that sci-
entists and engineers need to focus on developing
products that help improve the lives of the world’s
poor even through the market directs people to
help the wealthiest.

He also cited research showing that the risk of ac-
quiring HIV goes down among men who are circum-
SUPPORTED BY cised, and described a newly developed plastic ring
to make the procedure easier and less expensive for
BILL & MELINDA teenagers and adults. “It is a fantastic development.
It’s just plastic, it’s very cheap” he said. It reduces

GATES the pain involved; it reduces the cost involved, very
straightforward.”
FOUNDATION

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