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The article focuses on the study concerning the penile HPV infection which found in young men in Kisumu, Kenya. The HPV infection was identified as the cause of invasive cervical cancer in women, and men was considered as important in the etiology of invasive cervical cancer. According to the study, a total of 98 young men HIV-seronegative, has participated the circumcising. The penile HPV prevalence was varied by anatomical site including the 50% in penile exfoliated cells from glans, coronal sulcus, and 43% in inner fore-skin tissue.

The article presents the study on how to prevent Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) which aimed to reduce HIV cases among young men in Kisumu, Kenya. The country's men aged 18 to 24 were interviewed for sociodemographic and behavioral risk to randomize trial of male circumcision. It is inferred that Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (NG) and Chlamydia Trachomatis (CT) were determined by polymerase chain reaction which attempt to Trichomas Vaginalis (TV) by culture. According to the study, among 2743 men in the country, 214 was infected with STI. The author implied that the significant risk for infection was due to opting dry sex, HSV-2 seropositivity, and inability to ejaculate during sex.

The article examines the sexual practices and risk factors for prevalent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among young men in Kisumu, Kenya. As part of the experimental design, lifetime sexual histories were collected from a sample of 1337 uncircumcised subjects within the randomized controlled trial of male circumcision to reduce HIV incidence. The results showed 65 men or 5% of the participants tested were positive for HIV. Meanwhile, the researchers concluded that the analysis confirmed the importance of established risk factors for HIV and identified practices that needed further investigation.