Bugiri/ Kamuli — A total of 2,450 men have been circumcised in Bugiri District since the government Safe Male Circumcision programme started early this year as a measure to address the spread of HIV/Aids.
The District Health Officer, Dr Stephen Kirya, disclosed the figure during celebrations to mark the World Aids Day at Ndifakulya Primary School last week. The majority of those circumcised are youths between 20 to 30 years, he added.
Dr Kirya said medical personnel anticipate more people will come for the exercise during this holiday season. He attributed the massive turn-up to increased sensitisation by health officials about the benefits of the programme, adding that all newborn baby boys in government hospitals in the district are to be circumcised.
Meanwhile, in Kamuli 60 men were circumcised at Kakindu, bringing to 512 the number of circumcisions in the district this month. The project coordinator, Mr George Luyiro, promised outreaches and advised those circumcised not to be excited into reckless sex.
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Here's a bit of information from the opposing view: http://www.circumcisionandhiv.com/2010/05/royal-dutch-medical-association-i ssues-statement-on-male-circumcision-of-infants-and-children-aap-no.html http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/26/health/la-he-circumcision-20110926 http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7526 &Itemid=131 http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/atlanta-lawyer-wins-11-573890.html http://www.nbrlawfirm.com/Medical-Malpractice/Blogs/toddler-dies-after-circ umcision-at-manhattan-hospital http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102282676.html http://www.quackdown.info/article/tara-klamp-story-update/ Condoms work. They protect both partners. You don't have to lose half the skin, and 60% of the nerves, of your genitals for life, to use them.
Many professionals have criticized the studies claiming that circumcision reduces HIV transmission. They have various flaws. Authorities that cite the studies have other agendas. Circumcision causes physical, sexual, and psychological harm. Other methods to prevent HIV transmission (e.g., condoms and sterilizing medical instruments) are much more effective, much cheaper, and much less invasive. Please see http://www.circumcision.org/hiv.htm for more information.
"all newborn baby boys in government hospitals in the district are to be circumcised."
WHAT? WHY? Can the parents refuse? Babies don't have sex. Even if the claims about circumcision were true, it will be 15 years or more before they are at risk of HIV, and we might have a vaccine by then, or they might prefer to protect themselves by other means. Even the WHO has only ever recommended VOLUNTARY ADULT circumcision. This is a monstrous invasion of their (and their parents'?) human rights.
One word in this article is spot-on: "mad". It seems the fear of AIDS and the promise of magical protection is turning some people's minds.
The question is, did these men actually line up for the circumcision "to prevent AIDS?" Or were they Muslim or tribes people cashing in on a free circumcision?
Sorry, but circumcision doesn't prevent HIV transmission. Uganda should be a testament to this. Why publish a piece on the "mad rush?" Could it be there ISN'T one and circumcision advocates don't know how else to try and create buzz for their dying programs? Suffer long, circumcisers...
"Safe" Male Circumcision? Safe for whom?
In 2009 WHO researchers Wawer/Gray reported that circumcising Ugandan men made them 50% MORE likely to infect their female partners with deadly HIV.
This grave threat to women must be addressed before proceeding with mass circumcisions.
Most of the US men who have died of AIDS were circumcised at birth. The US has three times the HIV incidence seen in Europe where circumcision is rare.
Clearly circumcision is not neccesary or sufficient to thwart AIDS. Infants don't have sex. He can decide at a rational age whether to sacrifice his pleasure and raise her risk for this phantom protection.
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