Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) policy was launched in September 2010 to reduce the risk of HIV infection in men by 60 percent. However, advocates say women and leaders have stalled its success.
Marion Natukunda an advocate at the AIDS Information centre HIV prevention Research says much as there is little political will, women are also less involved in the policy. She said women should rally for SMC because it has an indirect prevention benefit to females.
She said by reducing the number of newly-infected HIV positive men, women will also benefit by mitigating risk of new HIV infections in women.
"Women should respect the 'no sex for six weeks' period for the circumcised men to heal although they have no say in the policy."
The policy targets circumcising at least 80 percent of adult males between 15 and 49 by 2015 but only 380,000 men have been circumcised since 2009 in Uganda. This is expected to avert 3.4 million new infections by 2025, cost US $ 1.5 billion and then save US$ 16.5 billion by 2015 in averted treatment costs.
A consortium of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) like UNAIDS and the US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) expect an average of 840,000 Ugandan men circumcised annually for the next five years , hence 4.2 millions circumcisions. The plan suggested circumcising 1.2million men in 2012 alone but it has not been achieved.
The Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development (HEPS-Uganda), Uganda Network of AIDS Service Organisations (UNASO), Health Rights Action Group (HAG) and Mama's Club released a report dubbed " Too little too slow" to advocate for the expedited and effective implementation of SMC in Uganda.
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There is no data that shows HIV, HPV or any STD change or any real benefit to cutting off parts of a baby boys penis in the US, EU JP....In Africa the same % of cut men and natural penis men have HIV. Real world population studies show that a man with a natural penis is at no higher risk of HIV and HPV.
The International Journal of Men's Health published results of a study that showed circumcised men are 4.5 times more likely to experience erectile dysfunction due to loss of sensitivity. In a further study, The British Journal of Urology International reports that circumcised men can experience up to a 75 percent reduction in sensitivity compared to men who are not circumcised.
The knowledge of the this WOUNDING affecting sexual pleasure and function goes back years so there is NO IF as to SEXUAL HARM, it is a matter of HOW BAD IS IT for any particular guy. Maimonides (the Torah scholar) noted that the act that circumcision weakens the faculty of sexual excitement and sometimes perhaps diminishes the pleasure is indubitable. Kellogg declared a ‘war on masturbation’ at the end of the 19th century and advocated circumcision to curb male sexual urges by removing the main male pleasure parts.
The parts of the penis that are cut off are some of the most highly innervated parts of the human. To push this unnatural practice is wrong.