A total of 56 men have been circumcised at Iganga Islamic Medical Centre as part of the ongoing Safe Male Circumcision exercise.
Latif Yesse, the centre's administrator, said there had been a good response towards the free service, adding that several adolescents had embraced it.
Charles Kitaka, the lead surgeon at the centre, said research had shown that circumcised men are less prone to contracting HIV.
"We not only circumcise them but offer free screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to mainly the youth," Kitaka said on Friday.
He said they carry out circumcision in such a way that one is able to walk away after surgery with their undergarmets on.
"We give them pain killers. After three weeks, the man can have sex. If he does so before this period elapses, complications in the healing process can arise," Kitaka said.
Dr. David Muwanguzi, the district health officer, said circumcision improves men's hygiene as the foreskin where a lot of dirt collects is removed.
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Many professionals have criticized the studies claiming that circumcision reduces HIV transmission. They have various flaws. Even if they are valid, 60 circumcisions would be required to prevent one HIV transmission. Authorities that cite the studies have other agendas including political and financial. Research shows that circumcision causes physical, sexual, and psychological harm. This harm is ignored by circumcision advocates. Other methods to prevent HIV transmission (e.g., condoms and sterilizing medical instruments) are much more effective, much cheaper, and much less invasive.
Isn't it also odd that they fail to mention the problems that disconnecting thousands of nerves causes or what the loss of the mechanical function does?
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. The lips, nipples and fingertips have similar touch sense. To push this unnatural practice is wrong.