The Ministry of Health (MoH) has expressed optimism that it will reach its target of circumcising 60,000 males across the country during the 30-day Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) campaign.
Malawian men are *more* likely to have HIV if they've been circumcised:
9.5% of intact Malawian men have HIV
13.2% of circumcised Malawian men have HIV
(figures from measuredhs dot com)
Other countries where circumcised men are *more* likely to be HIV+ include
Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Rwanda, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. That's at least
seven African countries where men are more likely to be HIV+ if they've
been circumcised, and yet they're promoting circumcision to prevent HIV.
What will it take to stop this madness?
Europeans don't circumcise, South Americans don't circumcise, Australians
and New Zealanders used to circumcise but stopped, most North Americans
don't circumcise. Why should Africans circumcise?
Malawi: Ministry of Health Upbeat On Meeting Circumcision Target
Malawi News Agency (Lilongwe), 1 August 2013
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has expressed optimism that it will reach its target of circumcising 60,000 males across the country during the 30-day Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) campaign.
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Go ahead allafrica, spread perverse propaganda. Why don't you write that in Malawi circed men have more HIV infection rates than uncut population.
Malawian men are *more* likely to have HIV if they've been circumcised:
9.5% of intact Malawian men have HIV 13.2% of circumcised Malawian men have HIV
(figures from measuredhs dot com)
Other countries where circumcised men are *more* likely to be HIV+ include Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Rwanda, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. That's at least seven African countries where men are more likely to be HIV+ if they've been circumcised, and yet they're promoting circumcision to prevent HIV. What will it take to stop this madness?
Europeans don't circumcise, South Americans don't circumcise, Australians and New Zealanders used to circumcise but stopped, most North Americans don't circumcise. Why should Africans circumcise?