Africa: Some Circumcised Men Shunning Condoms
Men who have undergone circumcision have been found to be more likely to abandon the use of condoms and engage in unsafe sex.
Medical male circumcision in progress.
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Zimbabwe:
Circumcised Men Indulge in Risky Sexual Behaviour
Zimbabwe Standard, 10 November 2013
SOME circumcised men are contracting HIV and Aids after ditching the use of condoms, under a misguided belief that male circumcision (MC) would prevent them from getting infected,… Read more »
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Kenya:
Male Cut 'Is No Right to Immorality'
The Star, 31 December 2013
Circumcision is not a licence to promiscuity, the youth have been advised. Read more »
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Zambia:
Challenges of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Times of Zambia, 25 January 2014
MY last week's article on the need for people that have been helped with herbal medicines for ailments such as HIV, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, etc, to be coming out in the… Read more »
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Zambia:
Defying Elders and Changing Tradition
IPS, 3 March 2014
David Mubita has long been known in the family as a fool for starting trouble. The latest was getting circumcised secretly and nearly cast out by Grandfather Ndumwa. But Mubita may… Read more »
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Africa:
Will African Men Line Up for Circumcision If There's No Doctor?
VOA, 4 December 2013
An Ambitious Campaign in 15 High risk countries in sub-Saharan Africa to foster an AIDS-free generation by circumcising 20 million men and boys by 2016 may depend on a new small… Read more »
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A method for developing antibodies with the ability to kill multiple strains of the HIV has been announced by South African scientists working with US researchers. Read more »