PrePex won the 2012 GBCHealth Business Action on Health Award for Technology in Health for their non-surgical adult male circumcision device. Here PrePex CEO Tzameret Fuerst sits down with GBCHealth to discuss how the company developed this device and what other companies can do to develop simple, scalable global health solutions. see more »
The Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies wants to pilot a new circumcision device in South Africa. It has already being successfully used in at least four African countries. see more »
South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal Legislature Hosted a Successful Youth Parliament in the Zululand District
Govt of SA, 2 July 2013
In celebrating the Youth Month, the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Legislature hosted its annual Youth Parliament at Pongola in the Zululand District at the Belgrade Community Hall. Speaker… Read more »
Uganda: Men, Here Are Your Circumcision Options
Observer, 2 July 2013
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently approved a circumcision device, Prepex, which should be of interest to men seeking to be circumcised. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Less Painful Circumcision Method On the Cards
Zimbabwe Standard, 30 June 2013
GOVERNMENT will soon introduce a less painful and blood-free circumcision method as it steps up efforts to circumcise three million males by 2015. Read more »
Africa: FACT SHEET: Global Health Investments and Partnership in Africa
White House, 30 June 2013
The United States is the world’s leading donor in global health. Read more »
Southern Africa: SADC Ministers Commit to Implementing Global Population Agenda
UNFPA, 28 June 2013
SADC ministers responsible for population and development planning have re-affirmed their commitment to the implementation of the global plan of action for population and… Read more »
Tanzania: Many Men Circumcised Voluntarily in Shinyanga
Daily News, 25 June 2013
MORE than 125,000 men in Shinyanga Region have received voluntary medical male circumcision services for HIV prevention. According to Intra Health International's Tanzania HIV… Read more »
Uganda: 5,000 to Receive Free Surgery
Independent (Kampala), 25 June 2013
In a drive to bring specialist health services nearer to the masses, the Association of Surgeons of Uganda has today received a donation of Shs5 million from Umeme Uganda Ltd as a… Read more »
South Africa's president Jacob Zuma has expressed his shock and outrage at the death of more than 25 young men during what was reported as initiation and circumcision rituals. Read more »
While circumcision has been found to reduce the risk of HIV transmission, some circumcised men are at risk of contracting and spreading the virus believing that it gives them the license to take part in multiple sexual liaisons. Read more »
A chorus of ululations pierces the dawn at Pius Nyaga's homestead in eastern Kenya, marking the end of a brief ritual near the family cowshed. Nyaga's son, Antony Mwiti, has just completed the rite of passage into manhood - the traditional way. Read more »
Although at first glance male circumcision may not be the most obvious entrée to get people talking about gender equality, activists in the Western Cape in South Africa are attempting to do just that. Read more »
A study conducted by the government on the prepex male circumcision device was presented recently at a conference on retriviruses and opportunistic infections in Boston, United States. The PrePex System is a new device and method for rapid male circumcision. Read more »
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