3,000 Malawian men cut off their foreskins: Less cervical cancer, reduces Aids risks

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2012-08-02 17:29

Article here. Excerpt:

'Malawian cancer expert at the country’s sole certified oncology unit at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QUECH) has asked authorities to consider exploring possibilities of using medical male circumcision as a measure of reducing cases of cervical cancer in women.

The country’s lone oncologist, Dr Leo Masamba told the Malawi News Agency (Mana) that though no research has been conducted locally, there are theoretical linkages between the HIV virus and the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which is one of the major causes of cervical cancer in women.

Dr Masamba’s sentiments come at a time when more men are willingly to go for certified medial male circumcision since its endorsement by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a means of reducing HIV infection in 2007.'

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I hope no man falls for this. No woman alive would sacrifice her foreskin to reduce a man's chance of getting a disease. Why should a man do a favour for someone who would never do the same for him?

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Submitted by xtrnl on Sun, 2012-08-05 05:43