Uganda: Push to cut off foreskins winning as Thyolo youth lead in voluntary circumcision

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2013-05-09 02:46

Article here. Excerpt:

HYOLO (Mana) -- Over 3,400 youths in Thyolo have been circumcised and many more are still dropping in for Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision (VMMC).

Thyolo District Youth Officer, Doreen Mbendera, told the Malawi News Agency (Mana) that many youths have the strongest motivation of HIV prevention and are also encouraged by their culture to circumcise.

“Already, Thyolo is a circumcision district and many youths were encouraged by the messages which are being transmitted. Being a vibrant group that is sexually active, they were motivated by the benefits.

“And in some cases, some males openly said they went for circumcision after being motivated by girls who refused to date them. I believe girls can also help in motivating boys if they understand what they can benefit like issues relating to minimized risk of cervical cancer,” said Mbendera.

Mbendera said girls who are sexually active seem to have a sense of security if their partners are circumcised.'

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As if getting teens to use condoms wasn't hard enough, now post-curcumcision, they'll feel so much "safer". Basically this is a blueprint for even more unprotected sex among the young ppl in that place, leading of course to even higher STD transmissions, incl. HIV. Read the comments on the story-- ppl see what kind of nutsery is happening here. It's almost like there was a Grand Plan to actually spread *more* diseases in a population already inundated with STDs. Ugh.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2013-05-09 15:51