Rwanda has an HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 3%. The decision comes after it was identified that the cost of circumcision was high thus preventing men from accessing the service thus slowing the government's target to lower the spread of the deadly virus.
According to a media report, by 2013, two million people will have undergone circumcision. The Newspaper quotes the Coordinator of the National Circumcision Program Dr. Jennifer Mbabazi as saying that 30 district hospitals have received medical toolkits that will be used in the circumcision exercise. Only Kigali based Muhima hospital has not yet received the toolkit. The Global Fund funds the program. However, some researchers in the global research arena have supported circumcision as good for preventing further HIV spread during sexual intercourse while others say it increases the chances of contracting the virus and other sexually transmitted infections.
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written by Mark Lyndon, November 13, 2011
(correction) *Rwandan* men are *more* likely to have HIV if they've been circumcised:
2.1% of intact Rwandan men have HIV
3.5% of circumcised Rwandan men have HIV
(figures from measuredhs dot com)
Other countries where circumcised men are *more* likely to be HIV+ are Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, and Swaziland. That's at least six 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?
2.1% of intact Rwandan men have HIV
3.5% of circumcised Rwandan men have HIV
(figures from measuredhs dot com)
Other countries where circumcised men are *more* likely to be HIV+ are Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, and Swaziland. That's at least six 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?
written by Hugh7, November 13, 2011
The HIV rate among non-circumcised Rwandan men is 2.1%, but among circumcised men it is 3.8%, according to USAID: http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/CR22/CR22.pdf
So how can circumcising men reduce their HIV rate?
(Rwanda is only one of 10 countries where more of the circumcised men have HIV out of 18 countries for which there are figures.)
So how can circumcising men reduce their HIV rate?
(Rwanda is only one of 10 countries where more of the circumcised men have HIV out of 18 countries for which there are figures.)
written by Tom Tobin, November 13, 2011
Free circumcision still costs too much.
Circumcision simply is not effective in fighting HIV. In the US, we have buried nearly a million people, mostly circumcised males, who died of AIDS.
Dr. David Tomlinson is chief expert to the World Health Organization on circumcision. He invented the "improved" Gomco, the "improved" Plastibell and the "improved" Accu-circ. Obviously, it is a conflict of interest for him to hold the position, when he stands to make money from each of these
circumcision clamps sold.
Medical personnel tell you that circumcision is close to risk free. A simple web search of "circumcision+wrongful death" will tell you otherwise. Search for "injuries linked to circumcision clamp" for some disturbing information from one of America's largest news outlets.
No one is saying that a circumcised man can have safe sex, without a condom. If you have to use a condom, there is no need for circumcision.
Condoms work. They protect both partners.
Circumcision simply is not effective in fighting HIV. In the US, we have buried nearly a million people, mostly circumcised males, who died of AIDS.
Dr. David Tomlinson is chief expert to the World Health Organization on circumcision. He invented the "improved" Gomco, the "improved" Plastibell and the "improved" Accu-circ. Obviously, it is a conflict of interest for him to hold the position, when he stands to make money from each of these
circumcision clamps sold.
Medical personnel tell you that circumcision is close to risk free. A simple web search of "circumcision+wrongful death" will tell you otherwise. Search for "injuries linked to circumcision clamp" for some disturbing information from one of America's largest news outlets.
No one is saying that a circumcised man can have safe sex, without a condom. If you have to use a condom, there is no need for circumcision.
Condoms work. They protect both partners.
written by Ron Low, November 14, 2011
No matter who pays, circumcision will cost:
- 20,000 pleasure-receptive nerve endings (more than in the glans, more than in the clitoris).
- 15 square inches (in the adult) of exquisite sexual interface.
- Natural protection from the drying and abrasive effects of clothing and air for the glans and adjacent mucosa.
- The unique "ridged band" of sexual nerves; rich in Meissner's Corpuscles.
- The preputial sphincter which keeps diaper contaminants from irritating the urinary meatus and causing stenosis.
- The intactness of the frenulum, the neurological homologue to the clitoris.
- The natural frictionless rolling/gliding mode of stimulation during manipulation and intimacy.
- Best chances for 100% condom use (Many cut guys are missing so much feeling they are loathe to detract further with a condom).
- 65 million years of mammalian evolution and refinement - every mammal on earth evolved a foreskin, before there was surgey or soap.
- Risk of unexpected outcome (see the images of common under-reported side-effects by Googling "circumcision damage").
- Possible follow-up medical care. (The cost of American circumcision revisions and related corrections and treatments matches the half-billion dollars spent every year in the procedure).
- Sense of normalcy - as 95% of the non-Muslim world does not circumcise. The US rate is about 50/50 and fewer than 25% of infants are cut in the 4 Western states.
With over a million babies cut in the US that makes it a $500 million industry. It is said that follow-up plus and revisions for those with unexpected complications is at least another $500 million, plus the maternity hospital stay is on average 0.25 days longer with an infant circ, so that's another $500 million.
Foreskin feels REALLY good. Leave him perfect, leave him intact.
- 20,000 pleasure-receptive nerve endings (more than in the glans, more than in the clitoris).
- 15 square inches (in the adult) of exquisite sexual interface.
- Natural protection from the drying and abrasive effects of clothing and air for the glans and adjacent mucosa.
- The unique "ridged band" of sexual nerves; rich in Meissner's Corpuscles.
- The preputial sphincter which keeps diaper contaminants from irritating the urinary meatus and causing stenosis.
- The intactness of the frenulum, the neurological homologue to the clitoris.
- The natural frictionless rolling/gliding mode of stimulation during manipulation and intimacy.
- Best chances for 100% condom use (Many cut guys are missing so much feeling they are loathe to detract further with a condom).
- 65 million years of mammalian evolution and refinement - every mammal on earth evolved a foreskin, before there was surgey or soap.
- Risk of unexpected outcome (see the images of common under-reported side-effects by Googling "circumcision damage").
- Possible follow-up medical care. (The cost of American circumcision revisions and related corrections and treatments matches the half-billion dollars spent every year in the procedure).
- Sense of normalcy - as 95% of the non-Muslim world does not circumcise. The US rate is about 50/50 and fewer than 25% of infants are cut in the 4 Western states.
With over a million babies cut in the US that makes it a $500 million industry. It is said that follow-up plus and revisions for those with unexpected complications is at least another $500 million, plus the maternity hospital stay is on average 0.25 days longer with an infant circ, so that's another $500 million.
Foreskin feels REALLY good. Leave him perfect, leave him intact.
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2.1% of intact Swazi men have HIV
3.5% of circumcised Swazi men have HIV
(figures from measuredhs dot com)
Other countries where circumcised men are *more* likely to be HIV+ are Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, and Swaziland. That's at least six 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?