Community reacts to medical male circumcision Living with AIDS # 485
The community of Soweto, the sprawling township to the south of Johannesburg, has welcomed the rollout of medical male circumcision in the area.
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Rolling out medical male circumcision in Gauteng Living with AIDS # 484
As part of the country's effort to roll out medical male circumcision in a bid to reduce HIV infection among men, the Gauteng Health Department has set itself a target to circumcise about 125 000 men by March next year.
Circumcision proves yet again that it can reduce HIV Living with AIDS # 483
Medical male circumcision has helped reduce HIV acquisition among men in the Orange Farm area, south of Johannesburg, by about 76% since the rollout of the intervention three years ago.
Circumcision demand shoots up Living with AIDS # 479
The winter months are normally associated with the traditional circumcision season in South Africa. Thus, it is not entirely surprising that clinics that offer medical male circumcision are also experiencing a surge in the number of boys who want to be circumcised this winter.
The state of medical male circumcision
Over 100 000 South African young men were circumcised in the last financial year in the government's programme to integrate medical male circumcision into the country's HIV prevention strategy.
Medical vs traditional male circumcision debate rages Living with AIDS # 466
The Health Department's drive to circumcise as many men as possible to reduce their risk of contracting HIV has ignited fierce debate among young men.
TAC tackles the Tara Klamp
The Treatment Action Campaign has published a four part series on what they call 'a massive unethical medical intervention' in Kwazulu-Natal.
Secrets and Lies
For years South Africans battled to learn their sexual alphabet- A abstain, B be faithful and C condomise. Sexual behaviour has proved stubbornly resistant to change. The majority of people still do not understand that regular unprotected sex with more than one partner increases the risk of infection dramatically.
Moulding men you can count on Living with AIDS # 442
Research shows that men are the main drivers of the HIV epidemic. Men transmit HIV to women, who, in turn, can infect their babies if they fall pregnant. But this can be prevented if men become a part of the woman's pregnancy.
Controversial plastic clamp used to circumcise men
KwaZulu-Natal's health department is using a plastic device in its mass male circumcision drive that speeds up the procedure but has significant side-effects in adult men.
SA approves the snip Living with AIDS # 428
Medical male circumcision now forms part of government's policy to reduce new HIV infections. 'By 2011, medical male circumcision must be practiced all over South Africa', Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced recently when he detailed new protocols for TB and AIDS treatment which came into effect on April 1.
What’s behind the cut? Living with AIDS # 421
In the last 'Living with AIDS' feature we heard how young men in Orange Farm, situated in the south of Johannesburg, are taking to medical circumcision in their hundreds. This week, we hear the reasons fuelling their enthusiasm.
Lining up for the cut Living with AIDS # 420
Young men in Orange Farm, a sprawling township south of Johannesburg, are lining up for medical circumcision in large numbers ahead of government moves to add the intervention to its HIV prevention basket. Khopotso Bodibe witnessed a young man's procedure and spoke to him afterwards.
Zulu king lauded for medical male circumcision move
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has welcomed King Goodwill Zwelithini's announcement this weekend that he supports medical male circumcision and will encourage his followers to undergo the procedure which could prevent up to 60% of men acquiring HIV.