Seen that? – Circumcision
Circumcision The Parenting Weblog
To circumcise or not? A lot of you may take it for granted since everyone else around you have their sons circumcised. However, if you live in a country (like Germany) where people look in horror at the mere thought of this minor operation, you would have to think twice. See, we will be living here longer than planned. So that means my son may have to go to school here. [...] Read More
Male Circumcision Significantly Lowers Risk of HIV Infection Straightfromthedoc
Even if circumcision is practiced because of health, cultural or religious reasons, still it is considered as the unkindest cut and an assault to the male sex. These days (and in the future) the protective effect of circumcision against HIV (found in research studies) will become the best reason that will change parental expectations and medical practice across the world. Removing the foreskin is thought to harden the glans (head) of the [...] Read More
male circumcision may protect women from HIV Straightfromthedoc
Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine suggests that male circumcision could protect women from HIV based on a large-scale study conducted in Uganda. They studied 300 Ugandan couples in which the man had HIV but the woman did not, and found women's risk of infection was 30 per cent lower if her partner was circumcised. The team presented its findings on February 8 at the 2006 Conference on Retroviruses and [...] Read More
January 15th, 2010 at 8:06 am
Circumcision is a dangerous distraction in the fight against AIDS. There are six African countries where men are *more* likely to be HIV+ if they’ve been circumcised: Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, and Swaziland. Eg in Malawi, the HIV rate is 13.2% among circumcised men, but only 9.5% among intact men. In Rwanda, the HIV rate is 3.5% among circumcised men, but only 2.1% among intact men. If circumcision really worked against AIDS, this just wouldn’t happen. We now have people calling circumcision a “vaccine” or “invisible condom”, and viewing circumcision as an alternative to condoms.
The one randomized controlled trial into male-to-female transmission showed a 54% higher rate in the group where the men had been circumcised btw.
ABC (Abstinence, Being faithful, Condoms) is the way forward. Promoting genital surgery will cost African lives, not save them.