Namibia: Kwaito Artist The Dogg Gets Circumcised
[Namibian] KWAITO artist and the voluntary male circumcision campaigner, The Dogg, was circumcised yesterday at the Oshakati State Hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 23, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Over 5000 Get Free Medical Services At AMDA Medical Camp
[Monitor] Bushenyi -The Archdiocese of Mbarara Development Association (AMDA) held its second annual medical camp at Kitabi Parish, in Bushenyi on September 10, which saw about 5000 people coming for free medical services ranging from dental, optical, HIV testing and counselling, cervical cancer screening, antenatal and circumcision among others. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - September 22, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Infant circumcision can be safely performed in rural Africa
(Wiley) A new study indicates that early infant circumcision, which helps to prevent HIV transmission later in life, can be safely performed in rural Uganda. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kenya: Elders' Backing Heralds Hope for War On Female Genital Mutilation
[Nation] Last month, cultural elders in Lenkisem, Loitoktok, Kajiado County, blessed 363 girls who chose to forego traditional female circumcision as a rite of initiation into womanhood. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 4, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Haufiku to Circumcise the Dogg in September
[New Era] Windhoek -Health minister Dr Bernard Haufiku will be back in the theatre on September 19 to circumcise star musician The Dogg - who is ambassador of the ongoing Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) program. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 30, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Circumcision Ceremony Becomes a Tourist Attraction
[Deutsche Welle] In Eastern Uganda and parts of Western Kenya, circumcising teenage boys is a practice carried out every two years and is performed as a sign of the community's unity. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Boy, 4, Needs Help to Pass Urine
[Observer] Little Philip Zinnah Jr., 4, of Congotown in Monrovia needs help from an urologist (doctor who treats disorders of the urinary tract) as a result of a botched circumcision. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 18, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Female Circumcision Practice Declines in Osun
[Daily Trust] Osogbo -The practice of female circumcision has declined drastically in Osun State as advocates of eradication of female genital mutilation continued to intensify efforts to ensure the total abolition of the practice. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 9, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Circumcision is unethical and unlawful - Svoboda JS, Adler PW, Van Howe RS.
The foreskin is a complex structure that protects and moisturizes the head of the penis, and, being the most densely innervated and sensitive portion of the penis, is essential to providing the complete sexual response. Circumcision-the removal of this str... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
This Is How Long Sex Usually Lasts
We're not saying you've peeked through the blinds to see your neighbors doing the deed, but chances are you've wondered how your stamina stacks up against everyone else. So yes, we're basically asking: Are you the tortoise or the hare? Due to the private nature of sex, it's a hard question to answer. Lucky for you, a group of scientists armed with condoms and calculators set out for scientific solution. They asked 500 heterosexual couples from five different countries to use a stopwatch to time sex, from insertion of the penis into the vagina to male orgasm, over a four-week period. (We realize this is a very specific, ma...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Male circumcision and HIV antiretroviral drugs 'significantly reduce new infections'
Increasing numbers of men undergoing circumcision and a rise in the number of women taking antiretroviral therapy were linked with a fall in infections, Johns Hopkins experts noted. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Do More to Fight HIV in Africa: Study
Male circumcision, broader use of preventive drugs could help control epidemic, researchers say
Source: HealthDay
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - July 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Male circumcision, HIV treatment can significantly reduce new infections in African men
Increasing the number of men who undergo circumcision and increasing the rates at which women with HIV are given antiretroviral therapy were associated with significant declines in the number of new male HIV infections in rural Ugandan communities, new research has shown. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 12, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Do More to Fight HIV in Africa: Study
TUESDAY, July 12, 2016 -- New HIV infections in African men could be prevented by increasing male circumcision rates and providing more women with HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART), a new study finds.
Researchers said these strategies were linked to... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Tanzania: More Than 39,000 Men Circumcised in Rukwa Region
[Daily News] Mlele -About 39,939 young men have undergone circumcision in Rukwa Region after being educated on the importance of male cut in protecting them from contracting HIV infection. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - July 12, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
