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| A volunteer undergoing the cut |
The WHO and government’s call for elders from
communities that don’t perform male circumcision to help curb the HIV/AIDS in
the country is a move in the direction.
Gains made by medical voluntary male
circumcision in Nyanza province to be replicated in major urban areas and other
communities like Turkana and Teso who don’t culturally cut their males will
help prevent spread of the deadly virus country wide.
The cut help reduce infection rate by about
60%, although being circumcised is not a panacea to fight HIV/AIDS this little
effort always go along way to having an AIDS free Africa.
The Nyanza program was a success as other
African countries like Swaziland are visiting Kenya to pilot studies to help
them back home.
Published on Monday, April 12 2010 by The
Star/Kenya
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