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Heritage, health and neonatal circumcision

By Melissa Meyer

Whilst the country has welcomed the introduction of medical male circumcision as part of the overall HIV prevention package, the health minister’s bid to perform the procedure on infants has been met with resistance.

Particularly, traditional leaders in the Eastern Cape have spoken out against the introduction of neonatal circumcision as part of a new hospital plan, The New Age reports. The article further reports that the Department of Health plans to circumcise 5.7 million baby boys in a bid to curb the spread of HIV and other STIs.

The Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders this week argued that “asking boys to go to hospital and perform a medical circumcision” is “wrong”.

Continue reading | 25 November 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: neonatal circumcision, the new age, traditional leaders

Successful ‘circumcision season’ marred by few deaths

By JournAIDS The New Age reports on the relative success of this year’s so-called 'circumcision season,' documenting both the good and the bad.
Continue reading | 8 August 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: bushbuckridge, circumcision season, culture and hiv, deaths, limpopo, the new age, traditional circumcision, traditional leaders