News & events

News

29 August 2017

Wonder where SA’s medically circumcised men are? Now there’s a map for that

Bhekisisa.org

New technology is letting South Africa see its men in a new light – and could help keep them and their partners HIV negative.

Studies show that medical male circumcision (MMC) can reduce a man’s chances of contracting HIV through vaginal sex by about 60% — findings that prompted South Africa to commit to medically circumcising about 4.3-million men by 2016.

But only 2.4-million men had undergone the procedure by 2015, according to the latest national HIV plan.

A quarter of new HIV infections occur in young women in this age category, according to the  latest HIV household survey conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council in 2012.

To read the full article click here

Bhekisisa.org