tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898942467148783895.post5658261525223753771..comments2014-08-18T15:51:45.304-07:00Comments on GlobeMed at Colorado College: GROW Internship: From Pre-Natal to ManhoodGROW Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09671720821139598960noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898942467148783895.post-73735154758955797372014-08-18T15:51:45.304-07:002014-08-18T15:51:45.304-07:00Was the eleven year old boy able to give informed ...Was the eleven year old boy able to give informed consent? Was he told about the irreversible nerve damage? Was he told about the functions of the prepuce? Was he told how common it is for men to regret getting circumcised?mahasamoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09284913567381683717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898942467148783895.post-71568608348876096342014-08-18T12:35:15.533-07:002014-08-18T12:35:15.533-07:00Would you say an 11-year-old girl was "brave&...Would you say an 11-year-old girl was "brave" for her response to female genital surgery, or would you question why it was happening?<br /><br />The sooner this outdated tradition dies out, the better. It makes no sense to be promoting male circumcision to prevent HIV.<br /><br />From a USAID report:<br />"There appears no clear pattern of association between male circumcision and HIV prevalence—in 8 of 18 countries with data, HIV prevalence is lower among circumcised men, while in the remaining 10 countries it is higher."<br /><br />It seems highly unrealistic to expect that there will be no risk compensation. The South African National Communication Survey on HIV/AIDS, 2009 found that 15% of adults across age groups "believe that circumcised men do not need to use condoms".<br /><br />It is unclear if circumcised men are more likely to infect women. The only ever randomized controlled trial into male-to-female transmission showed a 54% higher rate in the group where the men had been circumcised:<br /><br />ABC (Abstinence, Being faithful, and especially Condoms) is the way forward. Promoting genital surgery seems likely to cost African lives rather than save them.<br /><br />Europeans don't circumcise, South Americans don't circumcise, Australians and New Zealanders used to circumcise but stopped, and less than half of North Americans circumcise. Why should Africans circumcise?<br /><br />Recent news from Botswana:<br />"There is an upsurge of cases of people who got infected with HIV following circumcision."<br /><br />and from Zimbabwe:<br />"SOME circumcised men are contracting HIV and Aids after ditching the use of condoms, under a misguided belief that male circumcision (MC) would prevent them from getting infected"<br /><br />and from Kenya:<br />"Push for male circumcision in Nyanza fails to reduce infections"<br /><br />Google "ulwaluko" for horrific photos of what can go wrong with traditional circumcision btw.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756024795037275618noreply@blogger.com