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TECNO
7 years ago

Everyone has a choice to be circumcised or not but there’s no clear reason for this type of programme because you can still contract the disease.

LUHA
7 years ago

Hot debate!

Boko
Boko
7 years ago

That male circumcision reduces the risk of contracting HIV by 60% is a BLUE LIE. To conduct research that would lead to such conclusion would require the following research design: 1. Take 2 groups of 10 men each. One group should be circumcised, the other (control) uncircumcised. 2. Let the 2 groups have unprotected sex with HIV-infected women. 3. Test the 2 groups for HIV after some time, e.g. 2 years. 4. The results should show that 6 out of the 10 circumcised men are HIV-negative, whereas the control group should have all its men become HIV-positive. Was such research… Read more »

Boko number 8 is an idiot
Boko number 8 is an idiot
7 years ago
Reply to  Boko

Boko, You are an idiot.

Ron Low
7 years ago

HIV is twice as prevalent in the mostly-circumcised USA as it is in non-cutting Europe. Clearly, having men give up the best part of their genitals in a risky procedure is not necessary or sufficient to thwart AIDS.

nanga
nanga
7 years ago

Kanyimbi, men should do the job during sex. Its ridiculous for Malawian and African men to demand that women should `perform` during sex. Mzungu bola amachengetera chikondi – amaphika, kuyang`anira ana, kukonza panyumba, foreplay so that when it comes to sex time mkazi sakhala otopa. We need to wait until our Malawi and African men become civilized and modernised for women to perform during sex otherwise its not fair. Amuna a ku Malawi and Africa kuzolowera – sadziwa reciprocal and dual enjoyable sex. By the way, do men carry pregnancy? Go into labour and push a baby out? No. So… Read more »

GilbertK
GilbertK
7 years ago

My comments on this campaign 1. In general, we do not remove healthy body parts without an urgent and specific medical reason. And even then, we normally are quite reluctant. For example, although many women may develop breast cancer, healthy breasts are rarely amputated as a precautionary measure. As any healthy uncircumcised man can confirm, the male foreskin is very sensitive and plays an important role in sexual acts. As such it has a biological function. It is a generally accepted principle that in the case of preventative medical interventions, such as the removal of a healthy body part, there… Read more »

Mark L
Mark L
7 years ago

Malawian men are *more* likely to have HIV if they’ve been circumcised:

7.9% of intact Malawian men have HIV
10.3% of circumcised Malwian men have HIV

(figures from MeasureDHS)

There are at least nine other African countries where men are *more* likely to be HIV+ if they’ve been circumcised. Why then is male circumcision being promoted to prevent HIV?

ABC (especially Condoms) is the way forward. Promoting genital surgery seems likely to cost African lives rather than save them.

adam cornish
adam cornish
7 years ago

It is a lie that circumcision prevents HIV. Nearly a million American men have died of AIDS, and almost all of them were circumcised.

Chisala, M. L.
Chisala, M. L.
7 years ago

You are lying to the general public about male circumcision having any positive beneficial effect! It has none! The health community must be ashamed to be propagating such lies without even bothering to read the abundant objective research out there clearly disputing every nonsense they put out! What happened to evidence-based health policies touted by the Ministry?!!!

Kanyimbi
Kanyimbi
7 years ago

This reverend is saying the truth, women from his region do not perform in bed (they just stay idle) while the man should do all the work (similar to how a cow, female goat or female dog do when mating) so for a man who has been circumcised, this will be a tough job. So as the ministry is trying to teach men to be circumcised, it should also help these women to know how to drive a circumcised penis. otherwise ………………………..

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