Title:
Male circumcision for HIV prevention : lessons from Kenya’s experience
Authors:
Shears, K.
Year:
2009
Serial number:
3
Journal:
Exchange on HIV/AIDS, sexuality and gender
Pages:
5
-
7
ISSN:
[1871-7551]
Language:
eng
Subject:
Health and Nutrition
Keywords:
HIV and AIDS
,
health services
Abstract:
The Government of Kenya has launched an initiative to improve access to safe and voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention. More than 80 per cent of men in Kenya are already circumcised, but in some provinces circumcision rates are much lower. The government aims to increase access to MC as part of an effort to halve levels of HIV in the country by 2012. The VMMC programme was established after three landmark studies conducted in Kenya, South Africa and Uganda showed that circumcision reduced a man’s chances of acquiring HIV infection by more than half.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
Country:
Kenya
Region:
East Asia
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2009 KIT
Document type:
E-article
File:
146681.pdf