Government is looking to fast track the introduction of a non-surgical medical male circumcision device, PrePex, that officials believe will decrease the number of deaths and injuries caused by unsafe ...

GOVERNMENT will soon introduce a less painful and blood-free circumcision method as it steps up efforts to circumcise three million males by 2015. The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in ...

Vincent, a 25-year-old casual worker, is patiently waiting for his turn to ‘‘face the knife’’ at the Eastern Deanery Aids Relief Programme (Edarp) clinic in Baba Dogo, Nairobi. But the procedure will ...

The health department plans to have "formal talks" with traditional leaders about the possibility of introducing a new nonsurgical device to circumcision ceremonies, according to national HIV director ...

When 33-year-old Zimbabwean Michael Mheredzi heard about a fun day coming to his town, where he could also have the opportunity to be circumcised, he was intrigued. 'Mr Smart Fun Day' is a new ...

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How it works. The device is placed on the male genitals and it cuts off blood supply to the foreskin, making it fall off within a week. The Ministry of Health has endorsed the PrePex method of ...

MILLIONS of adult men are being urged to have circumcisions. So how does the procedure work, and just how painful is it? To get a little more scientific, a 2013 article from the Journal of Urology, ...

In an episode of “Sex and the City,” Charlotte’s newly-circumcised boyfriend gives the following assessment of the pain of adult circumcision: “On a scale of one to five, I’d give it a 72.” To get a ...

The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Community Health Intervention Research Project is already conducting pre-trials of the Prepex method in some parts of the ...