An unprecedented circumcision campaign covering 13 countries in East and Southern Africa is being unfolded in a bid to break the epidemic of AIDS that is wreaking havoc with the people and economies in the region.
From South Africa to Kenya, hospitals and tented clinics in the bush offering free circumcision are almost in danger of being overwhelmed by men, bringing with them boys and infants.
Kenya has performed 120,000 circumcisions. In Zimbabwe, the pilot phase of the campaign projected 2,000 volunteers, but got 2,800. In a small tent in the Makonde area north of Harare recently, three doctors circumcised 70 volunteers in three days. More...
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