May 08, 2009
The country hopes to circumcise 460,000 men over the next five years, after a series of studies found that circumcised men were two to three times less likely to contract HIV, said Janet Mwambona, a public health specialist in charge of the project.
"For the public health benefits of the preventive effect of circumcision to be realised, the Ministry of Health is supposed to cover 80 percent of eligible males in Botswana," she said.
Government is running television and radio campaigns to encourage men to visit clinics for safe circumcision procedures.
"All primary and district hospitals are currently booking clients and performing the procedure," added Mwambona.
About 50 healthcare providers, including 27 doctors have undergone training on surgical circumcision.
The rapid spread of HIV and AIDS once threatened the survival of the approximately two million people of the land-locked southern African country, until the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in 2003.
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Posted by: Rabbi Tuckman at May 08, 2009 07:32 AM (zXUuJ)
Posted by: Alice H at May 08, 2009 08:21 AM (qJHYy)
So of the healthcare workers being trained in how to do this, only 27 are doctors? Quick show of hands -- How many of you would entrust your johnson to a pharmacy tech?
Divide that up amongst all of them and it comes out to 9,200 per trainee. Lindsay Lohan and Perez Hilton go through more cocks than that in a week.
Posted by: Go_Fish at May 08, 2009 09:59 AM (CTpRY)
Posted by: eddiebear at May 08, 2009 10:43 AM (wnU1W)
Any of you watching Krod Mandoon on Comedy Central? It's actually pretty funny.
What reminded me of it was the above comment, they have a bit about the pagan honey doing pagan rites (mmmmmm, pagan rites) and one of them is the racoon something or other.
When a girl has "seen the moon" 300 times (is 25), she has a festival where she does 300 men in a day.
They did miss the obvious joke, that it made Leonidas and his buddies very happy, but it's still pretty darn funny.
Posted by: Veeshir at May 08, 2009 10:52 AM (ThMnZ)
Correlation != Causation, people. Circumcision in Africa implies a level of wealth that correlates well with education. Genital mutilation isn't a fix for AIDS.
Posted by: leoncaruthers at May 08, 2009 11:51 AM (PH0UW)
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