Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS; 2007), and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC; 2008) state that evidence indicates male
circumcision significantly reduces the risk of HIV acquisition by men
during penile-vaginal sex, but also state that circumcision only
provides partial protection and should be considered only in
conjunction with other proven prevention measures.
On May 10, 3:35 pm, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Philippine city holds 'circumcision party'
> May 7, 2011
> APhttp://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_665931...
>
> Reynaldo Reyes, 12, holds his shorts as he walks past a group of boys
> waiting for their turn during an 'Operation Circumcision' at a basketball
> court in Paranque city, metro Manila. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
> MANILA (Philippines) - HUNDREDS of boys in a Philippine
> city turned out on Saturday for a day-long 'circumcision party' to
> provide a safe, free procedure for a rite of passage that most local
> males undergo as preteens.
>
> Some boys cried in their mothers' arms while others bit their shirts to
> stifle sobs as doctors carried out the surgery on dozens of makeshift
> operating tables inside a sports stadium in Marikina city
> east of Manila. Outside, other boys lined up to await their turn.
>
> 'I'm a big boy now,' one boy who had just finished the surgery bragged.
> Officials said the event - touted in a press statement
> as a 'circumcision party' - aims to promote safe circumcision and to
> offer to poor residents free surgery that would otherwise cost at least $40
> (S$50) in private hospitals.
>
> As of mid-afternoon, nearly 1,500 boys aged 9 years and up had been
> circumcised while many were still waiting in line, city health
> officer Dr Alberto Herrera said. In the Philippines, pre-adolescent and
> adolescent boys traditionally are circumcised during summer school break
> from March to May. In rural areas, the surgery is sometimes performed by
> non-doctors using crude methods.
>
> The city also hopes to establish a world record for the number of people
> attending a mass circumcision.
>
> 'We applied for the Guinness Book of World Records and we are recording
> everything so we can send all the data to them and hopefully it will be
> recognised,' Vice-Mayor Jose Fabian Cadiz said.
> Marikina, the country's shoemaking capital, was recognised by Guinness in
> 2002 for creating what was then the world's biggest pair of shoes.
>
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