Health summaries
NGO Targets 65,000 in Pokot for Male Cut
The Star, Pg. 14Tuesday, 07 Aug 2012
Impact Research and Development Organization, together with the National AIDS Control Programme is targeting to circumcise 65,000 men in North Pokot as part of the campaign to combat the spread of HIV.
Full StoryLet’s All Try Voluntary Medical Male Cut
Daily Nation, Pg. 13Friday, 03 Aug 2012
A wealth of data shows that countries with widespread male circumcision consistently have low HIV prevalence, however six years after UNAIDS and world health organization recommended that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC)
Full StoryTaking the Cut to the People
The Standard, My Health, Pg. 5Tuesday, 31 Jul 2012
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision programme was first rolled out in Nyanza and Western Kenya, and now stakeholders have come up with innovative ways of making sure the programme is successful by taking the service to the people
Full StoryMale Circumcision Scores Big in Nyanza as 360,000 Brave the Cut
The People, Pg. 45Tuesday, 24 Jul 2012
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision started in November 2008, now four years later, the programme that kicked off on a low key seems to have scored big, with the chairman of the Nyanza provincial taskforce on VMMC saying the regio
Full StoryCircumcision Programme Targets the Old
The People, Pg. 15Saturday, 14 Jul 2012
Nyanza Provincial Task Force on Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision and other partners say they are exploring new strategies to target older men who until recently considered the cut a taboo.
Full Story320,000 Men Undergo Voluntary Cut in Nyanza
The Standard, Pg. 22Tuesday, 10 Jul 2012
Nationally 395,500 men and boys have undergone the voluntary male medical circumcision, with Nyanza forming the bulk of this with 320,000. The government is targeting a total of 426,000 men aged between 15 and 49 in the first phas
Full StoryNew Boost for Male Circumcision
The Star, Pg. 7Tuesday, 03 Jul 2012
The campaign “ Africans telling the truth about male circumcision is launched in Kisumu with about 15 African countries joining the campaign to build support for voluntary male circumcision .
Full StoryNyanza Residents Warm up to Infant Male Circumcision
The Star, Pg. 15Monday, 02 Jul 2012
Research conducted by the University Of Illinois and the Nyanza Reproductive Health Society to assess the acceptability of infant male circumcision say that 92 per cent of parents interviewed agreed, with the taskforce getting a m
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