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Category : Male circumcision
Study Shows Older Men Prefer ‘Cut’ At Night The People, Pg 13
Saturday, 03 Sep 2011

The Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) newsletter indicates that men mostly from fishing communities, who have no time during the day, prefer to undergo the cut during the night. However studies have showed that older men prefer night circumcision when they are not likely to be seen by pe

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Residents Earn Sh100 for Getting Circumcised The Standard, Pg. 20
Monday, 29 Aug 2011

National AIDS and STI Control Programme (Nasop) has changed strategy to using monetary incentives to entice more men in Turkana County to undergo medical male circumcision in local health facilities after the number of people getting circumcised dwindled. Director of Nascop says the incentive wil

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270,000 Take Part in Voluntary Male Circumcision The People, Pg. 2
Monday, 22 Aug 2011

Nyanza provincial task force on male circumcision reveals that more than 270,000 men have been circumcised in Nyanza province since November 2008. According to Nyanza director of public health and sanitation Nyanza has led the way in conducting a clinical trial of male circumcision for HIV preven

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New Evidence Backs Circumcision Boost to Sex Daily Nation, Pg. 23
Thursday, 21 Jul 2011

According to a study presented at a four day conference in Rome on scientific and medical aspects of the world’s HIV/AIDS pandemic, male circumcision apart from preventing HIV infection also boosts men’s sexual pleasure.

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290,000 Men Have Benefitted From Voluntary Male ‘Cut’ Drive in Nyanza Kenya Today, Pg. 3
Monday, 18 Jul 2011

Nyanza provincial Director of  Public Health and Sanitation says over 290,000 males have been circumcised in Luo Nyanza since the inception of government’s voluntary medical male circumcision, however adding that the figure is still below the 480,000 beneficiaries of the programme that

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Rush for the Cut among Boys in Mumias The Star, Pg. 26
Tuesday, 05 Jul 2011

Luo men living in Bungasi location of Mumias district have a sigh of relief thanks to the Kenya male circumcision strategic plan that originated from South Africa. Walter Obiero, the clinical manager of Nyanza reproductive health society notes that the exercise targets young people aged between 1

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Study Reveals Why Some Men Fear the ‘Cut’ The Standard, Pg. 24
Thursday, 07 Jul 2011

Findings of a study carried out by the University Illinois, Nyanza Reproductive Health Society and the University of Nairobi shows that wrong information has led to a decline in acceptance rates as most of those who were interviewed say its disadvantages outweigh its advantages.

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Myths Keeping Men off the Cut The Star, Pg. 26
Tuesday, 05 Jul 2011

Findings of a study carried out by the University Illinois, Nyanza Reproductive Health Society and the University of Nairobi shows that wrong information has led to a decline in acceptance rates as most of those who were interviewed say its disadvantages outweigh its advantages.

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