If you have ever thought that circumcision is reserved only for females in Africa, you are dead wrong. The authorities in Mozambique have ruled that about 100,000 men are to be circumcised in the country in a bid to help prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
The health authorities in the central province of Zambezia say their campaign will focus on districts of Ato-Molocue, Ile and Gurue, where circumcision is not a common practice.
This is the second phase of a project that kicked off last year with the circumcision of 84,000 men in the province.
Abdul Razak, a medical doctor and Governor of Zambezia – one of Mozambique’s most populated provinces backed the campaign. “What I want to underline is that male circumcision and other measures are used to prevent diseases, such as HIV/AIDS. They don’t cure the patient,” Razak said.
It used to be voluntary, but men are being encouraged to undergo the surgery because of the difference it makes in preventing HIV infection.
