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KISUMU (Xinhua) — Kenya’s Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) programme rolled out in 2009 has surpassed its target.
The National Aids and STI Control Programme (VMMC) Programme Manager Francis Ndwiga said they have surpassed the 940,000 target by about 100,000.
Male circumcision has been scientifically proven to reduce a man’s risk of contracting HIV by 60 per cent and follow-up studies have found that the effectiveness of male circumcision for HIV prevention is maintained for several years.
The Kenya National Aids Control & STI Programme (Nascop) is gearing towards the second phase of the project that is targeting a million people.
The programme is going to shift its focus to infant male circumcision that targets children between 0 to 60 days old. Another targeted group is men of between 14 to 45 years old.
Some of the counties that are being targeted in Kenya include Turkana, Marsabit, West Pokot and Coast.
KISUMU (Xinhua) — Kenya’s Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) programme rolled out in 2009 has surpassed its target.
The National Aids and STI Control Programme (VMMC) Programme Manager Francis Ndwiga said they have surpassed the 940,000 target by about 100,000.
Male circumcision has been scientifically proven to reduce a man’s risk of contracting HIV by 60 per cent and follow-up studies have found that the effectiveness of male circumcision for HIV prevention is maintained for several years.
The Kenya National Aids Control & STI Programme (Nascop) is gearing towards the second phase of the project that is targeting a million people.
The programme is going to shift its focus to infant male circumcision that targets children between 0 to 60 days old. Another targeted group is men of between 14 to 45 years old.
Some of the counties that are being targeted in Kenya include Turkana, Marsabit, West Pokot and Coast.
KISUMU (Xinhua) — Kenya’s Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) programme rolled out in 2009 has surpassed its target.
The National Aids and STI Control Programme (VMMC) Programme Manager Francis Ndwiga said they have surpassed the 940,000 target by about 100,000.
Male circumcision has been scientifically proven to reduce a man’s risk of contracting HIV by 60 per cent and follow-up studies have found that the effectiveness of male circumcision for HIV prevention is maintained for several years.
The Kenya National Aids Control & STI Programme (Nascop) is gearing towards the second phase of the project that is targeting a million people.
The programme is going to shift its focus to infant male circumcision that targets children between 0 to 60 days old. Another targeted group is men of between 14 to 45 years old.
Some of the counties that are being targeted in Kenya include Turkana, Marsabit, West Pokot and Coast.
