Recent events
Hot in the media:
Beware the circumcision quick-fix
Male circumcision has come under the spotlight in recent years for its role in curbing HIV infections. Government’s planned scale up of medical male circumcision (MMC) has been accompanied by some controversy as apparent “quick-fix” circumcision methods like the Tara KLamp (TK) are presenting some complications.
The TK has not been endorsed by the WHO (World Health Organisation) and has been known to lead to more complications (also known as adverse events) than more established methods of medical circumcision.
From the blog:
Beware the circumcision quick-fix
Male circumcision has come under the spotlight in recent years for its role in curbing HIV infections. Government’s planned scale up of medical male circumcision (MMC) has been accompanied by some controversy as apparent “quick-fix” circumcision methods like the Tara KLamp (TK) are presenting some complications.
The TK has not been endorsed by the WHO (World Health Organisation) and has been known to lead to more complications (also known as adverse events) than more established methods of medical circumcision.
Brokeback marriage and other stories
Men who have sex with men are typically at a higher risk of contracting HIV. Importantly, it is not only men who identify as gay that have sex with men. Many men, as in the popular Brokeback Mountain, are in fact in committed heterosexual relationships or otherwise identify themselves as straight, but enjoy having a boyfriend on the side. This is particularly common in societies where homosexual activity is socially unacceptable or even illegal.
Journalism fellow Pieter van Zyl has researched this largely unexplored terrain and written moving accounts of how South African men live guilt-ridden double-lives, how they explore and come to terms with their sexuality, how some contract HIV, and some make peace – either with their sexuality or their status. Some even with both.
