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From:	joya banerjee [ profile ]
Subject:	FW: Jhpiego
Sent:	Mar 22nd, 2011 - 08:24:12

	Jhpiego’s Kelly Curran discusses efforts to scale up male circumcision By Meredith Mazzotta ⋅ March 1, 2011 Excerpt: Historically in Africa men and adolescent boys have had very little contact with the health system. MC changes that by providing a concrete HIV prevention service that is in high demand among young men. In structured MC programs, men are provided with a package of services that includes education and counseling about HIV and other reproductive health issues, HIV testing, STI screening and condom promotion. Men who test positive for HIV are referred to care and treatment. Following counseling but prior to the surgery men receive a physical exam which provides another opportunity for referral to care for men who are identified with urological problems or another issue, for example, hypertension. How much involvement have you seen from women in MC activities – mothers, wives, etc. – whether that’s accompanying men, getting tested themselves, encouraging men to do this… Women play a critical role in MC as partners, as parents and as service providers. Some men bring their female partners to the MC clinic and we encourage these couples to be counseled and tested for HIV as a couple. Even in settings that are widely considered to be male dominated, women often have tremendous influence in the circumcision decision of their partner or son. I frequently hear MC clients say that they have chosen to get circumcised at the urging of their girlfriend, and I am aware of a couple of cases in which a woman has accompanied her partner into the MC procedure room. Women also have a key role to play as providers of MC services, and men from communities that don’t circumcise traditionally have accepted female providers as MC counselors, surgeons and surgical assistants. Full Story: http://sciencespeaksblog.org/2011/03/01/question-and-answer-with-kelly-curran/

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