However, this is not much faster than the medical forceps-guided method of circumcision and does not outweigh safety concerns. It also does not take into account the additional time needed to ...

Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal health department on Friday insisted that the Tara KLamp method used to circumcise males was safe. This was after Aids activists and doctors called for the use of the ...

The most ambitious medical male circumcision project in South African history was launched by the KwaZulu-Natal health department in April, but doctors are concerned that the government is using a ...

KwaZulu-Natal's health department is using a plastic device in its mass male circumcision drive that speeds up the procedure but has significant side-effects in adult men. Doctors who spoke ...

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Since foreskin traps bacteria and other infectious agents, its removal may improve genital hygiene and reduce risk of disease over the lifetime of the boy and his future sexual partners. Net photo ...

More than 36 boys and infants have lost their manhood in the ongoing HIV-prevention male circumcision programme. Most of the injuries are due to the use of inappropriate forceps that have been banned ...

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has accused the KwaZulu-Natal health department of returning to the “bad old days” of Thabo Mbeki’s presidency by using a controversial male circumcision device in ...

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Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal government has defended the use of the controversial Tara KLamp for male circumcision in the province. "To me the debates around the use of the clamp are peripher[al]," ...