Prevention/Epidemiology

South Africa Halts Rollout of Circumcision Device

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

December 9, 2010

South Africa's government has halted the distribution of a male circumcision device that critics called dangerous and painful. The plastic apparatus, Tara Klamps, has been used on 9,000 South African men since April. Properly performed male circumcision has been shown to reduce the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission, but the device causes excessive swelling and severe pain, said Lihle Dlamini, deputy secretary-general of Treatment Action Campaign. However, KwaZulu-Natal's government bought 22,500 Tara Klamps in October and will continue purchasing them, said Sandile Tshabalala, director of the province's male medical circumcision division.

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Adapted from:
Associated Press
12.08.2010; Jenny Gross

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