Lawmakers in the West African country voted to repeal a 2015 ban. If it passes the final round of voting, Gambia will become the first nation to roll back protections against the practice.
which is apparently an expired policy and has not been reaffirmed
The above WHO/UNAIDS report is from late 2023.
UTI rates can be lowered by teaching parents to properly wash their children.
Not sure if you’re uncircumcised and/or have children who aren’t and are speaking from experience, but the couple of friends I have that are not all spoke of difficulties maintaining cleanliness, even when showering daily and pulling the skin back to clean thoroughly. My point being it’s not typically the parents at fault here.
For HIV, they mention female to male transmission which is something that is extremely rare in the US.
Says who? Maybe relatively rare, but “extremely”?
Without a single source cited in your comment, it sounds more like virtue signaling. I’m not trying to be combative but I think some folks get caught up in an article like the OP link and wrongfully attribute it to vaguely related topics like male circumcision. Just because it’s an elective medical procedure doesn’t negate the truth of its medical benefits.
What sources are you citing there?
The World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS have stated that male circumcision reduces men’s risk of acquiring HIV through sex with women by approximately 60%. In East and Southern Africa, voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has been a WHO-recommended HIV combination prevention intervention since 2007
The above WHO/UNAIDS report is from late 2023.
Not sure if you’re uncircumcised and/or have children who aren’t and are speaking from experience, but the couple of friends I have that are not all spoke of difficulties maintaining cleanliness, even when showering daily and pulling the skin back to clean thoroughly. My point being it’s not typically the parents at fault here.
Says who? Maybe relatively rare, but “extremely”?
Without a single source cited in your comment, it sounds more like virtue signaling. I’m not trying to be combative but I think some folks get caught up in an article like the OP link and wrongfully attribute it to vaguely related topics like male circumcision. Just because it’s an elective medical procedure doesn’t negate the truth of its medical benefits.