Circumcision in younger boys causing fistula
Reproductive Health - By
Gatonye Gathura | March 15th 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300
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Fistula, usually occurring in women due to difficult labour, is increasingly being reported in young boys circumcised within the national HIV control programme.
Last year, the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), the main donor to HIV in Kenya, suspended the circumcision of boys aged under 15 due to safety concerns. This followed an investigation which found 36 boys and infants had lost their manhood in the 15 African countries implementing the project.
The highest number of circumcision-related serious injuries were in boys aged under 15 with the most recorded in Kenya and South Africa. Pepfar had, however, suggested the suspension could be lifted if project managers addressed the issue and made circumcision safer.
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Augustine Oduor |
March 13th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
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Only one private university and six public institutions of higher learning have had their Covid-19 research proposals approved by the Government for funding.
The National Research Fund (NRF) approved research proposals from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), University of Nairobi (UoN), Egerton University, Pwani University, Multimedia University and Kenyatta University (KU).
Among the private universities, only Mount Kenya University (MKU) had its proposal approved. The Institute of Primate Research and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) also had their proposals approved.