The male foreskin is dangerous- Circumcision protects .

                  Health information politicized

Doesn’t the public have the right to know that male circumcision protects against HIV?

In 2007, the ethical landscape surrounding medical male circumcision (MC) suddenly lurched and shifted when the World Health Organization and UNAIDS declared unequivocally that the `efficacy of male circumcision in reducing female to male transmission of HIV has been proven beyond reasonable doubt.The male foreskin has been shown to have a high number of cells that were targeted by the HIV virus

Interestingly, evidence that MC had medical benefits has been mounting for more than 20 years. Not only does the procedure reduce the risk of HIV infection, it also has been shown  to

• prevent urinary tract infections,

• sexually transmitted diseases, and

• penile and prostate cancers.

Researchers have even found that MC reduces the risk of cervical cancer in current female partners . In spite of that growing list of medical benefits, the issue has hovered just below the radar screen until several large randomised controlled studies from Africa showed that circumcision offered a 60% to 70% protective effect against the heterosexual acquisition of HIV. The evidence was so compelling that three of the studies were stopped early, on the recommendation of Data Safety and Monitoring Boards

The Government of India has been reluctant to approach an issue that
promises to be controversial among conservative Hindus. MC is
considered a marker of religious identity since Muslims routinely
circumcise their male children, and Hindus do not. It has been
suggested that at times, circumcision status may even have been used to
identify people`s religious affiliation during communal riots.
Popular wisdom holds that even the mention of MC in some communities
will trigger sectarian violence. Predictably, some opponents have
argued that the greater good of society must be protected by
withholding information about MC from the population.

This is a joke, surely?

They wont tell the benefits of circumcision because they want to use it to identify Muslims?

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