STIGMA and fear of pain has hampered efforts to embrace Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision among adults in Bondo and Rarieda districts, an NGO has said. Paul Omulo the officer in charge of social mobilisation at the Impact Research and Development Organisation, said that most men above 18 years are ashamed of going for VMMC services with schoolchildren. Omulo said the region’s socio-cultural and economic challenges contribute to the low uptake of voluntary male circumcision. “Some men, especially bread winners, expect to be compensated to compensate for the lost time from work during the...
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