03/02/2012
Malawi: la circoncisione non ferma l'Hiv
Malawi ‘no’ to circumcision as tool to stop HIV/AIDs
Il governo del Malawi ha respinto gli appelli a promuovere la circoncisione maschile come una profilassi contro l'HIV / AIDS.
In uno studio del Malawi del 2010 - HIV & AIDS Research e Best Conference Practices - il presidente del paese, la Commissione Nazionale AIDS, l'arcivescovo Bernard MALANGO hanno detto che in base a un confronto tra i tassi di infezione nei quartieri musulmani, dove la maggior parte degli uomini sono circoncisi, e nelle aree cristiane del Malawi, dove la circoncisione non è praticata, non ha mostrato alcuna differenza nel tasso di infezioni da HIV/AIDS.
"Non abbiamo alcuna prova scientifica che la circoncisione è un modo sicuro per rallentare la diffusione dell'AIDS," aggiunge il Dr. Maria Shaba, the government’s chief HIV/AIDS officer.
The UNAIDS agency estimates that approximately 930,000 people, or 12 per cent of Malawi’s population, are living with HIV of whom 840,000 are adults aged 15 and above.
However, the archbishop said the 12 per cent prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS does not accurately reflect the incidences of the disease in the country,
In Malawi, il tasso di HIV è del 13,2% tra gli uomini circoncisi, ma solo il 9,5% tra gli uomini intatti. (Aids Society -MDH 2010)
Archbishop Malango said that most overseas NGOs look at the overall rate of infection, or the prevalence of the disease, within the population when devising prevention and treatment strategies. However in Malawi, the rate of new infections has been decreasing, while people with HIV/AIDS were living longer, thus keeping the prevalence rate at 12 per cent.
“With the continued scale up of the treatment programme, we will have more and more people alive and therefore considerably contributing to the high prevalence of HIV,” Archbishop Malango said.
“The number of those who were already infected is being maintained and by 2015, we should minimize the new infections by educating people,” the archbishop said.
Dr. Shaba told the conference the number of new cases was estimated to be 90,000 per year. “The difference between incidence and prevalence is that incidence is number of infections that are taking place now while prevalence is the number of people who are considered positive at that time.”
“The prevalence has been 12 per cent for a long time but we need to look at how many infections are taking place. If we are going to move from prevalence from 12 per cent to almost zero, it means the incidences are the ones which have to be zero,” she said.
FONTE: http://geoconger.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/...oct-1-2010-p-8/
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24/05/2011
MGM BILL PETITION SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco MGM Bill
Your support will help us to protect ALL infants and children in San Francisco from the pain and harm caused by forced genital cutting. Damage ranges from excruciating pain, nerve destruction, loss of normal, natural and functional tissue, infection, disfigurement and sometimes death.
Il vostro supporto ci aiuterà a proteggere i neonati e i bambini (TUTTI) a San Francisco e poi in America, dal dolore, dai traumi e dal danno causato dal forzato taglio dei genitali(circoncisione). Danni spaziano dal dolore straziante, lo shock, setticemia, la distruzione dei nervi, la perdita di tessuto normale, naturale e funzionale(il prepuzio), infezioni, deturpazione e spesso la morte.
Initiative:
ARTICLE 50: GENITAL CUTTING OF MALE MINORS
SEC. 5001. PROHIBITION OF GENITAL CUTTING OF MALE MINORS.
Except as provided in SEC. 5002, it is unlawful to circumcise, excise, cut, or mutilate the whole or any part of the foreskin, testicles, or penis of another person who has not attained the age of 18 years.
SEC. 5001. DIVIETO DI TAGLIO DEI MINORI GENITALE MASCHILE.
Salvo quanto disposto nella Sez. 5002, è illegale la circoncisione, le accise, tagliare o mutilare in tutto o in parte il prepuzio, i testicoli, o il pene di qualsiasi persona che non ha raggiunto l'età di 18 anni o senza motivazioni mediche reali.
SEC. 5002. EXCEPTIONS.
(a) A surgical operation is not a violation of this section if the operation is necessary to the physical health of the person on whom it is performed because of a clear, compelling, and immediate medical need with no less-destructive alternative treatment available, and is performed by a person licensed in the place of its performance as a medical practitioner.
Operazioni mediche o chirurgiche su neonati o bambini vanno eseguite solo se strettamente necessarie e per fini medici reali e non di interesse dei singoli medici.
(b) In applying subsection (a), no account shall be taken of the effect on the person on whom the operation is to be performed of any belief on the part of that or any other person that the operation is required as a matter of custom or ritual.
nessuno deve essere sottoposto a intervento, mutilazione o alla circoncisione per soli fini rituali(religiosi)
SEC. 5003. PENALTY.
Any person who violates any provisions of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction such person shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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