MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION BENEFITS THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE NATION

Welcome to South Africa’s first portal for media about Medical Male Circumcision.

There have been encouraging advances in combatting HIV in South Africa; yet the number of new HIV infections is once again on the increase. The upscaling of MMC for HIV prevention, in combination with other prevention approaches, represents a massive opportunity to reduce the number of new HIV infections amongst our people.

We invite you, the journalist, to stay in touch with us here at www.mmcinfo.co.za where you will be able to access up-to-date information about MMC as well as links to other sites with useful MMC-related resources. If you have specific MMC-related questions or issues you would like to pursue, we will do our best to put you in contact with a qualified expert (simply visit our Contacts page, send us some details, and we will get back to you promptly).

Thank you for your time and interest. We look forward to working with you towards an AIDS-free generation!

MMC Target Barometer

4,300,000

Circumcisions to date^* = 3,000,000

^*As of February 2017: figures are updated quarterly TARGET FOR 2016

Featured MMC Published Resource

WHO VMMC for HIV Prevention Progress Brief - June 2016

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released an update on Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC). Nearly 11.7 million cumulative VMMCs were performed through 2015 in the 14 priority countries, and 2.2 million were carried out in 2015 alone. South Africa has achieved 54% progress towards 2011 targets.

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Featured MMC Online Resource

The World Health Organization (WHO)

The WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

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