New PSI Film Features Young Man's Decision to Undergo Male Circumcision in Swaziland
PSI/Swaziland has produced a new film that documents a young man, Bayeza Manzini, who chooses to undergo male circumcision in PSI's Litsemba Leftu clinic. After seeking advice from his family and fully understanding the process and benefits, Bayeza undergoes the procedure.
The film was shown by Bill Gates at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna. "Our first task is to scale up the prevention efforts that are cheap, effective and easy to apply. Some of these – especially male circumcision and preventing mother-to-child transmission – are so cheap, and so effective, that in endemic countries it is more expensive not to pursue them," said Gates, immediately after the video was broadcast. "Countries need to make this a policy for funding and prevention," he added.
PSI is at the forefront in providing male circumcision services across sub-Saharan Africa. In Swaziland alone PSI has already circumcised an estimated10,000 men and has developed a proven model of demand creation. This has helped Swaziland achieve one of the highest rates of male circumcision in the region. Watch Bayeza's story.
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