Limpopo parents opt for VMMC

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Many parents in South Africa's Limpopo Province have lost faith in the traditional way of circumcising boys and are turning to voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC), Health-e News reports. Several parents who had taken their sons for VMMC cited concerns about the safety, hygiene, and cost of the traditional rite of passage. A general practitioner from a health centre in the village of Mokgoloboto is quoted as saying that 150 boys have been circumcised at the facility (Health e-News, 27 June 2019).

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