"The move by the ministry comes amid criticism from senior practitioners such as Dr Timothy Stamps who says that the very same studies undertaken on circumcision on which the United Nations body relies upon had on the contrary proven that countries such as the US with a higher number of circumcised men had a high HIV prevalence rate.
“Instead of channelling funds towards circumcision, the money must be used to save pregnant mothers who die in huge numbers in this country,” he said.
“When we are losing 960 mothers for every 100 000 pregnancies, should circumcision be a priority?” Stamps added.
Other investigations have have found that circumcised men actually contracted HIV after going through the surgical procedure."