The Daily Nation, a Kenyan news site, reports on September 26, 2009, that recent findings show an increase in HIV infection in regions where most males are circumcised.

These are sobering statistics for young men who have rushed to get circumcised in he belief that doing so would provide complete protection from HIV infection. The new findings of growing HIV prevalence among circumcised males indicates the practice cannot completely protect an individual from HIV infection unless it is combined with other practices including using condoms, being faithful to one partner, or abstaining from sex.

 Unfortunately, many men belive circumcision protects them against HIV infection:

Meanwhile, female activists have criticised the way the whole operation is being carried out, arguing that it is making women more vulnerable as men engage in sex with multiple partners secure in the knowledge that they are safe.