South African inmates ask for circumcision to fight HIV

The authorities in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province say they have been "overwhelmed" by the number of prisoners wanting to be circumcised to help combat the spread of HIV.

Some studies suggest being circumcised can help men halve their chances of contracting the Aids virus.
KwaZulu-Natal has one of the highest HIV infection rates in South Africa.
Provincial health minister, Sibongiseni Dhlomo, said only volunteers were being circumcised.

"We've had more people wanting to be circumcised than our resources can actually manage. In fact, we're overwhelmed," Mr Dhlomo told the BBC.
He said the targeting of prisoners was part of a wider programme to circumcise sexually-active men in the province, and that the idea to extend it to prisons had come from the inmates themselves.

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