THE government has launched the second phase of the drive for voluntary medical circumcision of men and infants.
Representative of the Parliamentary Health Committee chairperson MP Paul Koinange said the drive targets more than one million men and infants below 60 days in the next five years.
He spoke on Friday during the launch of the circumcision strategy and a clinical manual at Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu.
Koinange said the government wants to increase the proportion of circumcised boys and men aged between 15 and 49 from 91 per cent to 95 per cent.
He said the drive aims to circumcise at least 40 per cent of infant boys after birth by 2019.
The Health ministry National Strategy 2014-19 says a pilot study in Nyanza to assess safety and acceptability of medical circumcision showed it is safe and accepted.
Koinange said circumcision will be offered in certain health facilities as part of the package of infant care.
Infant circumcision ensures boys grow up with lower HIV-Aids risk.
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