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How negligence, untrained staff led to five boys losing their manhood

Five boys have had their genitals permanently damaged through wrong use of circumcision tools. [File, Standard]

Human error is the single largest cause of serious injuries to boys in the ongoing HIV-related male circumcision programme in Kenya.

Data presented last week at a scientific conference in Boston, US, shows five boys aged 10-15 to have had their genitals permanently damaged through wrong use of circumcision tools in the last four years.

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