{"id":19035,"date":"2019-02-09T07:26:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T07:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19035"},"modified":"2019-02-09T07:26:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T07:26:13","slug":"tanzania-male-mps-face-circumcision-call-to-stop-hiv-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/09\/tanzania-male-mps-face-circumcision-call-to-stop-hiv-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania male MPs face circumcision call to stop HIV spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/168CF\/production\/_105576329_gettyimages-109469294.jpg\" alt=\"Man undergoing circumcision (file photo)\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/> <\/span><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Men in several African countries have been encouraged to undergo circumcision to reduce their risk of getting HIV <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A female MP in Tanzania has called for checks to determine whether or not her male colleagues have undergone circumcision &#8211; a procedure known to reduce the risk of HIV transmission.<\/p>\n<p>Jackline Ngonyani said any MPs found not to have been circumcised should be required to undergo the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Her suggestion divided opinion among her colleagues.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-47169732\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Men in several African countries have been encouraged to undergo circumcision to reduce their risk of getting HIV A female MP in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}