For many years, Kishiwa Shiku, a resident of Tabora Region in Tanzania, firmly believed that male circumcision was a harmful practice that could lead to impotence and reduce a man’s sexual vitality. This belief was shaped by the traditions of his community, where circumcision was not a common practice. However, Kishiwa didn’t know that male
Growing up in a village in Tanzania’s Kiteto district in the Manyara region, Rachel Daudi a 19-year-old single mother of a two-year-old child, had limited knowledge of and access to reproductive health services. In her community, it is uncommon—and often disapproved of—for young people to get information on reproductive health while still living with their
To achieve HIV epidemic control, adolescent girls and young women at high risk of acquiring HIV must have access to comprehensive, youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services that can also address their contraceptive and family planning needs. The 2023 UNAIDS report confirmed the urgent need to address HIV prevention among adolescent girls, indicating a
