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Knowledge on voluntary medical male circumcision in a low uptake setting in northern Uganda

BMC Public Health, 2018
BackgroundFree VMMC services have been available in Uganda since 2010. However, uptake in Northern Uganda remains disproportionately low. We aimed to determine if this is due to men’s insufficient knowledge on VMMC, and if women’s knowledge on VMMC has ...
B. Nanteza, D. Serwadda, E. Kankaka, G. Mongo, R. Gray, F. Makumbi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Demand for Medical Male Circumcision [PDF]

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014
This paper measures the demand for adult medical male circumcision using an experiment that randomly offered varying-priced subsidies and comprehensive information to 1,600 uncircumcised men in urban Malawi. We find low demand for male circumcision: only 3 percent are circumcised over a three month period.
Jobiba Chinkhumba, Susan Godlonton, Rebecca Thornton   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Mental Accounting, Remittances, and Celebrations

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Is one KGS of remittance income equal to one KGS of another source of income? The traditional concept of fungibility suggests that it is. However, if it is not, then migrant money transfers may cause behavioral changes at the household level, and their development impact can be huge.
Nurgul Tilenbaeva
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Progress, Impact, and Next Steps in Rolling Out Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in 14 Priority Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa through 2014

PLoS ONE, 2016
Background In 2007, the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) identified 14 priority countries across eastern and southern Africa for scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services.
K. Kripke, E. Njeuhmeli, J. Samuelson, M. Schnure, S. Dalal, T. Farley, C. Hankins, A. Thomas, J. Reed, P. Stegman, N. Bock   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Parental perception of male circumcision: a local cross sectional study in a Muslim community

African Journal of Urology
Background Male circumcision is regarded as one of the oldest and widely conducted surgical procedures. It entails partial or total removal of the prepuce skin. Recent human rights advocates have a higher dispute as regards circumcision.
Abdullatif K. Al-Maghlouth, Ossama M. Zakaria   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of socioeconomic factors on choice of infant male circumcision provider in rural Ghana; a community level population based study

BMC Pediatrics, 2017
Background The influence of socio-economic determinants on choice of infant male circumcision provider is not known in areas with high population coverage such as rural Africa. The overall aim of this study was to determine the key socio-economic factors
Thomas Gyan, Kimberley McAuley, Natalie Strobel, Sam Newton, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Karen Edmond   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors for incident human immunodeficiency virus infection in South African blood donors

Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Recruiting blood donors among a population with a high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden requires detailed information on HIV risks. We studied demographic and behavioural risk factors for incident HIV infection among blood donors in South Africa.
Avril Swarts, Karin van den Berg, Marion Vermeulen, Ute Jentsch, Darryl Creel, Ronel Swanevelder, Jennifer J. Hemingway‐Foday, Edward L. Murphy, Brian Custer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of male circumcision incidence in a traditionally non-circumcising South African population-based cohort

PLoS ONE, 2018
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision has been promoted in high HIV prevalence settings to prevent HIV acquisition in males. However, the uptake of circumcision in many sub-Saharan African settings remains low.
K. Ortblad, T. Bärnighausen, N. Chimbindi, S. Masters, J. Salomon, G. Harling   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Male circumcision and HIV infection [PDF]

, 2000
Robert C. Bailey, Danieal T Halperin
openalex   +3 more sources

Circumcision weeks: Making circumcision part of routine training and service delivery at district-level hospitals in South Africa

South African Family Practice, 2011
Background: Medically safe, elective male circumcision supports traditional and cultural rites of passage by reducing the risk of adverse events and death among men undergoing initiation.
F. Peters, T.S. Marcus
doaj   +1 more source