Medical male circumcision coverage in Rakai, Uganda

AIDS. 2017 Mar 13;31(5):735-737. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001355.

Abstract

We assessed medical male circumcision (MMC) scale-up in Rakai, Uganda using population-based surveys during 2007-2014. MMC coverage increased from 28.5 to 52.0%. Coverage was initially lower in 15-19-year-olds but increased in 2014, was higher in married men and in trading communities, and lowest in the sexually inactive. Coverage did not vary by self-perceived risk of HIV or HIV serostatus. Increasing generalized coverage suggested that MMC became normative, but coverage falls short of WHO/Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 80% targets, indicating the need for demand generation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Circumcision, Male*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Uganda
  • Young Adult