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Male circumcision uptake and its predictors among sexually active men aged 15–59 years living in the highest HIV prevalence region of Ethiopia : evidence from 2016 Ethiopia demographic and health survey Universiteit Gent

Zerihun Kura Edossa, Abonesh Taye Kumsa, Mamo Nigatu Gebre
BackgroundPieces of evidence showed that the Gambella region of Ethiopia has remained HIV hotspot area for successive years. However, the magnitude of male circumcision uptake and its associated factors are not well studied in this region. Hence, the aim of the current study is to assess the magnitude of male circumcision uptake and its predictors among sexually active men in the region using the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey ...

Attempting to explain heterogeneous HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa: potential role of historical changes in risk behaviour and male circumcision Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

KK Orroth, RG White, EE Freeman, R Bakker, Anne Buvé, JR Glynn, JDF Habbema, RJ Hayes
Background: A key conclusion of the Four Cities Study, carried out to explore reasons for heterogeneity in the HIV epidemic between two cities in sub-Saharan Africa with relatively low prevalence (Cotonou and Yaounde) and two with high prevalence (Kisumu and Ndola), was that differences in biological cofactors outweighed differences in sexual risk behaviours. The authors explore an alternative hypothesis, that risk behaviours were historically ...

Application of an HIV prevention cascade to identify gaps in increasing coverage of voluntary medical male circumcision services in 42 rural Zambian communities Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Bernadette Hensen, Elizabeth Fearon, Ab Schaap, James J Lewis, Helen A Weiss, Margaret Tembo, Namwinga Chintu, Helen Ayles, James R. Hargreaves

Increased coverage of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is needed in countries with high HIV prevalence. We applied an HIV-prevention cascade to identify gaps in male circumcision coverage in Zambia. We used survey data collected in 2013 and 2014/15 to describe circumcision coverage at each time-point, and prevalence of variables related to demand for and supply of VMMC. We explored whether circumcision coverage in 2014/15 was ...

‘Why do we have to circumcise our son?’ Meanings behind male circumcision in the life stories of mixed couples with a Muslim partner KU Leuven

Francesco Cerchiaro
Circumcision is an important symbolic practice that involves parenting and intergenerational transmission. Nevertheless, previous research has not investigated what it actually means to the partners, its significance in countries where Muslims are minorities and — above all — if people marry outside their own religious group. Through an analysis of partners’ narratives, the article explores the meaning attributed to circumcision by mixed couples ...

Male circumcision decreases penile sensitivity as measured in a large cohort KU Leuven Universiteit Gent

Robert Vlietinck
WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: The sensitivity of the foreskin and its importance in erogenous sensitivity is widely debated and controversial. This is part of the actual public debate on circumcision for non-medical reason. Today some studies on the effect of circumcision on sexual function are available. However they vary widely in outcome. The present study shows in a large cohort of men, based on self-assessment, ...

Male circumcision and sexual risk behaviors may contribute to considerable ethnic disparities in HIV prevalence in Kenya Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Christopher Kenyon, Lung Vu, Joris Menten, Brendan Maughan-Brown

BACKGROUND: HIV prevalence varies between 0.8 and 20.2% in Kenya's various ethnic groups. The reasons underlying these variations have not been evaluated before.

METHODS: We used data from seven national surveys spanning the period 1989 to 2008 to compare the prevalence of a range of risk factors in Kenya's ethnic groups. Spearman's and linear regression were used to assess the relationship between HIV prevalence and each variable by ...