Knowledge, Perception, and Practice of Safe Medical Circumcision on HIV Infection Risk Reduction among Undergraduate Students of a Public University in Northern …

L Akugizibwe, D Benyumiza, C Nekesa… - BioMed Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background. About 70%(25.6 million) of the global HIV/AIDS burden is from Sub‐Saharan
Africa. Safe male circumcision (SMC) is one of the measures that were adopted by the …

Prevalence and factors associated with safe male circumcision among Makerere University undergraduate students, Kampala-Uganda

J Nyamwiza, J Mukisa, J Ictho, R Ssenyonga… - 2019 - researchsquare.com
Background Safe male circumcision (SMC) is currently recognized as a preventive strategy
in reducing the risk of HIV; however, the prevalence of circumcised men in Uganda is still …

A cross-sectional study of the factors associated with male circumcision status among college youth in Ndola, Zambia, 2016

E Kateule, M Mulenga, R Kumar, V Daka… - … African Journal of HIV …, 2019 - journals.co.za
Background: New cases of HIV are increasing among young adults in Zambia; yet voluntary
medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage as an HIV prevention measure remains low …

What Can be Learned about Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention from a Cohort of Students and Staff at a Papua New Guinea University

R Tommbe, L Asugeni, D MacLaren… - 2012 - eprints.jcu.edu.au
[Extract] Papua New Guinea (PNG) is experiencing a generalised HIV epidemic with
significant burden on individuals, families and communities. Preventing HIV requires a …

Knowledge, attitude and acceptance of voluntary male medical circumcision among male students attending Botswana University

SL Mndzebel, GA Tegegn - Journal of Public Health and …, 2015 - academicjournals.org
In recent years safe voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) has been recommended
by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the preventive strategies for human …

Male circumcision for HIV prevention-a cross-sectional study on awareness among young people and adults in rural Uganda

A Wilcken, F Miiro-Nakayima, RNB Hizaamu, T Keil… - BMC public health, 2010 - Springer
Background Medical male circumcision is now part of a comprehensive approach to HIV
prevention. It has been shown that awareness of the protective effect of male circumcision …

Factors Associated With Uptake Of Safe Male Circumcision Among Male Clients Aged 15-49 Years Attending The Outpatient Clinic At Mukono Church Of Uganda …

HN Amulen - 2018 - ir.ciu.ac.ug
Back ground: Safe male circumcision is believed to be associated with reduced HIV
prevalence, yet it‟ s uptake in Ugandan is still low. If well embraced and adopted widely …

Perceptions and beliefs of university and college students towards male circumcision in Lusaka

C Chanda, R Likwa-Ndonyo, S Nzala… - Medical Journal of …, 2012 - ajol.info
Background: Data from a range of observational epidemiological studies, conducted since
the mid 1980s, showed that circumcised men have a lower prevalence of HIV than those …

Knowledge about male circumcision and perception of risk for HIV among youth in Harare, Zimbabwe

I Kalule-Sabiti, K Mangombe - Southern African Journal of HIV …, 2019 - journals.co.za
Background: Male circumcision will require high uptake among previously non-circumcising
countries to realise the impact of circumcising in preventing HIV. Little is known about …

Factors associated with uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among University of Botswana undergraduate male students

R Tapera, T Kebofe, T Tumoyagae… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS prevalence in Botswana of
18.4% is the third highest in the world. Thus, the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision …