Medical male circumcision coverage in Rakai, Uganda

Xiangrong Kong; Godfrey Kigozi; Joseph Ssekasanvu; Fred Nalugoda; Gertrude Nakigozi; Larry W. Chang; Carl Latkin; David Serwadda; Maria J. Wawer; Ronald H. Gray

doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000001355

Medical male circumcision coverage in Rakai, Uganda

Xiangrong Kong, Godfrey Kigozi, Joseph Ssekasanvu, Fred Nalugoda, Gertrude Nakigozi, Larry W. Chang, Carl Latkin, David Serwadda, Maria J. Wawer, Ronald H. Gray

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	735-737
Number of pages	3
Journal	AIDS
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001355
State	Published - Mar 13 2017

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Immunology
Infectious Diseases

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