Male circumcision for HIV prevention - a cross-sectional study on awareness among young people and adults in rural Uganda |
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Authors: | Andrea Wilcken Flavia Miiro-Nakayima Ramadhan NB Hizaamu Thomas Keil Dorothy Balaba-Byansi |
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Affiliation: | 1.Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together against AIDS (THETA),Kampala,Uganda;2.Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics,Charité University Medical Centre,Berlin,Germany |
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Abstract: | 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 leads to high acceptability towards the introduction of medical male circumcision services within countries. The objective of this survey was to identify factors determining awareness of male circumcision for HIV prevention. |
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