Uptake of medical male circumcision with household-based testing, and the association of traditional male circumcision and HIV infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an important component of combination HIV prevention. Inclusion of traditionally circumcised HIV negative men in VMMC uptake campaigns may be important if traditional male circumcision is less protective against HIV acquisition than VMMC.

Methods

We used data from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 071 (PopART) study. This cluster-randomized trial assessed the impact of a combination prevention package on population-level HIV incidence in 21 study communities in Zambia and South Africa. We evaluated uptake of VMMC, using a two-stage analysis approach and used discrete-time survival analysis to evaluate the association between the types of male circumcision and HIV incidence.

Results

A total of 10 803 HIV-n

SUBMITTER: Zewdie K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10023451 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature