Health worker perspectives on, and health system-level facilitators and barriers to early infant male circumcision for HIV prevention in a traditionally non-circumcising community, Northeastern Uganda: a cross-sectional qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) remains one of the recommended HIV prevention measures in heterosexual men in selected countries, including Uganda. While most VMMCs are on adolescent and adult males, its longer-term potential population-level impact might be realized through the inclusion of early infant male circumcision (EIMC). However, EIMC's successful rollout requires understanding the perspectives of health workers, health system-level facilitators, and barriers to EIMC. Following EIMC pilot/project implementation, we explored health workers' individual-level perspectives on, and health system-level facilitators and barriers (to EIMC) in a traditionally non-circumcising setting in Northeastern Uganda.

Methods

In April 2022, we conducted a qualitat

SUBMITTER: Ediau M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12363084 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature