Acceptability of medical male circumcision in the traditionally circumcising communities in Northern Tanzania
Open Access
- 23 May 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 11 (1) , 373
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-373
Abstract
Data from traditionally circumcising communities show that non-circumcised males and those circumcised in the medical settings are stigmatised. This is because traditional circumcision embodies local notions of bravery as anaesthetics are not used. This study was conducted to assess the acceptability of safe medical circumcision before the onset of sexual activity for HIV infection risk reduction in a traditionally circumcising community in Tanzania.Keywords
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