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Changing relationships between HIV prevalence and circumcision in Lesotho

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dc.creator /Garenne, Michel
dc.date 2022
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-14T18:38:32Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-14T18:38:32Z
dc.identifier https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084647
dc.identifier oai:ird.fr:fdi:010084647
dc.identifier Garenne Michel. Changing relationships between HIV prevalence and circumcision in Lesotho. 2022, [Early access], p. [16 p.]
dc.identifier.uri https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/169949
dc.description The study investigates the complex relationships between circumcision and HIV prevalence in Lesotho, using Demographic and Health surveys (DHS) conducted in 2004, 2009 and 2014. Before the HIV epidemic, about half of the male adult population was circumcised as part of a traditional custom, and this proportion increased markedly after 2008 with the campaigns of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), while HIV prevalence stayed at the same level. In 2004, HIV prevalence was higher in circumcised groups than in intact groups (RR=1.49, 95% CI=1.20-1.86). This relationship changed over time, and was inversed in 2014 (RR=0.86; 95% CI=0.70-1.06). The changing relationship seems to be due to an interaction with education, with more educated men being more circumcised and having less HIV over time. A multivariate analysis showed no net effect of circumcision on HIV, after controlling for wealth, education, and indicators of marriage and sexual behaviour. A small net effect of VMMC was found, probably due to condom use. In couple studies, the effect of circumcision and VMMC on HIV was not significant, with similar transmission from female to male and male to female. The study questions the amount of effort and money spent on VMMC in Lesotho.
dc.language EN
dc.subject HIV/AIDS: Circumcision
dc.subject Lesotho
dc.title Changing relationships between HIV prevalence and circumcision in Lesotho
dc.type text
dc.coverage LESOTHO


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