Adult male circumcision as an intervention against HIV: An operational study of uptake in a South African community (ANRS 12126).

Pascale Lissouba 1 Dirk Taljaard 2 Dino Rech 2 Veerle Dermaux-Msimang 3 Camille Legeai 1 David Lewis 3, 4 Beverley Singh 3 Adrian Puren 3, 4 Bertran Auvert 1, 5, *
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1 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations
2 Progressus
3 NCID - National Institute for Communicable Diseases
4 WITS - University of the Witwatersrand [Johannesburg]
5 Hôpital Ambroise Paré
Abstract : ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: To evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about adult male circumcision (AMC), assess the association of AMC with HIV incidence and prevalence, and estimate AMC uptake in a Southern African community. METHODS: A cross-sectional biomedical survey (ANRS-12126) conducted in 2007-2008 among a random sample of 1198 men aged 15 to 49 from Orange Farm (South Africa). Face-to-face interviews were conducted by structured questionnaire. Recent HIV infections were evaluated using the BED incidence assay. Circumcision status was self-reported and clinically assessed. Adjusted HIV incidence rate ratios (aIRR) and prevalence ratios (aPR) were calculated using Poisson regression. RESULTS: The response rate was 73.9%. Most respondents agreed that circumcised men could become HIV infected and needed to use condoms, although 19.3% (95%CI: 17.1% to 21.6%) asserted that AMC protected fully against HIV. Among self-reported circumcised men, 44.9% (95%CI: 39.6% to 50.3%) had intact foreskins. Men without foreskins had lower HIV incidence and prevalence than men with foreskins (aIRR=0.35; 95%CI: 0.14 to 0.88; aPR=0.45, 95%CI: 0.26 to 0.79). No significant difference was found between self-reported circumcised men with foreskins and other uncircumcised men. Intention to undergo AMC was associated with ethnic group and partner and family support of AMC. Uptake of AMC was 58.8% (95%CI: 55.4% to 62.0%). CONCLUSIONS: AMC uptake in this community is high but communication and counseling should emphasize what clinical AMC is and its effect on HIV acquisition. These findings suggest that AMC roll-out is promising but requires careful implementation strategies to be successful against the African HIV epidemic.
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BMC Infectious Diseases, BioMed Central, 2011, 11 (1), pp.253. 〈10.1186/1471-2334-11-253〉
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Pascale Lissouba, Dirk Taljaard, Dino Rech, Veerle Dermaux-Msimang, Camille Legeai, et al.. Adult male circumcision as an intervention against HIV: An operational study of uptake in a South African community (ANRS 12126).. BMC Infectious Diseases, BioMed Central, 2011, 11 (1), pp.253. 〈10.1186/1471-2334-11-253〉. 〈inserm-00632064〉

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