ArticleGlobal public health2015
Safe male circumcision in Botswana: tension between traditional practices and biomedical marketing.
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- Service delivery interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Association of Male Circumcision with Women's Knowledge of its Biomedical Effects and With Their Sexual Satisfaction and Function: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2019Pooled it
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- Spatial Analysis of HIV Infection and Associated Risk Factors in Botswana.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Perceived influence of value systems on the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men in Kweneng East, Botswana.SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance · 2020Article
- Exploring the roots of antagony in the safe male circumcision partnership in Botswana.PloS one · 2018Article
- Modifying the health system to maximize voluntary medical male circumcision uptake: a qualitative study in Botswana.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Article
- Messaging Circumstances and Economic Pressures as Influences on Linkage to Medical Male Circumcision following Community-Based HIV Testing for Men in Rural Southwest Uganda: A Qualitative Study.AIDS research and treatment · 2018Article
- "I Feel Like More of a Man": A Mixed Methods Study of Masculinity, Sexual Performance, and Circumcision for HIV Prevention.Journal of sex research · 2017Article
- Factors associated with acceptability of child circumcision in Botswana -- a cross sectional survey.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Aspirations and realities in a North-South partnership for health promotion: lessons from a program to promote safe male circumcision in Botswana.Globalization and health · 2016Article
- We Remember… Elders' Memories and Perceptions of Sleeping Sickness Control Interventions in West Nile, Uganda.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
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Abstract
Botswana has been running Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) since 2009 and has not yet met its target. Donors like the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Africa Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (funded by the Gates Foundation) in collaboration with Botswana's Ministry of Health have invested much to encourage HIV-negative men to circumcise. Demand creation strategies make use of media and celebrities. The objective of this paper is to explore responses to SMC in relation to circumcision as part of traditional initiation practices. More specifically, we present the views of two communities in Botswana on SMC consultation processes, implementation procedures and campaign strategies. The methods used include participant observation, in-depth interviews with key stakeholders (donors, implementers and Ministry officials), community leaders and men in the community. We observe that consultation with traditional leaders was done in a seemingly superficial, non-participatory manner. While SMC implementers reported pressure to deliver numbers to the World Health Organization, traditional leaders promoted circumcision through their routine traditional initiation ceremonies at breaks of two-year intervals. There were conflicting views on public SMC demand creation campaigns in relation to the traditional secrecy of circumcision. In conclusion, initial cooperation of local chiefs and elders turned into resistance.
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