The Bamasaaba people's response to the safe medical male circumcision policy in Uganda
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Date
2021
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV (UNAIDS) strongly recommends that developing countries regard medical male circumcision as a biomedical intervention. This recommendation has caused developing countries seeking a radical solution to the prevailing and persistent social problem of HIV to reform their health policies. Most now discourage traditional male circumcision and promote safe medical male circumcision (SMMC) as a strong contributor to reductions in HIV transmission. This has introduced conflicts in traditional African societies such as the Bugisu, where male circumcision is culturally motivated, symbolising a rite of passage from boyhood to manhood. In the Bugisu sub-region, the local Bamasaaba regard their cultural practice of traditional male circumcision (TMC) as prestigious.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
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Bamasaaba, Tradition, Safe medical male circumcision, Traditional male circumcision, Hegemonic masculinity