The Bamasaaba people's response to the safe medical male circumcision policy in Uganda
| dc.contributor.advisor | Nadasen, Krishnavelli Kathleen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Omukunyi, Bernard | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-01T13:35:41Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-20T12:46:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-01T13:35:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-20T12:46:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD | en_US |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/9498 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bamasaaba | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tradition | en_US |
| dc.subject | Safe medical male circumcision | en_US |
| dc.subject | Traditional male circumcision | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hegemonic masculinity | en_US |
| dc.title | The Bamasaaba people's response to the safe medical male circumcision policy in Uganda | en_US |