Reproductive System & Sexual Disorders: Current Research
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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Effect of Male Circumcision on Risky Sexual Behaviours of Men in Rwanda: A Comparative Analysis of RDHS 2005 and 2014/15
  Author(s): Chantine Pegha Nambawarr* and Joseph Ntaganira
  
  Background: Rapid up-take of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) in countries like Rwanda that implemented it as a national HIV prevention strategy since 2008, raised a public health concern of risk compensation. Risk compensation may occur if circumcised men increase their Risky Sexual Behaviours (RSB) because of the awareness of circumcision’s 60% protection from heterosexual HIV/STIs transmission. The aim of this study was to assess the difference in RSBs among adolescent and adult circumcised men before and after the VMMC program implementation in Rwanda. Methods: Data of 11,037 men aged 15-59 years from Rwanda DHS 2005 and 2014/15 were analyzed using STATA version 13.0. We estimated the prevalence of ever paid sex, extramarital sex, more than 3 total lifetime sex partners, condom use at paid sex, first sex below age 15 and .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-038X.22.11.316

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