Abstract

Throughout the world, it has been observed that HIV prevalence is generally lower in
populations that practice male circumcision than in populations where most men are
uncircumcised. Currently, SMC is a proven cost-effective intervention for reducing the risk
of sexual transmission of HIV/ AIDS. To assess the uptake of safe male circumcision services
and its associated factors in Walukuba Division, Jinja district. This study used a crosssectional
study design which was conducted in Kauga-Nsuube village, Mukono district. It
involved 138 people above 18 years living with dogs at homes. The questionnaires were used
to collect information from them which was entered in SPSS for analysis. The analyzed results
were presented in the form of pie charts and tables. The majority of males were not
circumcised (79.5%) while only 20.4% of males were circumcised (used SMC). It was found
that being a Muslim the odds of being circumcised by 4.4 when compared with Christians
(aRR 4.4, 95%CI 1.25-15.35, P=0.02). On the other hand, study participants who didn’t fear
pain after circumcision were 5.3 times more likely to be circumcised than participants who
feared pain after circumcision (aRR 5.3, 95%CI 2.58-49.46, P=0.001) The level of uptake of
SMC services was low compared to global and national statistics. However, there are still
some hindering factors to the uptake of safe male Circumcision among men aged 15-49 years.
These include fear of pain and religion.