Female Circumcision and HIV Infection in Tanzania: for Better or for Worse? (Not specified)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Rebecca Y. Stallings,Emilian Karugendo
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: FGM and HIV.
Objective: To determine the association between Female Circumcision and HIV Infection in Tanzania
Study Population: Women
Findings: The surprising and perplexing significant inverse association between reported female circumcision and HIV seropositivity has not been explained by other variables available and examined in these analyses as no biological mechanism seems plausible,we conclude that it is due to irreducible confounding
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Tanzania