Gasasira et al. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:134 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/134 like male circumcision can confer greater benefit to men and thus contribute indirect benefit on women too. Acknowledgements The team is grateful for the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for funding this work through the Center for Treatment and Research on AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and Other Epidemics (TRAC Plus) of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Rwanda. The authors would also like to acknowledge all of the members of the survey team during the field work and the people who accepted to participate in this study. Author details 1Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 2UNICEF Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda. 3Rwanda Biomedical Center/Institute of HIV/AIDS, Disease Prevention and Control (RBC/IHDPC), Kigali, Rwanda. Authors’ contributions RAG, PM, AA, SN and CK contributed to the design of the program and the study protocol. 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