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Evidence also supports that male circumcision offers protection against other sexually transmitted infections. This analysis assessed the effect of circumcision on syphilis, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and HIV. Data from the 2015 to 2019 Population-based HIV Impact Assessments (PHIAs) surveys from Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe were used for the analysis. The PHIA surveys are cross-sectional, nationally representative household surveys that include biomarking testing for HIV, syphilis and HBV infection. This is a secondary data analysis using publicly available PHIA data. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression models were created using pooled PHIA data across the five countries to assess the effect of male circumcision on HIV, active and ever syphilis, and HBV infection among sexually active males aged 15\u201359 years. Circumcised men had lower odds of syphilis infection, ever or active infection, and HIV, compared to uncircumcised men, after adjusting for covariates (active syphilis infection = 0.67 adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.52\u20130.87, ever having had a syphilis infection = 0.85 aOR, 95% CI, 0.73\u20130.98, and HIV = 0.53 aOR, 95% CI, 0.47\u20130.61). No difference between circumcised and uncircumcised men was identified for HBV infection (<jats:italic>P =<\/jats:italic> 0.75). Circumcised men have a reduced likelihood for syphilis and HIV compared to uncircumcised men. 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