This Record is a digital tombstone. The data files associated with this record were destroyed/deleted on the 16 April 2026 in line with the approved retention schedule.  This study looked at the link between men’s HIV treatment seeking behaviour and their masculinity. It was based generally on ethnographic research conducted in Busia district, rural eastern Uganda, and specifically on 26 interviews conducted between 2009 and 2010 with different categories of men: treated for HIV, tested but dropped out of treatment, not tested but suspect HIV infection, and those with other health problems unrelated to HIV. The study explored how masculinity is constructed and discussed among the men from the Iteso ethnic group, how those notions of masculinity influence men’s uptake of HIV treatment, and how HIV diagnosis and/or its treatment, in turn, affects men’s perception of their masculinity.