Factors Driving the HIV Epidemic in Southern Africa.
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep
; 13(3): 158-69, 2016 06.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27137200
ABSTRACT
The HIV pandemic has disproportionately impacted sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Africa in particular. The concurrent presence of overlapping epidemic drivers likely underpins how and why the HIV epidemic is so explosive in this region, with implications for understanding approaches to reduce transmission. In this review, we discuss the relative contribution and interaction between epidemic drivers in the Southern African context, including factors both distally and proximally associated with the likelihood and degree of exposure to HIV and factors that increase the probability of transmission when exposure occurs. In particular, we focus on young women as a key population in need of HIV prevention and highlight factors that increase their risk on several levels.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento Sexual
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Infecções por HIV
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Educação em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS Rep
Assunto da revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
África do Sul