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' migration into South Africa has increased the spread of HIV/AIDS in their countries of origin. Consistent with this …
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welfare of households living with HIV/AIDS. The analysis finds that there has been a real deterioration of welfare in terms of …
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Evidence is crucial in strategic planning for HIV response as well as the monitoring of results. This paper presents a simple tool that can be used to analyze the methodological quality of HIV data, its scope and limitations, and whether it can be accurately compared with other evidence. The...
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affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Mortality rates in the highest HIV-prevalence countries of southern Africa exceed those in …
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changes in risk. In particular, risky behaviors increase for men who believe, wrongly, that AIDS can be cured, while risky … behaviors increase for women who believe, correctly, that antiretroviral therapy can treat AIDS but cannot cure it. The findings …
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An AIDS epidemic threatens Ethiopia with a long wave of premature adult mortality, and thus with an enduring setback to …
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Understanding the demographic and socioeconomic patterns of the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS in Sub …-Saharan Africa is crucial for developing programs and policies to combat HIV/AIDS. This paper looks critically at the methods and … analytical challenges to study the links between socioeconomic and demographic status and HIV/AIDS. Some of the misconceptions …
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The literature shows that divorced, separated, and widowed individuals in Africa are at significantly increased risk for HIV. Using nationally representative data from 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper confirms that formerly married individuals are at significantly higher risk for...
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Based on nationally representative samples from 13 Sub-Saharan African countries, this paper reinforces and expands previous findings that condom use in general is low in this region, men report using condoms more frequently than women, and unmarried individuals report they use condoms more...
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