The HIV epidemic: high-income countries

SH Vermund, AJ Leigh-Brown - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The HIV epidemic in higher-income nations is driven by receptive anal intercourse, injection
drug use through needle/syringe sharing, and, less efficiently, vaginal intercourse. Alcohol …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the epidemiology, prevention and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Nigeria

PE Entonu, SM Agwale - Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
In order to amalgamate research findings on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria as well as the trend of the
infection in a concise manner, we reviewed published articles on the HIV/AIDS situation in …

Perceptions of risk to HIV infection among adolescents in Uganda: are they related to sexual behaviour?

R Kibombo, S Neema, FH Ahmed - African journal of reproductive …, 2007 - journals.co.za
Uganda has been hailed as a success story in the fight against HIV that has seen a reversal
in prevalence from a peak of 15% in 1991 to about 6.5% currently. Since 1992, the largest …

HIV/AIDS related knowledge and perceived risk associated with condom use among adolescents in Uganda

SP Kayiki, R Forste - African journal of reproductive health, 2011 - journals.co.za
While considerable attention has been paid to sexual behaviors among HIV high-risk
populations in Africa, few studies have looked at the adolescent population. Using data from …

High-risk motorcycle taxi drivers in the HIV/AIDS era: a respondent-driven sampling survey in Kampala, Uganda

CP Lindan, A Anglemyer, W Hladik… - … journal of STD & …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
We evaluated motorcycle taxi ('boda-boda') drivers in Kampala for the prevalence of
HIV/sexually transmitted infections. We used respondent-driven sampling to recruit a cross …

Sexual risk behaviour of street youths in south west Nigeria.

ET Owoaje, OC Uchendu - East African Journal of Public …, 2009 - search.ebscohost.com
Objectives Previous studies have mainly focused on sexual behaviour of in-school Nigerian
youths with little attention to those on the street. This survey was conducted to determine the …

Mobilizing men as partners: the results of an intervention to increase dual protection among Nigerian men

TM Exner, JE Mantell, LA Adeokun… - Health education …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
This quasi-experimental, proof-of-concept study evaluated the effects of an intervention
designed to help Nigerian men decrease risk for HIV/sexually transmitted infections and …

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria: progress, problems and prospects.

MH Aliyu, P Varkey, HM Salihu, Z Iliyasu… - African journal of …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Nigeria is Africa's most populous country, and is home to the third largest number of persons
living with HIV/AIDS in the world. Poverty, stigma, discrimination, and a poorly coordinated …

Tracing the diffusion of infectious diseases in the transport sector

Y Apostolopoulos, S Sönmez - Population mobility and infectious disease, 2007 - Springer
“... There can be no pause or let-up in the battle against HIV/AIDS. Every truck driver, taxi
driver, bus operator, commuter, passenger, pilot, air steward and seafarer can either be part …

Characteristics of sexually transmitted infections among high-risk HIV-positive patients attending an urban clinic in Uganda

C Katusiime, WF Schlech III… - Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) significantly increase HIV transmission.
Sexually transmitted infections may be asymptomatic and therefore remain undiagnosed in …