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. 2014 Oct;121(Suppl 5):27-34.
doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12842.

The need for multipurpose prevention technologies in sub-Saharan Africa

S Abdool Karim  1 , C Baxter, J Frohlich, Q Abdool Karim
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The need for multipurpose prevention technologies in sub-Saharan Africa

S Abdool Karim et al. BJOG. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Women bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and account for about 60% of all adults living with HIV in that region. Young women, including adolescent girls, unable to negotiate mutual faithfulness and/or condom use with their male partners are particularly vulnerable. In addition to the high HIV burden, women in Africa also experience high rates of other sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies. The development of technologies that can simultaneously meet these multiple sexual reproductive health needs would therefore be extremely beneficial in the African setting.

Keywords: HIV; multipurpose prevention technologies; pregnancy prevention; prevention; sexually transmitted infections; women.

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Figure 1
Trends in the a) HIV prevalence and b) number of infection in African between 1990 and 2010. The size of the red circles represents the proportion of people infected. Source: Adapted from UNAIDS AIDSinfo http://www.unaids.org/en/
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Figure 2. HIV prevalence (%) among people 15–24 years old, by sex in selected African countries, 2008–2011 (5)
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