BACKGROUND: National sentinel surveys of HIV/AIDS among pregnant women in Nigeria
have shown steady rise in prevalence from 1991 (1.8%) to 2001 (5.8%), which may reflect …

Background: The consumption of alcoholic beverages has been known to be responsible for
several negative forms, of behavior, actions, attitudes and social ills. The link between …

Background The prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria has been rising with every national
sentinel survey conducted in the country. It rose from 1.8% in 1991 through 3.8% and 4.5 …

This paper describes the South Africa component of a World Health Organization multi-site
rapid assessment and response project seeking to develop a methodology for studying …

Introduction AIDS continues to be a major global health priority. The number of people living
with HIV is still growing worldwide reaching an estimated 33.3 million in 2009. Slightly more …

Background: Young people constitute 16% of the global population and in Benue State
Nigeria, majority of them take alcohol which is one of the identified drivers of high risk sexual …

Background: South Africa is one of the countries with the highest Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) prevalence in the world. The main mode of transmission in South Africa is via …

Background As reflected in elevated rates of sexually transmitted infections, there is a high
prevalence of risky sexual behavior among Ugandan university students. It has been …

Alcohol use is a known key risk factor associated with risky sexual behavior that contributes
to HIV transmission. This cross-sectional study used time location sampling to investigate …

Aims To investigate putative links between alcohol use, and unsafe sex and incident HIV
infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods A cohort of 400 HIV-negative female sex workers …