With a prevalence almost twice as high as the national average, people living in South
African townships are particularly impacted by the HIV epidemic. Yet, it remains unclear how …

OBJECTIVE--To define the geographical distribution of HIV infection and the community
characteristics associated with HIV prevalence in a rural population of Uganda. DESIGN …

Abstract Introduction: Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to exhibit inequalities in HIV
epidemic. As of 2017, about 69.5% of people living with HIV, 64% of new infections and 73 …

In Uganda, previous studies have shown a tremendous decline in HIV prevalence over the
past two decades due to changes in sexual behavior with a greater awareness of the risks …

To assess i) whether there is an independent association between HIV-prevalence and
settlement types (urban formal, urban informal, rural formal, rural informal), and, ii) whether …

Background: Geographic location represents an ecological measure of HIV status and is a
strong predictor of HIV prevalence. Given the complex nature of location effects, there is …

Few spatial studies explore relationships between people and place in sub-Saharan Africa
or in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This paper uses individual-level …

Background Disease mapping has become popular in the field of statistics as a method to
explain the spatial distribution of disease outcomes and as a tool to help design targeted …

Background It is disappointing that the global number of people infected with HIV continues
to raise, despite the fact that effective prevention strategies already exist. In spite of the …

HIV remains a public health concern in Tanzania and other Eastern and Southern African
countries. Estimates show that there were about 1.4 million people living with HIV in …