Background The roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has changed contexts of HIV risk, but
the influence on HIV incidence among young women is not clear. We aimed to summarise …

Objectives: To investigate epidemiological patterns and trends of HIV infection and sexual
behaviour among young people aged 15–24 years in the nine countries in southern Africa …

Background Adolescents are at increased risk of HIV infection compared to other age
groups. There is an urgent need for strategic information that will inform programmes to …

The global commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 places HIV prevention at the
centre of the response. With the disease continuing to disproportionately affect young …

Status of HIV Epidemic Control Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15–24 Years
— Seven African Countries, 2015–2017 | MMWR Skip directly to site content Skip directly to …

Abstract Background South Africa is making tremendous progress in the fight against HIV,
however, adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years (AGYW) remain at higher …

BACKGROUND: Broad patterns of HIV epidemiology are frequently used to design generic
HIV programs in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We reviewed the epidemiology of HIV …

Young women are particularly vulnerable for acquiring HIV yet they are often excluded from
clinical trials testing new biomedical intervention. We assessed the HIV incidence and …

Objectives: National population-wide HIV prevalence and incidence trends in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) are indirectly estimated using HIV prevalence measured among pregnant …

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), aged 15-24,
remain at substantial risk of acquiring HIV. AGYW accounted for 63% of all new HIV …