Background In resource-limited settings, people with disabilities have been left behind in the
response to HIV. In the HandiVIH study, we estimate and compare HIV prevalence and …

More than one billion people worldwide are estimated to be living with a disability. A
significant proportion of them lives in Sub-Saharan Africa where they are reported to be at …

Previous studies on HIV and disability have reported the vulnerability of people with
disabilities (PWDs) to HIV and the need to include them in HIV prevention programs …

Background Persons with disability may have a higher HIV prevalence and be less likely
than persons without disability to know their HIV-positive status, access antiretroviral therapy …

Introduction In resource-limited countries, people with disabilities seem to be particularly
vulnerable to HIV infection due to barriers to accessing information and services, frequent …

Purpose. HIV/AIDS has grown to become the biggest epidemic in modern history. Southern
Africa is at the epicentre of the global epidemic, with just of a third of the world's HIV-positive …

Purpose To assess recent estimates of HIV prevalence and the inclusion of persons with
disabilities in the HIV response in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods A systematic literature …

Background In resource-limited contexts, available data indicate that people with disability
are disproportionally affected by the HIV epidemic. While disability resulting from chronic …

The Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region is the epicentre of the global HIV epidemic
and also home to a large number of people with disabilities. Both HIV and Disability are …

HIV/AIDS is without doubt the most serious health threat in the world today, with the burden
of the epidemic being felt most acutely in sub-Saharan Africa. Since it was first identified in …