Introduction Prevalence of HIV among young women in South Africa remains extremely
high. Adolescent peer groups have been found to be an important influence on a range of …

Friends could be influential on young women's sexual health via influences on sexual
behaviours and as connections to sexual partners, but are understudied in sub-Saharan …

Objective There is an urgent need to understand high HIV-infection rates among young
women in sub-Saharan Africa. While age-disparate partnerships have been characterised …

Objective: Sexual liaisons between older men and younger women have been linked to
greater risk of HIV acquisition. This study aims to (1) identify psychosocial and behavioral …

The prevalence of HIV infection in Africa is substantially higher among young women than it
is among young men. Biological explanations of this difference have been presented but …

In South Africa, a large proportion of young women are in age disparate relationships, which
is believed to be a risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The aim of this study …

Early sexual partnerships place young women in sub-Saharan Africa at high risk for HIV.
Few studies have examined both individual-and partnership-level characteristics of sexual …

Objective: To determine risk factors for HIV transmission within married couples in four urban
populations in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: Data from a cross-sectional population-based …

Objective: To quantify the contribution of specific sexual partner age groups to the risk of HIV
acquisition in men and women in a hyperendemic region of South Africa. Design: We …

Purpose Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are at an increased risk of acquiring
HIV and HSV-2, and unintended pregnancies are high in AGYW. Despite the protective …