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 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 …

Abstract In South Africa young women bear a disproportionate burden of HIV infection
however, risk factors for HIV acquisition are not fully understood in this setting. In a cohort of …

Background: Although recent estimates of the HIV/AIDS burden in South Africa show the
particular vulnerability of youth to HIV, HIV testing and its determinants are largely …

Background and methods In preparation for a school-based intervention in KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa, a cross-sectional survey of potential HIV risk factors in youth aged 14–17 (n …

Summary Objectives To determine whether South African youths living in communities that
had either of two youth human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention interventions [(a) …

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 …

Objectives To stem the HIV epidemic among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW, 15–
24 years), prevention programs need to reach AGYW who are most at risk. We examine …

Background With an HIV incidence of 1.00 skewed against women (1.51), adolescents in
South Africa are at high HIV risk. This paper assesses young adults'(18–24 years) …

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 …