Background Unintended pregnancy has dire consequences on the health and
socioeconomic wellbeing of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)(aged 15–24 …

Abstract Background Over two million Ghanaians suffer from moderate to mild mental
disorders but prevalence levels and determinants among university students remains fairly …

Apart from individual alcohol drinking behavior, the context or places where people drink
play a significant role in HIV transmission risk. In this paper, we review the research that has …

Introduction: Community mobilization (CM) is increasingly recognized as critical to
generating changes in social norms and behaviours needed to achieve reductions in HIV …

Introduction This paper aims to assess the extent and correlates of intimate partner violence
(IPV), explore relationship power inequity and the role of sexual and social risk factors in the …

Background: HIV is transmitted more effectively during anal intercourse (AI) than vaginal
intercourse (VI). However, patterns of heterosexual AI practice and its contribution to South …

The 16 Days of Activism is an international awareness-raising campaign that promotes no
violence against women and children. Each year the campaign runs between 25 November …

Aims To investigate putative links between alcohol use, and unsafe sex and incident HIV
infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods A cohort of 400 HIV-negative female sex workers …

Alcohol is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. In South Africa, alcohol abuse
is hypothesized to correlate with women's HIV status, mental health, and partner …

Background Poor young women who use alcohol and other drugs (AODs) in Cape Town,
South Africa, need access to health services to prevent HIV. Efforts to link young women to …