[HTML][HTML] HIV infection and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: current status, challenges and opportunities

ABM Kharsany, QA Karim - The open AIDS journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Global trends in HIV infection demonstrate an overall increase in HIV prevalence and
substantial declines in AIDS related deaths largely attributable to the survival benefits of …

South African national HIV prevalence, incidence and behaviour survey, 2012

O Shisana, T Rehle, LC Simbayi, K Zuma, S Jooste… - 2014 - repository.hsrc.ac.za
The report covers the epidemiology of HIV from both social and biomedical points of view,
providing us not only with statistical data on HIV prevalence, HIV incidence and antiretroviral …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of armed conflict on adolescent transitions: a systematic review of quantitative research on age of sexual debut, first marriage and first birth in …

S Neal, N Stone, R Ingham - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background Young women in conflict-affected regions are at risk of a number of adverse
outcomes as a result of violence, economic deterioration and the breakdown of community …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among senior secondary school students in Fako Division, South West Region, Cameroon

CK Nubed, JFTK Akoachere - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) regarding HIV/AIDS is one of the
corner stones in the fight against the disease. Youths are most vulnerable to infection …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to and facilitators of the provision of a youth-friendly health services programme in rural South Africa

RS Geary, FX Gómez-Olivé, K Kahn, S Tollman… - BMC health services …, 2014 - Springer
Background Youth-friendly health services are a key strategy for improving young people's
health. This is the first study investigating provision of the Youth Friendly Services …

[HTML][HTML] A community-based mobile clinic model delivering PrEP for HIV prevention to adolescent girls and young women in Cape Town, South Africa

E Rousseau, LG Bekker, RF Julies, C Celum… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Daily doses of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can reduce the risk of acquiring
HIV by more than 95%. In sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) …

Early sexual debut: prevalence and risk factors among secondary school students in Ido-ekiti, Ekiti state, South-West Nigeria

KA Durowade, OA Babatunde, LO Omokanye… - African health …, 2017 - ajol.info
Background: Early adolescent sexual activity remains a recurring problem with negative
psychosocial and health outcomes. The age at sexual debut varies from place to place and …

Early sexual debut: voluntary or coerced? Evidence from longitudinal data in South Africa-the Birth to Twenty Plus study

L Richter, SA Norris, J Ramjith - South African medical journal, 2015 - journals.co.za
Background. Early sexual debut, voluntary or coerced, increases risks to sexual and
reproductive health. Sexual coercion is increasingly receiving attention as an important …

[HTML][HTML] Associated risk factors of STIs and multiple sexual relationships among youths in Malawi

A Sathiyasusuman - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Having unprotected sex with multiple sexual partners (MSP) is the greatest risk
factor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections …

Early sexual debut and the effects on well-being among South African adolescent girls and young women aged 15 to 24 years

T McClinton Appollis, K Jonas, R Beauclair… - … Journal of Sexual …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We compared first sex experiences and wellbeing of adolescent girls and young women
(AGYW) who had an early sexual debut (age< 15) with those who had later sexual debut …