A greater knowledge of the burden of HIV in rural areas of Southern Africa is needed,
especially among older adults. We conducted a cross-sectional biomarker survey in the rural …

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the number of cases and prevalence of human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) infection among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We reviewed …

Method We measured HIV prevalence in the age group> 50 years in one of the rural
communities hardest hit by the HIV epidemic in South Africa 7-9 and compared it with …

Recent declines in adult HIV-1 incidence have followed the large-scale expansion of
antiretroviral therapy and primary HIV prevention across high-burden communities of sub …

Objectives: Limited evidence is available on HIV, aging and comorbidities in sub-Saharan
Africa. This article describes the prevalence of HIV and chronic comorbidities among those …

With improved access to antiretroviral treatment (ART), adults with HIV live longer to reach
older age. The number of older adults living with HIV is increasing steadily, giving rise to a …

South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV in the world (over 6 million) as
well as a rapidly aging population, with 15% of the population aged 50 and over. High HIV …

We use the individual-level data from all available Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
from 27 sub-Saharan African countries conducted between 2003 and 2012 (40 population …

Objective: To present the most recent 2013 UNAIDS estimates of HIV prevalence among
people aged 50 years and older, and to validate these estimates using data from national …

Background As the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa matures, evidence about the age
distribution of new HIV infections and how this distribution has changed over the epidemic is …