This study focuses on factors that predispose young persons aged 15 24 years in Zimbabwe
to infection from HIV. Using the Mosley and Chen framework, multivariate modelling was …

PURPOSE: To identify factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
among adolescent females in Zimbabwe and appropriate prevention strategies for this …

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 …

Objective: To examine the factors responsible for the disparity in HIV prevalence between
young men and women in two urban populations in Africa with high HIV prevalence. Design …

HIV and AIDS still pose a major public health problem to most countries in sub-Saharan
Africa, Zambia included. The objective of the paper is to determine changes in selected …

Background: Young people continue to account for the majority of new HIV infections in Sub-
Saharan Africa, yet a few studies focus on this group. We assessed sexual behavior …

The research uses data from a representative national survey to explore the determinants of
age at sexual debut among South African youths in the age group 15–24 years. A random …

Recent data from the Manicaland HIV/STD Prevention Project, a general-population open
HIV cohort study, suggested that between 2004 and 2007 HIV prevalence amongst males …

Objective To compare adolescent risk factors for HIV infection in two countries with high
adolescent HIV prevalence and two lower prevalence countries with the aim of identifying …

Background Young people are at high risk of HIV and developing appropriate prevention
programmes requires an understanding of the risk factors for HIV in this age group. We …