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Reported number of sexual partners: comparison of data from four African longitudinal studies [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: To compare reported numbers of sexual partners in Eastern and Southern Africa. Methods: Sexual partnership data from four longitudinal population-based surveys (1998–2007) in Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa were aggregated and overall ...
Zaba, B, Wringe, A., Bwanika, J-B, Todd, J., Marston, M, McGrath, N., Mushati, P, McGrath, N, Cremin, I, Cremin, I., Zaba, B., Wringe, A, Kasamba, I, Hosegood, V., Bwanika, J., Marston, M., Kasamba, I., Lutalo, T., Mushati, P., Hosegood, V, Todd, J, Lutalo, T   +21 more
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Risky sexual behaviors among orphaned youth in South Africa: findings of the 2017 population-based household survey

Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionIn sub-Saharan Africa, evidence shows that orphaned youth are exposed to more risky sexual behaviors than non-orphaned peers, which increases the chances of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Noloyiso Vondo, Musawenkosi Mabaso, Vuyelwa Mehlomakulu, Ronel Sewpaul, Adlai Davids, Adlai Davids, Philisiwe Ndlovu, Derrick Sekgala, Londiwe Shandu, Sizulu Moyo, Sizulu Moyo   +10 more
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Multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in Viet Nam: Results from a National Internet-based Cross-sectional Survey

, 2023
 Men who have sex with men (MSM) are one of the largest HIV risk groups in Viet Nam and have been understudied. Sexual concurrency and multiple sex partnerships may contribute to high HIV incidence among MSM in Viet Nam.
Paul Ward (12376777)
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A call for parental monitoring to improve condom use among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background The number of people newly infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been decreasing in sub-Saharan Africa, but prevalence of the infection remains unacceptably high among young people.
Mlunde Linda B, Poudel Krishna C, Sunguya Bruno F, Mbwambo Jessie K K, Yasuoka Junko, Otsuka Keiko, Ubuguyu Omary, Jimba Masamine   +7 more
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Examining differentials in HIV transmission risk behaviour and its associated factors among men in Southern African countries

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly Southern and East Africa, has the highest AIDS deaths and HIV-infected people in the world. Even though considerable effort has been made over the years to study HIV transmission risk behaviours of different ...
Million Phiri, Musonda Lemba, Chrispin Chomba, Vincent Kanyamuna   +3 more
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Concurrency and other sexual partnership patterns reported in a survey of young people in rural Northern Tanzania.

PLoS ONE, 2017
African adolescents and young adults remain at substantial risk of infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and AIDS is the leading cause of death among African adolescents (10-19 years).
Aoife M Doyle, Mary L Plummer, Helen A Weiss, John Changalucha, Deborah Watson-Jones, Richard J Hayes, David A Ross   +6 more
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Vital need to engage the community in HIV control in South Africa [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
According to the latest 2014 UNAIDS report, which was based on the 2012 South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence & Behavior Survey, there were between 6.3 and 6.4 million HIV infected people in South Africa.
Stefan Hanson, Yanga Zembe, Anna Mia Ekström   +2 more
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Multiple Recent Sexual Partnerships and Alcohol Use Among Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic Patients, Cape Town, South Africa [PDF]

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2011
Multiple recent sex partners promote the rapid spread of sexually transmitted infections (STI), including human immunodeficiency virus. Alcohol use is also closely associated with unprotected sexual behavior, but its use has not been investigated in relation to multiple recent sex partners in southern Africa.To examine the combined risks of multiple ...
Seth C, Kalichman, Demetria, Cain, Leickness C, Simbayi   +2 more
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Associated Risk Factors of STIs and Multiple Sexual Relationships among Youths in Malawi. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Having unprotected sex with multiple sexual partners (MSP) is the greatest risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among youths.
Wilson Chialepeh N, Sathiyasusuman A
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Sexual behaviour and HIV/sexually transmitted infection risk behaviours in the general population of Slovenia, a low HIV prevalence country in central Europe. [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVES: To describe sexual and HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk behaviours in Slovenia. METHODS: A nationally representative cross-sectional survey of the general population aged 18-49 years in 1999-2001 was conducted.
Weiss, HA, Klavs, I, Rodrigues, LC, Wellings, K, Hayes, R   +4 more
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