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The Association Between Remarriage and HIV Infection : Evidence From National HIV Surveys in Africa / de Walque, Damien
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- de Walque, Damien
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging.
- AIDS epidemic.
- AIDS HIV.
- Disease Control and Prevention.
- Diseases.
- Epidemic.
- Epidemics.
- Females.
- Gender.
- Gender and Health.
- Health Surveys.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- HIV.
- HIV AIDS and Business.
- HIV Infection.
- HIV positive.
- HIV testing.
- HIV transmission.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Human Immunodeficiency virus.
- Immune Deficiency.
- Immunodeficiency.
- Population Policies.
- Prevalence.
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections.
- Syndromes.
- Local Subjects:
- Aging.
- AIDS epidemic.
- AIDS HIV.
- Disease Control and Prevention.
- Diseases.
- Epidemic.
- Epidemics.
- Females.
- Gender.
- Gender and Health.
- Health Surveys.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- HIV.
- HIV AIDS and Business.
- HIV Infection.
- HIV positive.
- HIV testing.
- HIV transmission.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Human Immunodeficiency virus.
- Immune Deficiency.
- Immunodeficiency.
- Population Policies.
- Prevalence.
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections.
- Syndromes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (26 pages)
- Other Title:
- Association Between Remarriage And HIV Infection
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2009
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The literature shows that divorced, separated, and widowed individuals in Africa are at significantly increased risk for HIV. Using nationally representative data from 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper confirms that formerly married individuals are at significantly higher risk for HIV. The study goes further by examining individuals who have remarried. The results show that remarried individuals form a large portion of the population - usually larger than the divorced, separated, or widowed - and that they also have higher than average HIV prevalence. This large number of high-risk remarried individuals is an important source of vulnerability and further infection that needs to be acknowledged and taken into account in prevention strategies.
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