Women and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
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...Also, several unmeasured biological mechanisms might increase women’s risk of contracting HIV [84]....
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...HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age, and a combination of biological, behavioral, and sociocultural factors result in women bearing a disproportionate burden of the global HIV epidemic [1,2]....
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...The ‘virgin cleansing’ myth in which men thought that having sex with a virgin would cure of them of HIV and AIDS is still circulating (Jewkes et al., 2002; Ramjee & Daniels, 2013)....
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...gynaecological illnesses as well as traumatic injuries that make vaginal tissues more vulnerable [85]....
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...women in a discordant couple relationship where the positive partner was provided ARV treatment to reduce HIV transmission to the negative partner [86]....
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...(95% CI 44 to 81) and 75% (95% CI 55 to 87) respectively [84]....
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...A study of tenofovir based vaginal gel in South Africa showed a 39% (95% CI 6 to 60) reduction in HIV acquisition [81]....
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...due to poor adherence to the study product [85]....
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