Socio-cultural determinants of HIV infection in Zimbabwe (original) (raw)

1994

Abstract

12% of Africas AIDS cases reported to the World Health Organization in 1993 were from Zimbabwe. Zimbabwes HIV epidemic trend and pattern are similar to that of other African countries. The number of AIDS deaths is increasing at an alarming pace the average HIV seroprevalence among pregnant women is 20.5% and the average HIV seroprevalence among sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients is approximately 25%. Having such a young population facilitates the spread of HIV through unprotected heterosexual intercourse; 47% of Zimbabwes population is younger than age 15 years. Furthermore migrant work polygyny and the practice of postpartum sexual abstinence all facilitate male intercourse with multiple sex partners a risk factor for contracting and transmitting HIV. The authors explored some of the factors which underlie HIV infection in Zimbabwe in a study conducted in a rural area of Manicaland province East Zimbabwe. Data are presented on the sociocultural determinants of AIDS. The au...

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