HIV transmission: Men are the solution
Obbo, C.
Population and Environment 14(3): 211-243
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0199-0039 DOI: 10.1007/bf01254373Document Number: 325442
In the nation of Uganda, the cumulative total cases fo clinical AIDS is 15,569, but out of the 13,984 adult AIDS cases, 6,394 are women aged 13-49 years. AIDS has been reported in all districts of Uganda ranging from 4 cases in Kapchorwa district to 2,808 and 4,232 cases in Masaka and Kampala districts, respectively (AIDS Controls Program Report 1990). The age distribution is: 0 - 5 years = 10% 6 - 15 years = 0% 16 - 40 years = 80% 40 + years = 10% Heterosexual contact accounts for over 90% of the transmission. Evidence suggests that prior exposure to sexually transmitted diseases (STD) such as herpes, gonorrhea, and syphilis enhances susceptibility to transmission. Blood transmission and mother-to-newborn transmission cases account for about 1% and 10%, respectively. The majority of the cases are in the productive and reproductive age group. Men dominate in the 30-34 age group. Most women affected are in the childbearing range of 15-49 years. The peak incidence of AIDS is among 20-29 year-old women. The women affected are 5 years younger than the men. The average age of the affected is 27 years for women compared with 32 years for men.
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