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| Title |
Women and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
AIDS Research and Therapy, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-6405-10-30 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gita Ramjee, Brodie Daniels |
| Abstract |
Thirty years since the discovery of HIV, the HIV pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa accounts for more than two thirds of the world's HIV infections. Southern Africa remains the region most severely affected by the epidemic. Women continue to bear the brunt of the epidemic with young women infected almost ten years earlier compared to their male counterparts. Epidemiological evidence suggests unacceptably high HIV prevalence and incidence rates among women. A multitude of factors increase women's vulnerability to HIV acquisition, including, biological, behavioral, socioeconomic, cultural and structural risks. There is no magic bullet and behavior alone is unlikely to change the course of the epidemic. Considerable progress has been made in biomedical, behavioral and structural strategies for HIV prevention with attendant challenges of developing appropriate HIV prevention packages which take into consideration the socioeconomic and cultural context of women in society at large. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 35% |
| Uganda | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Greece | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Kenya | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 85% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 601 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 597 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 158 | 26% |
| Student > Bachelor | 80 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 56 | 9% |
| Researcher | 55 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 35 | 6% |
| Other | 70 | 12% |
| Unknown | 147 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 127 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 81 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 78 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 35 | 6% |
| Psychology | 20 | 3% |
| Other | 97 | 16% |
| Unknown | 163 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 56. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 February 2024.
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#754,891
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#4
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#7,727
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#1
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