HIV Risk Exposure Among Young Children: A Study of 2-9 Year Olds Served by Public Health Facilities in the Free State, South Africa by O. Shisana
English | Apr. 15, 2005 | ISBN: 0796920990 | 112 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
In 2002, the Nelson Mandela/HSRC Study of HIV/AIDS
found that HIV prevalence was high among South
African children. HIV prevalence, based on the testing
of 2 350 children aged 2–14 years, was found to be
5.6% (CI 95%: 3.7–7.4). A further report drawing on
this data found that among a subset of 1 377 children,
HIV prevalence was 6.2% (CI 95%: 4.2–9.0%)
(Brookes, Shisana, & Richter, 2004). This was the first
time in South Africa that a national population-based
HIV-prevalence study was conducted, assessing the
HIV status of children at a national level. It was thus
the first time that data were available to suggest that
HIV prevalence among South African children was
high.