The association between remarriage and HIV infection in 13 Sub-Saharan African countries

Type Journal Article - Studies in Family Planning
Title The association between remarriage and HIV infection in 13 Sub-Saharan African countries
Author(s)
Volume 43
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2012
Page numbers 1-10
URL http://www.popline.org/node/565649
Abstract
Separated, divorced, and widowed individuals in Africa are at significantly increased risk for HIV infection. Using nationally representative data from 13 sub-Saharan African countries, this study confirms that finding and goes further by examining those who have experienced a marital dissolution and are now remarried. Results show that remarried individuals form a large portion of the population and have a higher-than-average HIV prevalence. HIV-positive remarried individuals are at risk of transmitting the infection to their spouse, because many of the couples are serodiscordant. The large number of high-risk remarried individuals is a source of vulnerability and further infection, and should be acknowledged and taken into account by prevention strategies that rarely address this population.

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