Idah, Zvoushe (2012) The Determinants of HIV and Aids among Reproductive Age Groups in Zimbabwe: A Comparative Study between 1999 and 2005 Zimbabwe Demographic Health Surveys. Masters thesis, University of Zimbabwe.
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Abstract
In Zimbabwe and Africa in general, 92% of HIV infection is transmitted through heterosexual intercourse and 7% is transmitted through mother to child transmission. This means that about 99% of HIV infection is transmitted through heterosexual sex, considering that vertical transmission is in itself a result of sexual transmission to mothers (National HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework, 2000-2004). The first reported case of AIDS in Zimbabwe occurred in 1985. By the end of the 1980s, around 10% of the adult population was reportedly infected with HIV. This figure rose dramatically in the first half of the 1990s, peaking at 26.5% in 1997. But since this point, the HIV prevalence is reported to have declined, making Zimbabwe one of the first African nations to witness such a trend. According to government figures, the adult prevalence was 24% in 2001, and it fell to 14.3% in 2010 (MOHCW, 2008). The HIV and AIDS epidemic is one of the major development challenges facing developing countries today. HIV and AIDS is directly threatening the achievement of the eight Millennium Development Goals that were established following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration by the Assembly in its resolution 55/2 of September 2000. The pandemic has put at risk the goals of eradicating extreme poverty, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and creating a global partnership for development.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics H Social Sciences > HM Sociology Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR355 Virology |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2017 12:51 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2017 12:51 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/2788 |
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