Title: Declining HIV rates in Uganda: due to cleaner needles, not abstinence or condoms.

POPLINE Document Number: 194637

Author(s):

Brody S

Source citation:

International Journal of STD and AIDS, 2004 Jul;15(7):440-441.

Abstract:

Public health and political authorities have ascribed the apparent decline in Ugandan HIV or AIDS rates to increased rates of sexual abstinence or condom use. However, what appears to be special about Uganda is that in the middle to late 1980s there was a growing public awareness of health care risks. Given the lack of evidence for transmission of HIV to healthy persons by penile–vaginal intercourse, the improvement in injection safety is the best candidate for declining HIV and AIDS rates. (author's)

Keywords:

Uganda
Critique
Evaluation
IV Drug Users
Heterosexuals
Needle Cleaning
HIV Prevention
Abstinence
Condom Use
Developing Countries
Africa, Eastern
Africa, Sub Saharan
Africa
Drug Use and Abuse
Behavior
Sex Behavior
Hygiene
Public Health
Health
HIV Infections
Viral Diseases
Diseases
Family Planning, Behavioral Methods
Family Planning
Risk Reduction Behavior