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| InfoShare Partner: MEASURE DHS (Demographic and Health Surveys) |
| Publication Date: July 2006 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Child health/survival, Environment and health/population, Family planning, Gender, HIV/AIDS, general, Immunization, Maternal health/survival, Nutrition, Population growth/trends, Reproductive health, general, Sexual health/STIs |
| Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Language: English |
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STIs common in Uganda: Final Report on the
The 2005-04 Uganda HIV/AIDS Sero-Behavioural Survey (UHSBS) included HIV testing of over 18,000 adults and 8,000 children under age 5. The survey found that 6.5 percent of Ugandan adults age 15-49 are HIV positive. HIV prevalence is significantly higher among women than men and among urban residents than their rural counterparts.
For both sexes, rates of infection rise with age, peaking at 12 percent among women in their early 30s and 9 percent among men age 35-44. HIV prevalence is substantially higher among women than men under age 35. At ages 50-59 the pattern reverses, and prevalence among men is higher than among women.
The survey found that the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is very high in Uganda. Almost half of women and over one-third of men have the herpes simplex 2 virus. About one in ten men and women have Hepatitis B, and 3 percent of men and women have syphilis.
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