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South Africa has a serious HIV/AIDS pandemic - millions of South Africans live with the disease. To prevent new infections and provide care and treatment to those already living with HIV/AIDS, it is vital that the country has accurate data and a comprehensive understanding of the epidemic.
To deal effectively with HIV/AIDS it is crucial to understand the social, cultural, political and economic context that contributes to vulnerability to HIV infection.
Several studies have examined factors contributing to this vulnerability in South Africa and internationally. These studies have used different methodologies, different measures and indicators, and sample sizes have been limited.
This study augments the Department of Health's (DOH) annual antenatal survey of pregnant women. It does this through a population-based sample of South Africans including men, women, children, all races and ethnic groups, people living in urban areas, rural areas and farms, as well as hostels. Over the past decade, HIV prevalence estimates in South Africa have been largely derived from an annual survey of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics, supplemented by additional estimates from workplace and other studies.
International consensus remains that antenatal surveys are a useful tool to assess HIV prevalence in areas with high prevalence of HIV and provide trend data. |
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