The HIV epidemic in South Africa: Key findings from 2017 national population-based survey

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dc.contributor.authorZuma, Khangelani
dc.contributor.authorSimbayi, Leickness
dc.contributor.authorIgumbor, Ehimario
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-12T07:18:49Z
dc.date.available2022-07-12T07:18:49Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV worldwide. South Africa has implemented five population-based HIV prevalence surveys since 2002 aimed at understanding the dynamics and the trends of the epidemic. This paper presents key findings from the fifth HIV prevalence, incidence, and behaviour survey conducted in 2017 following policy, programme, and epidemic change since the prior survey was conducted in 2012. A cross-sectional populationbased household survey collected behavioural and biomedical data on all members of the eligible households. A total of 39,132 respondents from 11,776 households were eligible to participate, of whom 93.6% agreed to be interviewed, and 61.1% provided blood specimens. The provided blood specimens were used to determine HIV status, HIV incidence, viral load, exposure to antiretroviral treatment, and HIV drug resistance. Overall HIV incidence among persons aged 2 years and above was 0.48% which translates to an estimated 231,000 new infections in 2017.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZuma, K. et al. (2022). The HIV epidemic in South Africa: Key findings from 2017 national population-based survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 8125. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138125en_US
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138125
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7585
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectAntiretroviral (ARV)en_US
dc.subjectHIV testingen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleThe HIV epidemic in South Africa: Key findings from 2017 national population-based surveyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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