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DHS report links social and economic characteristics, HIV prevalence

Posted March 24th, 2009 by Tara Murray in DHS, Health, Sub-Saharan Africa

A new report from MACRO International/MEASURE DHS (PDF), using data from 22 developing countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, finds that HIV prevalence is linked to social and economic characteristics. This may reflect an association between these characteristics and sexual risk-taking.

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