“…Studies carried out in Singapore, Nigeria, Cameroon, Botswana, Malawi and Dessie Ethiopia indicated that being female, old age and low educational status were an independent risk factor for HIV associated neurocognitive disorder [ 2 , 6 , 9 , 10 , 18 , 21 – 23 ], whereas, studies carried out in Brazil, Singapore and Northern Nigeria indicated that CD4 count less than 500 cells/mm3 was associated with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder [ 2 , 6 , 18 , 24 ]. Moreover, a study done in South Africa in 2013 showed that highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART) naïve and late clinical stage of the illness was factors affecting HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder [ 20 , 23 ]. Body mass index, depression and alcohol abuse were also found to be associated with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder in Uganda [ 1 ].…”