Prevalence of HIV-1 infection in the Kagera region of Tanzania

Reducing Child Malnutrition in Tanzania - Combined Effects of Income Growth and Program Interventions

“…The region with the highest rural HIV infection rates was in the northeast (10% in Bukoba Rural and Muleba districts and 24% in the town of Bukoba), where tree crops (bananas, coffee) were predominant. The regions with the lowest HIV infection rates were in the south and west (0.4% in Ngara and Biharamulo districts), where perennial crops and livestock are more common (Killewo and others 1990). Thus, a survey design stratified only on mortality rates might confound the effects of high mortality with different agricultural, soil, and rainfall patterns.…”

Transmission of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa and effect of elimination of unsafe injections

“…31 We identified six population-based studies [32][33][34][35][36][37] of the prevalence of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa that included children. The findings of these studies showed that the prevalence of infection in children aged 5-14 years (an age-range in which they are less likely to have acquired the Proportion of study population infected (%) Figure 1: HIV prevalence by age and sex in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1994 the incidence of HIV-1 infection in women and men, however, are greatest at ages before those at which injection differences are large.…”

Communicating with the people about HIV infection risk as a basis for planning interventions: Lessons from the Kagera region of Tanzania

“…In this study sample, the prevalence of HIV-1 infection among adults aged 15-54 years in the region was found to be 9.6% overall, with a higher prevalence in the urban area of Bukoba (24.2%) than in the three rural areas of the region (10.0% for the Bukoba Rural and Muleba districts, 4.5% for the Karagwe district, and 0.4% for the Ngara and Biharamulo districts) (Killewo et al, 1990).…”

“…These areas had a prevalence of HIV infection ranging between 4.5% and 24.2% according to the prevalence study performed earlier (Killewo et al, 1990). It was necessary to conduct these studies in the high and medium HIV-1 prevalence areas of Kagera to obtain a sufficient number of cases for the case-referent study.…”