West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention

This synthesis paper describes the HIV epidemics in 15 West African countries - Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It focuse...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Health Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCESS TO TREATMENT ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AGED AIDS CAMPAIGN AIDS CASE AIDS CASE REPORTS AIDS DEATHS AIDS PROGRAMS AIDS RELIEF AIDS TREATMENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANAL SEX ANTENATAL CARE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE BEHAVIOURAL FACTORS BEHAVIOURAL INDICATORS BISEXUAL MEN BOTH SEXES BROTHELS CHLAMYDIA CLINICS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CONSISTENT CONDOM USE COUNSELLING CULTURAL CUSTOMS DIAGNOSES DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION DISCRIMINATORY LAWS DISEASE DRUG INJECTING DRUG INJECTORS EFFECTIVE PREVENTION EMERGENCY PLAN EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION EPIDEMIOLOGY EXTRAMARITAL SEX FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE PARTNERS FEMALE SEX PARTNERS FEMALE SEX WORKERS FIRST MARRIAGE FIRST SEX GENDER GENITAL HERPES GENITAL ULCERS GLOBAL HIV/AIDS GONORRHEA GONORRHOEA HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEMS HERPES SIMPLEX HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS HETEROSEXUAL TRANSMISSION HIGH RISK BEHAVIOUR HIGH RISK BEHAVIOURS HIGH RISK GROUPS HIV HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HIV PREVENTION HIV TESTING HIV TRANSMISSION HOMOSEXUAL MEN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUSBANDS HYGIENE IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTIONS IN WOMEN INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJECTION DRUG INJECTION DRUG USE INJECTION DRUG USERS LACK OF CONDOM USE LARGE CITIES LEVELS OF CONDOM USE LOW PREVALENCE MALARIA MALE CIRCUMCISION MALE CLIENT MALE CLIENTS MALE PARTNERS MALE SEX MALES MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION MULTIPLE PARTNERS NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL NATIONAL AIDS COUNCILS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NEEDLE SHARING NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLDER AGE GROUPS PARTNER REDUCTION PEER EDUCATORS PEOPLE WITH AIDS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION MONITORING POPULATION STUDIES POST-TEST COUNSELLING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE RATES PREVALENT INFECTIONS PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION OF MOTHER PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH RATES OF CONDOM USE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE LIMITATIONS RESOURCE NEEDS RESPECT RESPONSE TO AIDS RESTAURANTS RISK BEHAVIOUR RISK FACTORS RISK OF INFECTION RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISK POPULATIONS RISKY BEHAVIOUR RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR ROOMS RURAL AREAS SAFE SEX SAFER SEX SERIOUS EPIDEMIC SEX SEX PARTNERS SEX PRACTICES SEX TRADE SEX WITH MEN SEX WORK SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR DATA SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS SEXUAL CONTACT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL NETWORKING SEXUAL PARTNER SEXUAL PARTNERS SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOUR SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE GIRLS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIETAL LEVEL STIS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES SURVEILLANCE DATA SYMPTOMS THERAPY TRANSMISSION RATES TREATMENT SERVICES TROPICAL MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS UNFPA UNINFECTED PARTNER UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE URBAN AREAS URETHRITIS VAGINAL DISCHARGE VIOLENCE VIRAL LOAD VIRAL LOADS VOLUNTARY COUNSELING VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH YOUTHS
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topic	ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCESS TO TREATMENT ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AGED AIDS CAMPAIGN AIDS CASE AIDS CASE REPORTS AIDS DEATHS AIDS PROGRAMS AIDS RELIEF AIDS TREATMENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANAL SEX ANTENATAL CARE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE BEHAVIOURAL FACTORS BEHAVIOURAL INDICATORS BISEXUAL MEN BOTH SEXES BROTHELS CHLAMYDIA CLINICS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CONSISTENT CONDOM USE COUNSELLING CULTURAL CUSTOMS DIAGNOSES DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION DISCRIMINATORY LAWS DISEASE DRUG INJECTING DRUG INJECTORS EFFECTIVE PREVENTION EMERGENCY PLAN EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION EPIDEMIOLOGY EXTRAMARITAL SEX FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE PARTNERS FEMALE SEX PARTNERS FEMALE SEX WORKERS FIRST MARRIAGE FIRST SEX GENDER GENITAL HERPES GENITAL ULCERS GLOBAL HIV/AIDS GONORRHEA GONORRHOEA HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEMS HERPES SIMPLEX HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS HETEROSEXUAL TRANSMISSION HIGH RISK BEHAVIOUR HIGH RISK BEHAVIOURS HIGH RISK GROUPS HIV HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HIV PREVENTION HIV TESTING HIV TRANSMISSION HOMOSEXUAL MEN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUSBANDS HYGIENE IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTIONS IN WOMEN INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJECTION DRUG INJECTION DRUG USE INJECTION DRUG USERS LACK OF CONDOM USE LARGE CITIES LEVELS OF CONDOM USE LOW PREVALENCE MALARIA MALE CIRCUMCISION MALE CLIENT MALE CLIENTS MALE PARTNERS MALE SEX MALES MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION MULTIPLE PARTNERS NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL NATIONAL AIDS COUNCILS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NEEDLE SHARING NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLDER AGE GROUPS PARTNER REDUCTION PEER EDUCATORS PEOPLE WITH AIDS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION MONITORING POPULATION STUDIES POST-TEST COUNSELLING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE RATES PREVALENT INFECTIONS PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION OF MOTHER PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH RATES OF CONDOM USE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE LIMITATIONS RESOURCE NEEDS RESPECT RESPONSE TO AIDS RESTAURANTS RISK BEHAVIOUR RISK FACTORS RISK OF INFECTION RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISK POPULATIONS RISKY BEHAVIOUR RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR ROOMS RURAL AREAS SAFE SEX SAFER SEX SERIOUS EPIDEMIC SEX SEX PARTNERS SEX PRACTICES SEX TRADE SEX WITH MEN SEX WORK SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR DATA SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS SEXUAL CONTACT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL NETWORKING SEXUAL PARTNER SEXUAL PARTNERS SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOUR SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE GIRLS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIETAL LEVEL STIS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES SURVEILLANCE DATA SYMPTOMS THERAPY TRANSMISSION RATES TREATMENT SERVICES TROPICAL MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS UNFPA UNINFECTED PARTNER UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE URBAN AREAS URETHRITIS VAGINAL DISCHARGE VIOLENCE VIRAL LOAD VIRAL LOADS VOLUNTARY COUNSELING VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH YOUTHS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCESS TO TREATMENT ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AGED AIDS CAMPAIGN AIDS CASE AIDS CASE REPORTS AIDS DEATHS AIDS PROGRAMS AIDS RELIEF AIDS TREATMENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANAL SEX ANTENATAL CARE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE BEHAVIOURAL FACTORS BEHAVIOURAL INDICATORS BISEXUAL MEN BOTH SEXES BROTHELS CHLAMYDIA CLINICS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CONSISTENT CONDOM USE COUNSELLING CULTURAL CUSTOMS DIAGNOSES DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION DISCRIMINATORY LAWS DISEASE DRUG INJECTING DRUG INJECTORS EFFECTIVE PREVENTION EMERGENCY PLAN EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION EPIDEMIOLOGY EXTRAMARITAL SEX FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE PARTNERS FEMALE SEX PARTNERS FEMALE SEX WORKERS FIRST MARRIAGE FIRST SEX GENDER GENITAL HERPES GENITAL ULCERS GLOBAL HIV/AIDS GONORRHEA GONORRHOEA HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEMS HERPES SIMPLEX HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS HETEROSEXUAL TRANSMISSION HIGH RISK BEHAVIOUR HIGH RISK BEHAVIOURS HIGH RISK GROUPS HIV HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HIV PREVENTION HIV TESTING HIV TRANSMISSION HOMOSEXUAL MEN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUSBANDS HYGIENE IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTIONS IN WOMEN INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJECTION DRUG INJECTION DRUG USE INJECTION DRUG USERS LACK OF CONDOM USE LARGE CITIES LEVELS OF CONDOM USE LOW PREVALENCE MALARIA MALE CIRCUMCISION MALE CLIENT MALE CLIENTS MALE PARTNERS MALE SEX MALES MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION MULTIPLE PARTNERS NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL NATIONAL AIDS COUNCILS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NEEDLE SHARING NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLDER AGE GROUPS PARTNER REDUCTION PEER EDUCATORS PEOPLE WITH AIDS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION MONITORING POPULATION STUDIES POST-TEST COUNSELLING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE RATES PREVALENT INFECTIONS PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION OF MOTHER PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH RATES OF CONDOM USE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE LIMITATIONS RESOURCE NEEDS RESPECT RESPONSE TO AIDS RESTAURANTS RISK BEHAVIOUR RISK FACTORS RISK OF INFECTION RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISK POPULATIONS RISKY BEHAVIOUR RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR ROOMS RURAL AREAS SAFE SEX SAFER SEX SERIOUS EPIDEMIC SEX SEX PARTNERS SEX PRACTICES SEX TRADE SEX WITH MEN SEX WORK SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR DATA SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS SEXUAL CONTACT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL NETWORKING SEXUAL PARTNER SEXUAL PARTNERS SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOUR SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE GIRLS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIETAL LEVEL STIS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES SURVEILLANCE DATA SYMPTOMS THERAPY TRANSMISSION RATES TREATMENT SERVICES TROPICAL MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS UNFPA UNINFECTED PARTNER UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE URBAN AREAS URETHRITIS VAGINAL DISCHARGE VIOLENCE VIRAL LOAD VIRAL LOADS VOLUNTARY COUNSELING VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH YOUTHS World Bank West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention
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description	This synthesis paper describes the HIV epidemics in 15 West African countries - Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It focuses particularly on the degree to which the epidemics in each country are concentrated or generalized, and the implications for effective prevention. The urgent need for rigorous analytic work to equip countries with a sound, situation-specific analytical base for action motivated this study. The analysis team critically reviewed and interpreted all available surveillance, survey and research data (the amount and quality of which varied considerably by country). For the first ten countries listed, short country visits enabled interviews and more thorough search for data and other information, and the programmatic response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic was also assessed to develop recommendations for improving resource allocation and program effectiveness.
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title	West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention
title_short	West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention
title_full	West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention
title_fullStr	West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention
title_full_unstemmed	West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention
title_sort	west africa hiv/aids epidemiology and response synthesis : implications for prevention
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/16280509/west-africa-hivaids-epidemiology-response-synthesis-implications-prevention http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12537
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spelling	okr-10986-125372021-06-14T10:35:15Z West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention World Bank ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCESS TO TREATMENT ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AGED AIDS CAMPAIGN AIDS CASE AIDS CASE REPORTS AIDS DEATHS AIDS PROGRAMS AIDS RELIEF AIDS TREATMENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANAL SEX ANTENATAL CARE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE BEHAVIOURAL FACTORS BEHAVIOURAL INDICATORS BISEXUAL MEN BOTH SEXES BROTHELS CHLAMYDIA CLINICS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CONSISTENT CONDOM USE COUNSELLING CULTURAL CUSTOMS DIAGNOSES DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION DISCRIMINATORY LAWS DISEASE DRUG INJECTING DRUG INJECTORS EFFECTIVE PREVENTION EMERGENCY PLAN EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION EPIDEMIOLOGY EXTRAMARITAL SEX FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE PARTNERS FEMALE SEX PARTNERS FEMALE SEX WORKERS FIRST MARRIAGE FIRST SEX GENDER GENITAL HERPES GENITAL ULCERS GLOBAL HIV/AIDS GONORRHEA GONORRHOEA HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEMS HERPES SIMPLEX HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS HETEROSEXUAL TRANSMISSION HIGH RISK BEHAVIOUR HIGH RISK BEHAVIOURS HIGH RISK GROUPS HIV HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HIV PREVENTION HIV TESTING HIV TRANSMISSION HOMOSEXUAL MEN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUSBANDS HYGIENE IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTIONS IN WOMEN INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJECTION DRUG INJECTION DRUG USE INJECTION DRUG USERS LACK OF CONDOM USE LARGE CITIES LEVELS OF CONDOM USE LOW PREVALENCE MALARIA MALE CIRCUMCISION MALE CLIENT MALE CLIENTS MALE PARTNERS MALE SEX MALES MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION MULTIPLE PARTNERS NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL NATIONAL AIDS COUNCILS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NEEDLE SHARING NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLDER AGE GROUPS PARTNER REDUCTION PEER EDUCATORS PEOPLE WITH AIDS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION MONITORING POPULATION STUDIES POST-TEST COUNSELLING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE RATES PREVALENT INFECTIONS PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION OF MOTHER PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH RATES OF CONDOM USE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE LIMITATIONS RESOURCE NEEDS RESPECT RESPONSE TO AIDS RESTAURANTS RISK BEHAVIOUR RISK FACTORS RISK OF INFECTION RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISK POPULATIONS RISKY BEHAVIOUR RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR ROOMS RURAL AREAS SAFE SEX SAFER SEX SERIOUS EPIDEMIC SEX SEX PARTNERS SEX PRACTICES SEX TRADE SEX WITH MEN SEX WORK SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR DATA SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS SEXUAL CONTACT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL NETWORKING SEXUAL PARTNER SEXUAL PARTNERS SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOUR SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE GIRLS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIETAL LEVEL STIS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES SURVEILLANCE DATA SYMPTOMS THERAPY TRANSMISSION RATES TREATMENT SERVICES TROPICAL MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS UNFPA UNINFECTED PARTNER UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE URBAN AREAS URETHRITIS VAGINAL DISCHARGE VIOLENCE VIRAL LOAD VIRAL LOADS VOLUNTARY COUNSELING VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH YOUTHS This synthesis paper describes the HIV epidemics in 15 West African countries - Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It focuses particularly on the degree to which the epidemics in each country are concentrated or generalized, and the implications for effective prevention. The urgent need for rigorous analytic work to equip countries with a sound, situation-specific analytical base for action motivated this study. The analysis team critically reviewed and interpreted all available surveillance, survey and research data (the amount and quality of which varied considerably by country). For the first ten countries listed, short country visits enabled interviews and more thorough search for data and other information, and the programmatic response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic was also assessed to develop recommendations for improving resource allocation and program effectiveness. 2013-02-27T18:23:10Z 2013-02-27T18:23:10Z 2008-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/16280509/west-africa-hivaids-epidemiology-response-synthesis-implications-prevention http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12537 English en_US World Bank Global HIV/AIDS Program; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Economic & Sector Work Africa

West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention

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