Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV among high school students in the Tiko health district, Cameroon
Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) is a major component of HIV prevention and care. VCT is also perceived to be an effective strategy in risk reduction among sexually active young people [1]. A recent study in Cameroon reported an HIV prevalence of 3.2% [2] among youths aged 15-24 and an estimat...
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| author | Eposi Christiana Haddison Georges Nguefack-Tsagué Michel Noubom Wilfried Mbatcham Peter Martins Ndumbe François-Xavier Mbopi-Kéou |
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| description | Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) is a major component of HIV prevention and care. VCT is also perceived to be an effective strategy in risk reduction among sexually active young people [1]. A recent study in Cameroon reported an HIV prevalence of 3.2% [2] among youths aged 15-24 and an estimated 4.3 to 5.9 million young people in the same age group living with HIV [3]. The Cameroonian government has done a lot to reduce the incidence of HIV infection [4]. However, the Global AIDS epidemic report 2008 indicated that only 16% of the Cameroonian population aged 15-49 knew their HIV status [5]. Another study in Cameroon showed that awareness and use of centres offering VCT for HIV were very low [6]. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of VCT services among high school students in the Tiko health distrit (THD). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a4e0078865144c2b5d59325cd1807432022-12-22T01:39:32ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882012-09-01131810.11604/pamj.2012.13.18.20302030Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV among high school students in the Tiko health district, CameroonEposi Christiana Haddison0Georges Nguefack-Tsagué1Michel Noubom2Wilfried Mbatcham3Peter Martins Ndumbe4François-Xavier Mbopi-Kéou5 Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Biomédicales, Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Biomédicales, Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Biomédicales, Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory of molecular Biology, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Biomédicales, Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Biomédicales, Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) is a major component of HIV prevention and care. VCT is also perceived to be an effective strategy in risk reduction among sexually active young people [1]. A recent study in Cameroon reported an HIV prevalence of 3.2% [2] among youths aged 15-24 and an estimated 4.3 to 5.9 million young people in the same age group living with HIV [3]. The Cameroonian government has done a lot to reduce the incidence of HIV infection [4]. However, the Global AIDS epidemic report 2008 indicated that only 16% of the Cameroonian population aged 15-49 knew their HIV status [5]. Another study in Cameroon showed that awareness and use of centres offering VCT for HIV were very low [6]. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of VCT services among high school students in the Tiko health distrit (THD). https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/13/18/pdf/18.pdf hivvctknowlegdeattitudesadolescentsyouthsstudents |
| spellingShingle | Eposi Christiana Haddison Georges Nguefack-Tsagué Michel Noubom Wilfried Mbatcham Peter Martins Ndumbe François-Xavier Mbopi-Kéou Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV among high school students in the Tiko health district, Cameroon The Pan African Medical Journal hiv vct knowlegde attitudes adolescents youths students |
| title | Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV among high school students in the Tiko health district, Cameroon |
| title_full | Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV among high school students in the Tiko health district, Cameroon |
| title_fullStr | Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV among high school students in the Tiko health district, Cameroon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV among high school students in the Tiko health district, Cameroon |
| title_short | Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV among high school students in the Tiko health district, Cameroon |
| title_sort | voluntary counseling and testing for hiv among high school students in the tiko health district cameroon |
| topic | hiv vct knowlegde attitudes adolescents youths students |
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