Knowledge and behavioural factors associated with gender gap in acquiring HIV among youth in Uganda

<em>Background</em>. The increasing prevalence of HIV in Uganda during the last decade (7.5% in 2004-05 to 8.3% in 2011 among women and 5.0% in 2004-05 to 6.1% among men in 2011 of 15 to 49 years) clearly shows that women are disproportionately affected by HIV epidemic. Hence, we assesse...

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Main Authors: Shraboni Patra, Rakesh Kumar Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Public Health Research
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Online Access:http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/470