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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

HIV infection in women attending family planning clinics in Nairobi.

AUTHORS

Mati J

SOURCE

NETWORK NEWSLETTER. 1991 Aug;2(2):5.

ABSTRACT

A study of HIV infection among women attending a family planning clinic in Nairobi, Kenya indicates that most of the

women who have contracted the virus have only one usual sex partner. The women who agreed to take part in the

study were tested for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and were interviewed and examined. Few of the women in

the study reported having more than 5 sex partners in their lifetime or more than 1 in the last year. 80% of the women

were married. Researchers found that while the number of sex partners was positively associated with HIV, the

attributable risks were small for having more than 3 lifetime sex partners. Additionally, while HIV infection was also

positively associated with history of STD infection, the attributable risks were also low. Researchers also found no

significant associations between HIV and the use of any particular contraceptive method (the article explains,

however, that more data is needed on this issue). The data indicates that the most of the women who have become

infected with HIV have only one usual sex partner and do not have a history of STD, suggesting that they caught the

virus from their usual sex partner. The article concludes by saying that education campaigns and behavior change

strategies could be more effective if they focused on the sexual behavior of men rather than that of women.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2043-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "HIV infection in women attending family planning clinics in

Nairobi.", is(are) Mati J. The source of this article is "NETWORK NEWSLETTER. 1991 Aug;2(2):5.". This article

was published in 1991 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2043-06. All rights reserved

with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12043

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