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    Change in Sexual Behaviour and Decline in HIV Infection among Young Pregnant Women in Urban Uganda
    (Aids, 1997) Asiimwe-Okiror, Godwil; Opio, Alex A.; Musinguzi, Joshua; Tembo, George; Caraël, Michel
    To describe sexual behaviour that may partly explain a decline in HIV seroprevalence in pregnant women in urban settings in Uganda, East Africa.Two major urban districts in Uganda.Repeated population-based behavioural surveys in 1989 and 1995, and repeated HIV serological surveys in consecutive pregnant women attending antenatal clinics from 1989 to 1995. During the study period, a 2-year delay in the onset of sexual intercourse among youths aged 15–24 years and a 9% decrease in casual sex in the past year in male youths aged 15–24 years were reported. Men and women reported a 40% and 30% increase in experience of condom use, respectively. In the same study area, over the same period, there was an overall 40% decline in the rates of HIV seroprevalence among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics. It can be hypothesized that the observed declining trends in HIV correspond to a change in sexual behaviour and condom use, especially among youths.