Vaginal proinflammatory cytokine expression during herpes virus reactivation was examined in human immunodeficiency virus infected women before and after initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Vaginal swabs were ...

Gender differentials in HIV prevalence and incidence among adolescents and young adults have been observed in studies from Uganda (Fig. 1) (1–4) and other sub- Saharan Africa countries (5–7). Female adolescents are, on ...

Male circumcision (MC) has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV acquisition by 50 – 60% [ 1 – 3 ] and the WHO now recommends it as one of the proven methods for HIV prevention [ 4 ] . Several programmes in sub-Saharan ...

Recent trends in fertility rates indicate declines in total fertility rate (TFR) in some sub-Saharan African countries. However, countries such as Uganda continue to have a persistently high TFR partly attributed to ...

Limited data from low-income countries are available on the continuum of coercive experiences, the contexts in which they occur, and how adolescent women perceive and respond to coercion. This article presents results from ...

Sub-Saharan African countries have substantially scaled-up safe male circumcision (SMC) services. However, it is unclear whether services are reaching men most at risk of HIV and whether there is behavioral disinhibition ...

Distribution of HIV self-test kits by trained lay people in the community has resulted in increased uptake of HIV testing services among the targeted populations. However, little data exists on the experiences and challenges ...

The desire for more children and pregnancy rates are influenced by many relationship dynamics and HIV serostatus of couples.Rakai Community Cohort Study in Uganda.Couple data were retrospectively linked from survey rounds ...

Male circumcision reduces HIV acquisition in men. We assessed whether foreskin surface area was associated with HIV acquisition prior to circumcision. In two randomized trials of male circumcision, the surface area of ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 RNA loads were determined for 256 subjects with early (incident) HIV infection and for 1293 subjects with later (prevalent) HIV infection, in a Ugandan cohort. Prevalent ...