Urban-Rural Differentials in HIV/STDs and Sexual Behaviour

Bibliographic Data

ID24136641
AuthorsMichel Caraël (corresponding author)
Year1997
Pages107-126
Publication date1997-05-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueSexual cultures and migration in the era of AIDS (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198292302.003.0007
OpenAlexW4388073997
ISBN9780198292302
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Heterosexual transmission has accounted for about three quarters of the estim ated 13 million human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in adults world wide. In the 1990s, this mode of transmission continues to grow in importance (WHO/GPA, 1993). The HIV/AIDS pandemic was initially centred in urban loca tions. Rural HIV and STD prevalences have generally been found to be much lower than urban prevalences, with some noticeable exceptions. In the developing world, except Latin America, the majority of the population is rural. In the absence of any specific data from rural areas in most countries, HIV projections so far have assumed rural rates to be five to ten times lower than urban rates (Chin, 1991; Anderson et al.,1991; Mertens et al.,1994). However, in the ten years fol lowing the recognition of the HIV epidemic, additional empirical data on the levels and dynamics of HIV transmission and sexual risk behaviours are begin ning to nuance the picture. There is now a general perception that several types of HIV epidemics are probably co-occuring at different rates across different groups, in different areas of the same country, making assessment of the current dynamics problematical (Piot et al.,1990).

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