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Center for Communication Programs |
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Contributing Partner:
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Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs |
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Publication Date:
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24 Nov 2005
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Summary:
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 Results from Guinea’s first national HIV seroprevalencesurvey showed that the country’s HIV/AIDSepidemic was “on the verge of spreading rapidly into thegeneral population”. |
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Description:
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Because the HIV
infection rate was higher than many estimated, the
country faced an urgent need to curtail a widespread
HIV/AIDS epidemic. Although the overall infection rate
today stands at 2.8 percent, HIV/AIDS is concentrated in
urban areas where the rate is 4.4 percent. The rate is as
high as 5 percent among pregnant women in Conakry
and 7 percent in the Guinée Forestiére region. |
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URL:
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http://www.jhuccp.org/pubs/cp/GuineaHIV/engGuineaReport.pdf
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