TITLE:
Sexual Risk Behaviours among People Living with HIV and Implications for Control in the North West Region of Cameroon
AUTHORS:
Tebit Emmanuel Kwenti, Dickson Shey Nsagha, Bita Dizzle Tayong Kwenti, Anna Longdoh Njunda
KEYWORDS:
HIV/AIDS, STDs, Risk Factors, HIV Control, North West Region, Cameroon
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of AIDS,
Vol.4 No.2,
June
17,
2014
ABSTRACT: In Cameroon,
despite extensive control efforts against HIV/AIDS, the number of new HIV infections
is still on the rise. The factors contributing to this are not clearly
understood. We hypothesized that it may lie on people living with HIV (PLHIV).
In a case-control descriptive study, we studied the characteristics and sexual
risky behaviour of PLHIV in the North West Region of Cameroon which has the
highest HIV prevalence. Participants were screened for HIV and a structured
questionnaire was used in data collection. An equivalent number (350) of PLHIV
and controls who did not differ with respect to age and sex participated.
Relative to the control, PLHIV were generally less educated (P