Research aimed at investigating sexual behaviour and assessing interventions to improve
sexual health has increased in recent decades. The resulting data, despite regional …

Objectives To describe the sexual and reproductive behaviour of adolescents in sub‐
Saharan Africa, particularly 15‐to 19‐year‐olds. Methods Using DHS/AIS data (2000–2010) …

Objective: This report examines early sexual debut (< age 15) among 15‐year‐old in‐school
adolescents in eight African countries. Participants: The total sample included 10 070 school …

Background Inflammatory mediators that weaken and cause membrane rupture are
released during the course of genital infections among pregnant women. We set out to …

Background Drug therapy for people with AIDS is a humanitarian priority but prevention of
HIV infection remains essential. Focusing on young single African women, we aimed to …

Circumcision of males represents a surgical “vaccine “against a wide variety of infections,
adverse medical conditions and potentially fatal diseases over their lifetime, and also …

This supplement contains selected papers from a workshop on the measurement of sexual
behaviour in the era of HIV/AIDS held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical …

Certain sexual partnering practices, such as multiple, concurrent, or age‐discrepant
partnerships, are known to increase HIV risk. Yet the underlying dynamics of young people's …

Background Equity is a guiding principle of the Global Strategy for Women, Children and
Adolescents' Health (2016–2030) aimed at improving adolescent health and responding …

Objectives: To identify factors associated with sexual debut and early age at first sex (AFS)
among young men and women (12–25 years) in a population with a high prevalence and …