Background Vignettes are short stories about a hypothetical person, traditionally used within
research (quantitative or qualitative) on sensitive topics in the developed world. Studies …

Background Schistosomiasis affects 218 million people worldwide, with most infections in
Africa. Prevalence studies suggest that people with chronic schistosomiasis may have …

Background Increased sexual risk behaviour and HIV prevalence have been reported in
migrants compared with non-migrants in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated the …

Background HIV surveillance of generalised epidemics in Africa primarily relies on
prevalence at antenatal clinics, but estimates of incidence in the general population would …

Animal and human studies suggest that Schistosoma mansoni infection may increase risk of
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition. Therefore, we tested 345 reproductive age …

Objective To describe the associations between socio‐demographic, behavioural and
clinical characteristics and the use of HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services …

Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been shown to reduce HIV-related morbidity
and mortality amongst those living with HIV and reduce transmission of the virus to those …

Background Global evidence shows that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) prevalence
and sexual risk behaviours are high among youth, and knowledge about STIs is low. In …

Irregular or delayed attendance at HIV treatment clinics among HIV-positive individuals can
have negative implications for clinical outcomes and may ultimately undermine the …

Objectives: To describe trends in age at first sex (AFS), age at first marriage (AFM) and time
spent single between events and to compare age-specific trends in marital status in six …