HIV/AIDS
Samuel Olorunfemi Adams; Haruna Umar Yahaya; Tanimu Mohammed
Abstract
Background: The HIV/AIDS epidemic has made a nasty dent on sub-Saharan Africa’s development and has contributed to discrimination against those who live on the fringes of society or people at risk of contracting virus because of their behaviours, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or social ...
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Background: The HIV/AIDS epidemic has made a nasty dent on sub-Saharan Africa’s development and has contributed to discrimination against those who live on the fringes of society or people at risk of contracting virus because of their behaviours, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or social characteristics. Methods: Cluster Analysis techniques were implemented on cluster HIV prevalence rate in Sub- Saharan Africa so as to find out countries that could be considered same category and to investigate the concentration of the disease in respect to Socio-economic status of the country. Analysis was implemented through the general methods of Hierarchical (Agglomerative nesting) and Partitioning methods (K-Means). Relative type of validation was used for cluster validation (a mechanism for evaluating the correctness of clustering). Results: The result shows a steady increase in the prevalence of HIV/AIDs from 1990 (6.74) to 1995(9.13) after which the incidence began to decline to (2.60) in 2018. The analysis created 3 clusters from the 44 observations supplied. After clustering, Only Lesotho and Eswatini belong to the third cluster. South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique and Botswana belong to the second clusters which are the countries with the highest HIV/AID prevalence over the years of this study. All other countries fall in the first cluster. Conclusion: The high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the sub-saharan Africa countries has created an unprecedented effect. So, understanding these variables that have influenced the path of HIV/AIDS scourge constitutes an important stake, both on the humanitarian and economic aspects due to the
HIV/AIDS
Ayouba A. Fofana; Nimetcan Mehmet
Abstract
Background: In Africa, HIV is one of the most serious public health issues. The purpose of this study was to look into the prevalence and incidence rates of HIV/AIDS in West Africa across all age ranges and population groups.Methods: This is a comprehensive study of published and unpublished studies ...
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Background: In Africa, HIV is one of the most serious public health issues. The purpose of this study was to look into the prevalence and incidence rates of HIV/AIDS in West Africa across all age ranges and population groups.Methods: This is a comprehensive study of published and unpublished studies on HIV/AIDS prevalence and incidence in West Africa. All publications published between 2010 and 2020 that were retrieved from databases, as well as other records containing information on the topic under consideration, were examined.Results: The comprehensive assessment of the literature generated 13 papers with data on the prevalence and incidence of HIV after applying the inclusion, exclusion, and quality criteria. These items came from nine different countries in West Africa. The prevalence rate of HIV in a specific group ranged from 1.4 percent to 54.9 percent in this article review.Conclusions: The review found that HIV prevalence in important demographics in West African nations was high. It also revealed that women are the ones who are most affected. HIV prevalence and incidence differ from country to country. In comparison to other nations, HIV prevalence in important populations was greater in Nigeria and lower in Benin.
