Educational Attainment as a Predictor of HIV Testing Uptake Among Women of Child-Bearing Age: Analysis of 2014 Demographic and Health Survey in Zambia

Background: Globally, an estimated 150,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2015, over 90% of them in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Zambia, ~500,000 babies are born to HIV positive mothers every year, and without intervention 40,000 of them would acquire the infection. Studies have shown a strong a...

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Main Authors: Brian Muyunda, Patrick Musonda, Paul Mee, Jim Todd, Charles Michelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
HIV
DHS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00192/full