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Sunday Times (Johannesburg) - Sunday 14 July, 2002
Bobby Jordan
These shock findings, by Dr Max Essex from the Harvard Aids Institute in the US, were presented at the 14th International Aids Conference in Spain this week.
People in Southern Africa account for well over 50% of the total number of people infected.
Research attributes this to :
The most common type of human-immunodeficiency virus in the region, which is sub-type C, is more easily transmitted from mother to child than the 10 other listed sub-types;
The late implementation of HIV/Aids programmes;
The high-risk sexual behaviour of the youth;
The prevalence of "transactional sex". Almost one third of mothers in a Soweto survey said they have had sex in exchange for some form of payment; and
Poverty and under-nourishment lead to greater susceptibility.
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