Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2009. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
 |
Voice of America - July 24, 2009
Sandra Nyaira
Washington
New research suggests the rate at which Zimbabweans have been infected with the HIV/AIDS virus slowed as a result of the country's precipitous economic decline - but the same study also found that tuberculosis has reached alarming levels in the country.
The research by Canadian infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Silverman sampled more than 18,000 pregnant women and found that the HIV prevalence rate - the percentage of the sample testing positive - fell to 11% in late 2008 from 23% in 2001.
Dr. Silverman presented his findings recently at an HIV/Aids conference in Cape Town.
He told reporter Sandra Nyaira of VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that hard economic times apparently discouraged people from seeking relationships outside their marriages - though general behavior changes and deaths from AIDS contributed to the decline.
090724
VA090711
Copyright © 2009 - Voice of America. You are welcome to use any material that is published by voanews.com, or you may link to any of the web pages that Voice of America has published on the internet. There is no need to request further permission. Should you wish to establish a link to any VOA web pages, please send your request to pubaff@ibb.gov. We would appreciate that credit for any use of VOA material be given to voanews.com, Voice of America, or VOA, and we ask that you not abridge or edit any VOA material which you may use.
AEGiS is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit, tax-exempt, educational corporation. AEGiS is made possible through unrestricted funding from the National Library of Medicine, AIDS Walk of Orange County, and donations from users like you.
AEGiS presents published material, reprinted with permission and neither endorses nor opposes any material. All information contained on this website, including information relating to health conditions, products, and treatments, is for informational purposes only. It is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or other medical professionals. This article first appeared in 2009. This material is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your doctor. Always discuss treatment options with a doctor who specializes in treating HIV.
Copyright ©1980, 2009. AEGiS. All materials appearing on AEGiS are protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other laws and are the property of AEGiS, or the party credited as the provider of the content. .