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Title: | Trends and perceived determinants of HIV/AIDS in rural areas: the case of Thamaga and surrounding villages, Botswana |
Authors: | Bene, Matlhogonolo Darkoh, Michael Bernard K. |
Year: | 2012 |
Periodical: | Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775) |
Volume: | 28 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 1-26 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Botswana |
Subjects: | AIDS social conditions rural areas |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1353/eas.2012.0007 |
Abstract: | This paper examines trends and determinants of HIV/AIDS in Thamaga and the villages surrounding it, namely Gakgatla, Kumakwane, and Mankgodi. Data were collected mainly through interviewer-administered questionnaires which were applied to a sample of 145 respondents from the general public and 61 people living with AIDS. The results of the study show that, unlike in other countries, HIV infection in Botswana increases with age. Among women there was a higher number living with HIV than among men, which indicates their vulnerability and lack of control of preventive measures. The number of deaths of people living with AIDS was steadily increasing in the study area. The primary causes of the epidemic were relative poverty and wealth. Furthermore, alcohol and drug abuse, multiple partners, lack of HIV testing and condom use, commercial sex work, ignorance, illiteracy, culture and religion, were perceived by respondents as the proximate driving factors of the epidemic. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |