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Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023
Research

Risk Factors for Recent HIV Infections among Adults in 14 Countries in Africa Identified by Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Surveys, 2015–2019

Dustin W. CurrieComments to Author , Christine A. West, Hetal K. Patel, Jennifer Favaloro, Fred Asiimwe, Felix Ndagije, Rachel Silver, Owen Mugurungi, Judith Shang, Clement B. Ndongmo, Daniel B. Williams, Edington Dzinotyiweyi, Anthony Waruru, Munyaradzi Pasipamire, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Natasha McLeod, Eugenie Kayirangwa, Gallican Rwibasira, Peter A. Minchella, Andrew F. Auld, Rose Nyirenda, Yimam Getaneh, Ashenafi Haile Hailemariam, Isabelle Tondoh-Koui, Natacha Kohemun, George S. Mgomella, Prosper Faustine Njau, Wilford L. Kirungi, Ibrahim Dalhatu, Kristen A. Stafford, Stephane M. Bodika, Faith Ussery, Stephen McCracken, Paul Stupp, Kristin Brown, Yen T. Duong, Bharat S. Parekh, and Andrew C. Voetsch
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (D.W. Currie, C.A. West, H.K. Patel, J. Favaloro, R. Silver, S.M. Bodika, F. Ussery, S. McCracken, P. Stupp, K. Brown, B.S. Parekh, A.C. Voetsch); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Maseru, Lesotho (F. Asiimwe); Columbia University, Maseru (F. Ndagije); Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe (O. Mugurungi); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Yaoundé, Cameroon (J. Shang, C.B. Ndongmo); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Windhoek, Namibia (D.B. Williams); Republic of Namibia Ministry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek (E. Dzinotyiweyi); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya (A. Waruru); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mbabane, Eswatini (M. Pasipamire); Columbia University, Mbabane (H. Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha); Ministry of Health Mbabane, Mbabane (S. Dlamini); Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (N. McLeod, Y.T. Duong); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kigali, Rwanda (E. Kayirangwa); Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Health, Kigali (G. Rwibasira); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia (P.A. Minchella, A.F. Auld); Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi (R. Nyrenda); Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Y. Getaneh); Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (Y. Getaneh); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa (A.H. Hailemariam); Cote d’Ivoire Ministry of Health, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (I. Tondoh-Koui); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Abidjan (N. Kohemun); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (G.S. Mgomella); United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania (P.F. Njau); Republic of Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda (W.L. Kirungi); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria (I. Dalhatu); University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (K.A. Stafford)

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Table 1

Sample sizes of sexually active adults 15–49 years of age in study of risk factors for recent HIV infections among adults in 14 countries in Africa identified by Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys, 2015–2019*

Region and country HIV negative Long-term HIV infection Recent HIV infection Total sample size
Western Africa
Cameroon 15,747 617 18 16,382
Cote d’Ivoire 11,688 258 4 11,950
Nigeria 93,895 1,537 31 95,463
Subtotal
 121,330
 2,412
 53
 123,795
Eastern Africa
Ethiopia 8,131 265 4 8,400
Kenya 15,084 880 7 15,971
Tanzania 17,113 1,070 27 18,210
Rwanda 15,665 520 4 16,189
Uganda 17,850 1,171 30 19,051
Subtotal
 73,843
 3,906
 72
 77,821
Southeastern Africa
Malawi 9,735 1,428 19 11,182
Zambia 9,762 1,486 30 11,278
Zimbabwe 9,663 1,976 21 11,660
Subtotal
 29,160
 4,890
 70
 34,120
Southern Africa
Eswatini 3,848 2,004 22 5,874
Lesotho 5,480 2,107 31 7,618
Namibia 8,248 1,248 16 9,512
Subtotal
 17,576
 5,359
 69
 23,004
Overall total 241,909 16,567 264 258,740

*Sexually active adults are those who reported >1 sexual partner in the previous 12 mo.

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