title: The need for multipurpose prevention technologies in sub-Saharan Africa.
abstract: Women bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and account for about 60% of all adults living with HIV in that region. Young women, including adolescent girls, unable to negotiate mutual faithfulness and/or condom use with their male partners are particularly vulnerable. In addition to the high HIV burden, women in Africa also experience high rates of other sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies. The development of technologies that can simultaneously meet these multiple sexual reproductive health needs would therefore be extremely beneficial in the African setting.
authors.affiliation: CAPRISA-Centre of AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: S Abdool
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Karim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frohlich
authors.forename: Q Abdool
authors.initials: QA
authors.lastname: Karim
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D049168:Pregnancy, Unplanned; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: HIV; multipurpose prevention technologies; pregnancy prevention; prevention; sexually transmitted infections; women