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Abstract
The potential expansion of the HIV epidemic and its cultural impact in sub-Saharan Africa are vast. Projections under conservative assumptions suggest that the toll of AIDS will reach five million annual deaths by 2010, although the net African population will continue to increase significantly. Cultural practices, including large differences in age between men and women at marriage and a long period of postpartum abstinence, have contributed to the frequency of extramarital relations and eased the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. In response to the spread of AIDS, social adaptations will include profound changes in sexual behavior, marriage customs, and childbearing.Entities:
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--transmission; Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Behavior; Cultural Background; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Eastern Africa; Extramarital Sex Behavior; Family Planning; Family Planning, Behavioral Methods; Geographic Factors; Health; Health Services; Heterosexuals; Hiv Infections--transmission; Literature Review; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Measurement; Medicine; Mortality; Multiple Partners; Nuptiality; Obstacles; Organization And Administration; Polygyny; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Decrease; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Postpartum Abstinence; Prevalence; Preventive Medicine; Prostitutes; Psychosocial Factors; Research Methodology; Sex Behavior--changes; Sexual Abstinence; Sexual Partners; Southern Africa; Spatial Distribution; Summary Report; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Viral Diseases
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Year: 1990 PMID： 2381376
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Milbank Q ISSN： 0887-378X Impact factor: 4.911