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To assess national HIV prevalence, incidence, antiretroviral treatment exposure, and risk behaviors following policy and program changes in South Africa.

July 1, 2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOpen Access

The HIV Epidemic in South Africa: Key Findings from 2017 National Population-Based Survey

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KZKhangelani ZumaHuman Sciences Research Council LSLeickness C. SimbayiHuman Sciences Research Council NZNompumelelo ZunguHuman Sciences Research Council

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Cross-sectional survey reveals high viral suppression on treatment alongside persistent transmission, highlighting critical gaps in adolescent antiretroviral coverage.

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To assess national HIV prevalence, incidence, antiretroviral treatment exposure, and risk behaviors following policy and program changes in South Africa.
Conducted a national cross-sectional household survey in 2017 across 11,776 households comprising 39,132 eligible individuals in South Africa.
Administered behavioral questionnaires to 93.6% of eligible respondents and collected blood specimens from 61.1% to measure HIV status, incidence, viral load, antiretroviral exposure, and drug resistance.
Overall HIV prevalence was 14.0% (7.9 million individuals) and annual HIV incidence was 0.48% among individuals aged 2 years and older, representing an estimated 231,000 new infections in 2017.
Antiretroviral exposure was 62.3% overall, with viral suppression reaching 87.3% among those on treatment but only 62.3% across the total population living with HIV.
Adolescents aged 15 to 24 years had the lowest treatment coverage at 39.9%, while 35.8% of adolescent females reported age-disparate partnerships and 61.6% of males reported being circumcised.

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Zuma et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cb71f4fb5be70ed190d6a https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138125

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Cross-sectional survey reveals high viral suppression on treatment alongside persistent transmission, highlighting critical gaps in adolescent antiretroviral coverage.

The HIV Epidemic in South Africa: Key Findings from 2017 National Population-Based Survey

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The HIV Epidemic in South Africa: Key Findings from 2017 National Population-Based Survey

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