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The Association Between Remarriage and HIV Infection in 13 Sub-Saharan African Countries
Article first published online: 8 MAR 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2012.00297.x
© 2012 The Population Council, Inc.
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de Walque, D. and Kline, R. (2012), The Association Between Remarriage and HIV Infection in 13 Sub-Saharan African Countries. Studies in Family Planning, 43: 1–10. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2012.00297.x
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- Issue published online: 8 MAR 2012
- Article first published online: 8 MAR 2012
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Separated, divorced, and widowed individuals in Africa are at significantly increased risk for HIV infection. Using nationally representative data from 13 sub-Saharan African countries, this study confirms that finding and goes further by examining those who have experienced a marital dissolution and are now remarried. Results show that remarried individuals form a large portion of the population and have a higher-than-average HIV prevalence. HIV-positive remarried individuals are at risk of transmitting the infection to their spouse, because many of the couples are serodiscordant. The large number of high-risk remarried individuals is a source of vulnerability and further infection, and should be acknowledged and taken into account by prevention strategies that rarely address this population.