International Journal of Women's Health Care(IJWHC)
ISSN: 2573-9506 | DOI: 10.33140/IJWHC
Impact Factor: 1.011
Melaku Desta
College of Health Science, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia
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Research Article
Prevalence of HIV Sero-discordance among Couples in Sub Saharan Africa, 2019, Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
Author(s): Mihretie Gedfew*, Melaku Desta, Belayneh Mengist, Hailie Amaha, Dessalegn Hailie and Bekalu Bewket
Background: HIV/AIDS ranks among the world’s most devastating diseases because it spreads rapidly through sexual intercourse (90-95%) and mainly affects young people in their most productive years especially discordant couples are at continuous risk for acquiring the infection. But many individuals are unaware of their partner’s and their own Sero status. So this Meta-analysis aimed to assess the prevalence of HIV Sero discordance among adult discordant couples in Sub Saharan Africa, 2019. Methods: published and unpublished studies were searched systematically using electronic databases such as Google scholars, Medline, hennery, Scopes and Pub Med. All observational studies, which were assessing and reporting the prevalence of HIV sero discordance were identified and included in analysis. Investigators using a data extraction too.. Read More»