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International Journal of Epidemiology 2008 37(6):1201-1203; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn264
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2008; all rights reserved.

Editorial

Preventing HIV in resource-limited settings: evidence for action, from cross-sectional surveys

Lukas Fenner1,2 and Matthias Egger1,*

1 Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Finkenhubelweg 11, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
2 Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, University of Basel, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.

* Corresponding author. E-mail: egger@ispm.unibe.ch

Keywords HIV, AIDS, prevalence, socioeconomic, education, male circumcision, behaviour, intervention, model, prevention

Accepted 12 November 2008

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The current issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology features seven papers that cover a range of issues that are central to our understanding of the HIV epidemic and its control in resource-limited settings. One cross-sectional study highlights the importance of education as a protective factor against HIV in young South African women,1 another illustrates the complex relationship between socioeconomic position and HIV infection in Tanzania,2 and a further prevalence study examines the importance of lack of circumcision as a risk factor in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.3 Male circumcision is also the topic of a modelling study and an accompanying commentary, which examine the potential long-term . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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