Publication: West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention
Date
2008-11
ISSN
Published
2008-11
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This synthesis paper describes the HIV
epidemics in 15 West African countries - Benin, Burkina
Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger,
Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea
Bissau, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It focuses particularly
on the degree to which the epidemics in each country are
concentrated or generalized, and the implications for
effective prevention. The urgent need for rigorous analytic
work to equip countries with a sound, situation-specific
analytical base for action motivated this study. The
analysis team critically reviewed and interpreted all
available surveillance, survey and research data (the amount
and quality of which varied considerably by country). For
the first ten countries listed, short country visits enabled
interviews and more thorough search for data and other
information, and the programmatic response to the HIV/AIDS
epidemic was also assessed to develop recommendations for
improving resource allocation and program effectiveness.
Link to Data Set
Citation
“World Bank. 2008. West Africa HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Response Synthesis : Implications for Prevention. World Bank Global HIV/AIDS Program;. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12537 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”