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- This figure is an extrapolation of serosurveys among pregnant women attending antenatal care. In 1990 seroprevalence in rural areas in Zimbabwe varied between 7 and 20 per cent; in the country’s two major towns, Harare and Bulawayo, it was 22 per cent and 17 per cent respectively, and in some border towns it reached 40 per cent. In 1992, seroprevalence in Bulawayo had risen to 27 per cent of antenatal wome.
- Annual reports of the National AIDS Control Programme See als.: Bassett M., Latif A., Katzenstein E, et al. 1992. Sexual behavior and risk factors for HIV infection in a group of male factory workers in Harare, Zimbabwe. Journal of AIDS. 5: 556–59.
- The figure quoted does not include consultations for STDs at private doctors, traditional healers, etc. On the other hand, some of the consultations are likely to have been repeat visit.
- Bassett M. and Mhloyi M. 1991. Women and AIDS in Zimbabwe: the making of an epidemic. International Journal of Health Services. 21(1): 143–56.
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- Free medical care was no great bonus during the first year of the study, as most patients qualified for free treatment anyway. However, in the second year the conditions for free treatment were changed and the prices for treatment rose steeply, which made free treatment very attractive indee.
- People were invited to participate a few at a time, so that we could cope with the quantity of support and work involved. Inclusion criteria were that participants lived within 25km of Bulawayo so that we could visit them at home, had no acute mental disturbance so that we could talk with them, and did not have fullblown AIDS, so that they were well enough to benefit from the kind of support we could giv.
- Maternal and Child Health Survey. Ministry of Health, 1992.
- Until recently, the Ministry of Health distributed condoms free. At present, they are available at cost pric.
- The personal histories related in this paper are those of participants in the project and are all true. Only their names and some minor details have been changed to protect their identit.