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Feminization of HIV/AIDS epidemiology in Cameroon and Chad: A desk research

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Curricula and Evaluation, Faculty of Education, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
  • 2Medical Anthropologist, Higher Teachers Training College, University of Yaoundé I, P.B 47, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 12, Issue (3), Pages 49-60, October,14 (2023)

Abstract

HIV/AIDS epidemiology is a social and public health problem which carried a heavy burden and is a leading factor to high morbidity and mortality in the world. This paper aimed at investigating the feminization of HIV/AIDS in Chad and Cameroon and exploring factors behind it in those two countries. This present study used a desk kind of literature review and involved 42 articles and national surveys. The results revealed that in Cameroon and Chad, women were at higher risk of being infected with the HIV/AIDS and various factors ranging from individual level to socioeconomic as well as cultural and institutional level explained this vulnerability. The article concludes by calling upon the stakeholders to take measures and commitments in order to decrease the trend of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among women in Cameroon and Chad.

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