Thursday, May 14, 2009

HIV and Income

Hans Rosling, of Gapminder, did a great
presentation of the complicated picture of HIV.


Some key points:

(1) The poorest countries/poorest population quintiles aren't necessarily the ones with the highest HIV prevalence.
(2) Africa is a diverse continent, home to countries with different HIV epidemic stories. We see different epidemiological stories even within those countries.
(3) We need to think about and test other explanations of different HIV/STI epidemic stories e.g. number of partners and concurrency (vs serial monogamy).


Please see the presentation in full at the Hans Rosling TED presentation

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