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CNLS delivers staggering AIDS figures in Senegal

Positivity rate: CNLS delivers staggering AIDS figures in Senegal

The National Council for the Fight against AIDS (CNLS) published its 2019 report. In the document, the national council delivered startling figures on the rate of AIDS contamination in Senegal.

According to the CNLS, 0.5% of women and 0.4% of men aged 15-49 are HIV positive in Senegal. According to the same report, the percentage of women and men who are HIV positive increases with age.

“In women, the prevalence is lower in those under 20, but increases with age to reach a maximum of 1.2% at 45-49 years,” the document explains.

Among men, the report says, the percentage of seropositive is higher (1.5%) in the age group of 40-44 years ”, reports the 2019 annual report of the CNLS, which also notes a steady decline in the prevalence. of HIV in female sex workers.

Indeed, it went from 18.5% in 2010 to 6.6% in 2015 and 5.8% in 2019. This same trend is observed depending on the category. Among official sex workers, that is to say followed as part of the official prostitution file, the prevalence of HIV fell from 23.8% in 2010 to 8.7% in 2015 and 8.6% in 2019, while among clandestine sex workers, it went from 12.1% to 5.4% for the same period and to 2.8% in 2019, the report still notes …

Author: Mohamed Rassoul GUEYE – Seneweb.com

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