Document 2540
 DOCN  M94A2540
 TI    The prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS increases with the proximity to the
       Kenya/Uganda border.
 DT    9412
 AU    Baltazar GM; ACP, Kenya.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):280 (abstract no. PC0042). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370035
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To analyze surveillance data to determine whether populations
       living along the Kenya/Uganda border have higher prevalence rates of
       HIV/AIDS. METHOD: Analysis of surveillance data for antenatals in the
       sentinel sites and reported AIDS cases between 1990 and 1993. RESULTS:
       42,799 cases have been reported to the Programme by December 1993.
       18,105 (42.2%) originated from the western part of Kenya bordering
       Uganda. Cost province which is 800 km. from the western border on the
       east reported 12,572 cases (29.3%) but only 4,673 (10.9%) are from the
       coast province. The ANC sentinel surveillance indicates that the area
       along the Kenya/Uganda border has HIV prevalence rate of 20-30%. Areas
       along the highway from Uganda to the coast have a prevalence rate of
       10-30%. Other areas away from the highway and far from the border have a
       rate of 2-10%. CONCLUSION: Whereas studies have associated the high
       prevalence rates along the Trans-Africa highway with the truck drivers,
       more studies need to be targeted to the populations along the western
       Kenya border to determine the factors that make these communities so
       susceptible to HIV infection.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Kenya/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Prevalence
       Uganda/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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