FlickrMany men in sub-Saharan Africa may have HIV without being aware of it and are therefore at increased risk of poor health outcomes, a study in 13 sub-Saharan African countries found. The analysis was made using results from nationally representative household surveys carried out from 2015 to 2019 in Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The study found that 34% of men who tested HIV positive during the surveys were unaware of their HIV-positive status. The reasons for men not knowing their HIV status are varied but may be linked to levels of education and age.
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