Prevalence and factors associated with HIV infection among people with disabilities in Mali

Prevalence and factors associated with HIV infection among people with disabilities in Mali

Previous studies on HIV and disability have reported the vulnerability of people with disabilities (PWDs) to HIV and the need to include them in HIV prevention programs. However, in Mali, data on HIV among this population is scarce. This study aims to estimate HIV prevalence and risk factors among p...

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Published in:AIDS care Vol. 34; no. S1; pp. 52 - 59
Main Authors: Cisse, Kadari, Ouedraogo, Henri Gautier, Compaore, Tegwinde Rebeca, Zida, Sylvie, Fomba, Harouna, Baldé, Boubacar, Ag Biga, Ahmed, Maïga, Seydou, Thera, Emmanuel, Sangaré, Mamadou, Kouanda, Seni
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Taylor & Francis 25-07-2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Aggression
AIDS
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disabilities
Disability
Disabled Persons
Epidemics
Female
Functional impairment
Health risks
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV prevalence
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infections
Learning disabled people
Male
Mali
Mali - epidemiology
Multivariate analysis
People with disabilities
Population studies
Prevalence
Prevention programs
Preventive medicine
Public health
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Sexual assault
Sexual violence
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Mali
Mali
HIV prevalence
people with disabilities
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Summary:Previous studies on HIV and disability have reported the vulnerability of people with disabilities (PWDs) to HIV and the need to include them in HIV prevention programs. However, in Mali, data on HIV among this population is scarce. This study aims to estimate HIV prevalence and risk factors among people with disabilities in Mali. We conducted a household-based cross-sectional study in six regions of Mali. The Washington Group (WG) short questionnaire was used to identify PWDs in the household. A total of 1051 PWDs were included in the study. The prevalence of HIV infection among people with disabilities in Mali was 2.38% (25/1051), with a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 1.58%-3.44%. HIV prevalence was higher in women (3.31% [95%CI: 2.14-4.88]) than in men (0.78% [95%CI: 0.22-2.06]). People with visual or intellectual functional limitations were the most affected, with 3.93% (95%CI: 2.22-6.44) and 2.67% (95%CI: 0.56-8.28), respectively. Multivariate analysis shows that age, sex, type of disability and sexual violence are the risk factors for HIV infection among people with disabilities in Mali. These results suggest that HIV strategies should include people with disabilities in order to achieve the target of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 in Mali.
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ISSN:0954-0121
1360-0451
DOI:10.1080/09540121.2022.2049195