Olalekan A. Uthman
Prevalence and pattern of HIV-related malnutrition among women in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of demographic health surveys
Centre for Healthy Start Initiative
worlds highest hiv infection rates found subsaharan africa ssa adult prevalence countries exceeds 25 food shortages malnutrition combined hivaids bring countries brink crisis aim study describe prevalence malnutrition among hivinfected women variations across socioeconomic status using data 11 countries ssathis study uses metaanalytic procedures synthesize results recent data sets available demographic health surveys 11 countries ssa pooled prevalence estimates 95 confidence intervals calculated using randomand fixedeffects models subgroup leaveonecountryout sensitivity analyses also carried outpooling prevalence estimates hivrelated malnutrition yielded overall prevalence 103 95 ci 74 141 statistically significant heterogeneity i2 00 p 903 prevalence estimates decreased increasing wealth index education attainment pooled prevalence hivrelated malnutrition higher among women residing rural areas among women residing urban areas lower among women professionally employed unemployed women agricultural manual workprevalence hivrelated malnutrition among women varies wealth status education attainment occupation type residence ruralurban observed socioeconomic disparities help provide information population subgroups particular need high risk groups may turn lead development implementation effective intervention programs