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The perceptions of community members regarding reasons why HIV prevalence rate is high in Zambezi Region than in the other thirteen regions of Namibia

Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.

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Main Author: Mbuche, Joseph Kasu
Other Authors: Thomson, Elza
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Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2015
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spelling oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/97922 The perceptions of community members regarding reasons why HIV prevalence rate is high in Zambezi Region than in the other thirteen regions of Namibia Mbuche, Joseph Kasu Thomson, Elza Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Industrial Psychology. Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management. HIV infections -- Namibia -- Zambezi Region AIDS (Disease) -- Namibia -- Zambezi Region AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy -- Namibia -- Zambezi Region UCTD Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Republic of Namibia situated at the South West of Africa near Atlantic Ocean is a country in Sub-Saharan Africa region. It was divided into fourteen political administrative regions during the delimitation committee of 2013. Namibia has a population of 3 million according to the census report of 2011 (Census report 2011). The prevalence rate of HIV in Zambezi Region is higher than in other thirteen regions of Namibia. Zambezi Region is geographically located between the four SADC countries such as Zambia, Angola, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Trans–Caprivi high way is believed to contribute to the high prevalence rate of 37.7 % according to the sentinel survey report of pregnant women of 2012.The traditional beliefs and customs are affecting HIV/AIDS programmes that are implemented in the region by stakeholders and the Ministry of Health and Social Services. Namibia as a country since 1992 to 2014 has conducted sentinel surveys among pregnant women and National testing days from 2008 to find out how to address HIV and AIDS epidemic in the country. Zambezi Region according to the sentinel survey reports has the highest HIV prevalence rate among pregnant women than the other thirteen regions. The reasons that are causing the high prevalence rate of HIV in this part of the country are not yet know to the citizens. The researcher in this research has used the qualitative approach method, to investigate the perceptions of community members regarding reasons of higher HIV prevalence rate in Zambezi Region. Sampling was conducted using purposive sampling in all six constituencies of the region in which 30 participants of 15 females and 15 males were interviewed. The semi - structured interview qualitative method was used to collect data from respondents. This study is the eye opener as the reasons that are contributing to the high HIV prevalence rate in Zambezi Region have been discovered. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Nie beskikbaar Masters 2015-12-14T07:43:13Z 2015-12-14T07:43:13Z 2015-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97922 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 41 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
spellingShingle HIV infections -- Namibia -- Zambezi Region
AIDS (Disease) -- Namibia -- Zambezi Region
AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy -- Namibia -- Zambezi Region
UCTD
Mbuche, Joseph Kasu
The perceptions of community members regarding reasons why HIV prevalence rate is high in Zambezi Region than in the other thirteen regions of Namibia
title The perceptions of community members regarding reasons why HIV prevalence rate is high in Zambezi Region than in the other thirteen regions of Namibia
title_full The perceptions of community members regarding reasons why HIV prevalence rate is high in Zambezi Region than in the other thirteen regions of Namibia
title_fullStr The perceptions of community members regarding reasons why HIV prevalence rate is high in Zambezi Region than in the other thirteen regions of Namibia
title_full_unstemmed The perceptions of community members regarding reasons why HIV prevalence rate is high in Zambezi Region than in the other thirteen regions of Namibia
title_short The perceptions of community members regarding reasons why HIV prevalence rate is high in Zambezi Region than in the other thirteen regions of Namibia
title_sort perceptions of community members regarding reasons why hiv prevalence rate is high in zambezi region than in the other thirteen regions of namibia
topic HIV infections -- Namibia -- Zambezi Region
AIDS (Disease) -- Namibia -- Zambezi Region
AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy -- Namibia -- Zambezi Region
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97922
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