Abstract
Background Young people aged 15 to 24 account for more than 50 percent of all new HIV infections worldwide, majority are those who engage in unsafe sex (unprotected casual sex and multiple sex partners), unsafe injection drug use, exposure to contaminated blood and blood products or unsterilized skin piercing procedures. Border towns have an admixture of vulnerable population including uniform personnel, out of school youths, traders, drivers, commercial sex workers and migrants as well as risky sites such as bars, hotels, brothels and truck parking areas.
Highlights
Young people aged 15 to 24 account for more than 50 percent of all new HIV infections worldwide, majority are those who engage in unsafe sex, unsafe injection drug use, exposure to contaminated blood and blood products or unsterilized skin piercing procedures
The out of school border youths in this study engage in risky sexual behavior that can put them at risk of HIV infection, uptake of HCT is poor
One in two systematic market stall sampling was used in the border market between Nigeria and Republic of Benin to select participants for the study, in each of the selected stalls all the youths 15 to 24 years were interviewed using a validated structured questionnaire until sampling size of 120 was achieved
Summary
Young people aged 15 to 24 account for more than 50 percent of all new HIV infections worldwide, majority are those who engage in unsafe sex (unprotected casual sex and multiple sex partners), unsafe injection drug use, exposure to contaminated blood and blood products or unsterilized skin piercing procedures. Achieving zero new HIV infection, unsafe sexual practices of out of school border youths From 17th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases (ISHEID) Marseille, France.
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