Abstract

Background West Africa is considered to be the most unstable region on the Africa continent. Civil wars in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast couple with political instability in Nigeria, Guinea Bissau and recently Togo have put Women and children at risk to diseases and poverty. These women struggled with their in order to meet the basic necessity of life. We take this as a serious problem because according to Church World service refugees and internally displaced persons are six times more likely to get infected with the virus than their counterparts in normal condition.

Highlights

  • West Africa is considered to be the most unstable region on the Africa continent

  • We were in the market places, Night clubs and bars as well as schools and the most important of all we were from door to door

  • About 80% of the women told us that they get involved in risky sexual behaviour inorder to keep up their children

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Summary

West Africa

Published: 8 December 2005 Retrovirology 2005, 2(Suppl 1):P152 doi:10.1186/1742-4690-2-S1-P152.

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