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Men and women in Swaziland who are engaged in multiple or concurrent sexual

partnerships, or who have sexual partners with concurrent partners, face a very

high risk of HIV infection. Ninety-four in-depth interviews were conducted with 28

Swazi men and women (14 of each sex) between the ages of 20 and 39 in order

to explore participants’ sexual partnership histories, including motivations for

sexual relationships which carried high HIV risk. Concurrency was normative,

with most men and women having had at least one concurrent sexual

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Ruark2014_AJAR_SwazilandConcurrency_AAM.pdf

The dynamics and quality of a person's sexual relationships are critical influencers of his or her mental, emotional, and physical health. Men and women in Swaziland who are engaged in multiple or concurrent sexual partnerships, or who have sexual partners with concurrent partners, face a very high risk of HIV infection. Relationship quality and satisfaction may impact sexual behaviors and partnership dynamics which in turn affect HIV risk.

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Ruark_Dissertation_A4.pdf

The HIV prevention policy provides direction and guidelines on the HIV prevention programme implementation and on the response management to an extensive range of stakeholders, which includes policymakers, managers, programmers and implementers, taking into consideration the risk factors to infection and the key drivers to the epidemic.

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PreventionPolicy.PDF