The situation of HIV/AIDS
in the Amhara region is one
of the worst in the country
with persistently high prevalence
particularly of the urban
estimates. The regions
prevalence was estimated
at 2.8 in 2004, 2.7%
in 2005, 2006, 2007 &
in 2008, 2.8% in 2009, and
2.9% in 2010.
Currently there is estimated
379,096 people living with
HIV/AIDS in the region.
Even though, there is no any
study showing reasons for
this great variation between
the national and the regional
figures, there are some speculations
like high rate of poverty,
drought and famine, illiteracy,
unemployment, rural to urban
migration, silence about HIV/AIDS
among family members, harmful
traditional practices like
early marriage and female
genital mutilation, and societal
practices like polygamy that
are highly prevalent in the
region to be the possible
causes.
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