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The Trend of HIV/AIDS Incidence and Risks Associated with Age, Period, and Birth Cohort in Four Central African Countries

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  • Nodjimadji Tamlengar Martial

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Sumaira Mubarik

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Chuanhua Yu

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China)

Abstract

The HIV/AIDS incidence rates have decreased in African countries although the rates are still high in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our study aimed to examine the long-term trend of the overall HIV/AIDS incidence rates in four countries of the central region of Africa, using data from the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) 2019 study. The Age–Period–Cohort statistical model analysis was used to measure the trends of HIV/AIDS incidence rates in each of the four countries. HIV/AIDS incidence rates decreased slowly in Cameroon (CAM), Chad, and Central African Republic (CAR), but considerably in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 1990–2019. HIV/AIDS incidence rates in the four countries were at their peaks in the age group of 25–29 years. According to the age relative risks, individuals aged between 15 and 49 years old are at high risk of HIV/AIDS incidence in the four countries. The period and cohort relative risks have decreased in all four countries. Although CAM recorded an increase of 59.6% in the period relative risks (RRs) between 1990 and 1999, HIV/AIDS incidence has decreased dramatically in all four countries, especially after 2000. The decrease of the period RRs (relative risk) by nearly 20.6-folds and the decrease of the cohort RRs from 147.65 to almost 0.0034 in the DRC made it the country with the most significant decrease of the period and cohort RRs compared to the rest. HIV/AIDS incidence rates are decreasing in each of the four countries. Our study findings could provide solid ground for policymakers to promptly decrease HIV/AIDS incidence by strengthening the prevention policies to eliminate the public health threat of HIV/AIDS by 2030 as one of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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  • Nodjimadji Tamlengar Martial & Sumaira Mubarik & Chuanhua Yu, 2021. "The Trend of HIV/AIDS Incidence and Risks Associated with Age, Period, and Birth Cohort in Four Central African Countries," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-12, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:5:p:2564-:d:510604
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