Ojwang A W, Lema V M, Wanjala S H
Homa-Bay District Hospital, Kenya.
East Afr Med J. 1993 Aug;70(8):506-11.
AIDS continues to exert considerable strain on the economy, as well as social aspects of our lives. Previous studies have identified the categories of people most at risk of contracting and developing HIV infection and AIDS. In this study, 20.9% of women with acute pelvic infection at the Kenyatta National Hospital, were found to be seropositive for HIV, much higher than the general population in Kenya. Though there was no direct correlation between one's age and serological status, most of the women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) were young, quite sexually active, and involved with several partners. 49.0% of the entire group and 53.7% of the women who were seropositive, were married. This underlines the fact that marital status does not appear to offer any protection against HIV infection. The fact that majority of these women had started coitus quite early, they were not using any protective measure against STDs or HIV infection, and that they were involved with several partners, indicate that we are very far from winning the fight against HIV infection and AIDS. There is need to revise the currently operative programmes with a view to making them more effective, in preventing transmission and spread of HIV infection.
艾滋病继续给经济以及我们生活的社会层面带来相当大的压力。先前的研究已确定了最易感染和患上艾滋病毒感染及艾滋病的人群类别。在这项研究中，发现肯雅塔国家医院20.9%的急性盆腔炎女性艾滋病毒血清呈阳性，这一比例远高于肯尼亚的总人口。虽然一个人的年龄与血清学状况之间没有直接关联，但大多数盆腔炎（PID）女性都很年轻，性生活相当活跃，且有多个性伴侣。整个组中有49.0%以及血清呈阳性的女性中有53.7%已婚。这凸显了婚姻状况似乎无法为预防艾滋病毒感染提供任何保护这一事实。这些女性中大多数很早就开始性行为，她们没有采取任何预防性病或艾滋病毒感染的保护措施，而且她们有多个性伴侣，这些事实表明我们在抗击艾滋病毒感染和艾滋病的斗争中远未取得胜利。有必要修订目前实施的项目，以期使其在预防艾滋病毒感染的传播和扩散方面更有效。
