HIV and AIDS knowledge and sexual behaviours amongst secondary school learners in Harare, Zimbabwe
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is an infectious disease that is caused by the human immuno deficiency virus (HIV). The virus affects and destroys the immune system and causes infected people to become more prone to opportunistic infections (Lindsay 2001:S4). Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) is the worst affected area in the world, with 64% of all people with HIV living in SSA (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS [UNAIDS] 2006:15) and half of the new cases are amongst people aged 15–24 years (UNAIDS 2004:93).
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