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Shock AIDS rates among married people

    JOHANNESBURG

    The rate of HIV/AIDS among married couples in South Africa is "horrifyingly" high compared to global figures, a recent study suggests.

    The joint research by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the University of Pennsylvania in the US found a prevalence rate of 10.5 percent among the 6,000 married respondents, in contrast to 15.7 percent of unmarried participants, according to a local newspaper, Die Burger.

    The study said although extra-marital sex for women was generally taboo, the same did not apply to men, and recommended that married couples take part in AIDS-prevention campaigns and undergo HIV testing.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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