STD prevalence and microbiological identification in Botswana

Research area(s):

Project start:
01.01.2000

Project end:
31.12.2004

Co-ordinators:
Romøren, Maria

Institutions:
Section for International Health, Department of General Practice and Community Health, University of Oslo

Funding source(s):
The Research Council of Norway,

Project description:
Assessment of non-HIV sexually transmitted diseases in pregnant women in Gaborone, Botswana. This is a follow up of a NUFU project on the prevalence of non-HIV STDs in women in Botswana conducted in 1997-8. The current approach is a laboratory based assessment of the various subtypes of STD in pregnant women, including a cost estimate of different public health management programs for STDs in the target population. It will give some health exconomic inputs into effective programs to combat STDs in a High HIV prevalence area in a middle income country

Countries:
Botswana