%0 Journal Article
%T A Review of HIV and Surgery in Africa
%A A. Makupe
%A B. Kawimbe
%A C. Simutowe
%A D. Mugala
%A D. Musowoya
%A K. Bowa
%A M. Njobvu
%J Archive of "The Open AIDS Journal".
%D 2016
%R 10.2174/1874613601610010016
%X HIV has a significant impact on surgery in Africa. ItsĄŻ influence has spanned a period of about 30 years. In the 1980s' Africa experienced a rise in the national prevalence of HIV spreading across East Africa through Southern Africa, and reaching peak prevalence in the Southern African region. These prevalence levels have affected four key areas of surgical practice; namely patient care, practice of surgery, surgical pathologies, the practitioner and more recently prevention
%K Africa
%K DCT
%K HIV
%K HPV
%K Male circumcision
%K Occupational Risk
%K Surgery
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893540/