The spatial distribution of HIV and AIDS in Gauteng, South Africa

Ezike-Dennis, Uchechukwu Nneka

dc.contributor.advisor	Nicolau, M.D.	en
dc.contributor.author	Ezike-Dennis, Uchechukwu Nneka	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:54:43Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:54:43Z
dc.date.issued	2007-12
dc.date.submitted	2007-12-31	en
dc.identifier.citation	Ezike-Dennis, Uchechukwu Nneka (2007) The spatial distribution of HIV and AIDS in Gauteng, South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1594>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1594
dc.description.abstract	Since the earliest reported cases of HIV/AIDS probably in 1959 in Africa, there has been a consistent progression in the new HIV/AIDS infection cases. In South Africa, Gauteng, records one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in the country. The Department of Health (DOH) South Africa conducts ongoing studies on HIV/AIDS at provincial levels; these studies monitor the prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst pregnant women attending antenatal clinics, as a tool for determining and monitoring the prevalence, trends, patterns and spread of the disease in the general population. This study analyses sentinel and spatial data collected from the (DOH) and Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) respectively, and depicts them in the form of spatial maps, and then critically analyses the spatial patterns that occur. The research findings would hopefully contribute to the overall knowledge of HIV/AIDS and provide framework and relevant literature for further investigation.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (xiv, 147 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Spatial mapping	en
dc.subject	Spatial Information Management Systems (SIMS)	en
dc.subject	Spatial environment	en
dc.subject	Socio-economy	en
dc.subject	Sentinel Survey	en
dc.subject	Population distribution	en
dc.subject	HIV prevalence	en
dc.subject	HIV incidence	en
dc.subject	Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)	en
dc.subject	Geographical Information System (GIS)	en
dc.subject	Epidemiology	en
dc.subject	Endemicity	en
dc.subject	Endemic	en
dc.subject	At Risk Sexual Behaviour	en
dc.subject	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)	en
dc.subject.ddc	362.19697920096822
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Gauteng
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Gauteng -- Epidemiology
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Gauteng -- Prevention
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Gauteng
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- Transmission -- South Africa -- Gauteng
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV (Viruses) -- South Africa -- Gauteng
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV (Viruses) -- South Africa -- Gauteng -- Epidemiology
dc.subject.lcsh	Spatial analysis (Statistics)
dc.subject.lcsh	Geographic information systems -- South Africa -- Gauteng
dc.subject.lcsh	Communicable diseases -- South Africa -- Gauteng
dc.subject.lcsh	Communicable diseases -- Transmission -- South Africa -- Gauteng
dc.subject.lcsh	Communicable diseases -- South Africa -- Gauteng -- Prevention
dc.title	The spatial distribution of HIV and AIDS in Gauteng, South Africa	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Geography	en
dc.description.degree	M.Sc. (Geography)	en