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Background
In sub-Saharan Africa heterosex is dominant mode of HIV transmission
Infection occurs early.
- Kenya: 15-24 year olds, 11-15% of women and 4-9% of men infected with HIV (UNAIDS 2000)
Primary School Action for Better Health (PSABH) – funded to develop and administer an HIV prevention education programme for upper primary school youth in Kenya.
But, there was scarce research on the nature, patterns, and context of young people’s sexual activity – mostly “counting”