| dc.description.abstract | Introduction:
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) remain one of the most serious global challenges the world is facing today and most especially in the sub-Saharan African countries (UNAIDS: 2015). Globally, it was reported that by end of June 2015, about 36.9 million people were living with HIV and of these; 15.8 million people were accessing antiretroviral therapy. And about 1.2 million people had died of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses in the same period (WHO:2015).Of the estimated global population living withHIV,25.8million people were reported to occur in sub-Saharan Africa with women accounting for more than 50% of the infected people (WHO:2015).About 2 million people were reported to have become newly infected with HIV globally by end of June 2015 and of these, more than 95% occurred in developing countries with about 1.4 million people reported to occur in the worst hit sub-Saharan African nations.(UNAIDS: 2015).
Objective: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and cautions undertaken by students towards HIV/AIDS.
Method: A descriptive questionnaire-based cross-sectional study design was used that involved 130 participants in a selected secondary school.
Results: The knowledge was high (80%), attitudes positive (94.4%) and cautions undertaken also found to be good.
Conclusion: The knowledge of students about HIV/AIDS was high, their attitudes positive and cautions undertaken was also good but there was a need to keep up to date on the changing HIV transmission modes and spread. | en_US |
