Bloodborne HIV: Don't Get Stuck!

Unexpected infections in young adults, 2014: Among young adults aged 15-24 years, a random sample national survey in 2014 found that 6.3% of men who said they never had sex were HIV-positive vs. 5.1% for young men who said they had ever had sex.  Among young adult women, 3.7% of self-reported virgins were HIV-positive vs. 13.6% of all young adult women. Source: Ministry of Health, Lesotho, and ICF Macro. Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey 2014. Lesotho: Ministry of Health, 2016. Available at: https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR309/FR309.pdf (accessed 2 February 2019).

Unexpected infections in young adults, 2009: Among young adults aged 15-24 years, a random sample national survey in 2009 found that 3.5% of men who said they were virgins were HIV-positive vs. 4.2% of all young adult men. Among young adult women, 2.9% of self-reported virgins were HIV-positive vs. 13.6% of all young adult women. Source: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro. 2010. Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey 2009. Maseru, Lesotho: MOHSW and ICF Macro. Available at: http://measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR241/FR241.pdf (accessed 19 January 2012).