HIV prevalence estimates from the demographic and health surveys

The data are cross-sectional and provide a snapshot of the current situation in the 28 countries that included HIV testing in their surveys. The Dominican Republic, Mali, and Zambia have had two surveys with HIV testing done since 2001. However, HIV testing was not connected to the entire survey record in earlier surveys for these three countries, preventing analysis across background characteristics. Tanzania surveys included fully-linked testing in both 2003-04 and in 2007-08. For the Dominican Republic and Mali, only the most recent survey findings are presented. At the time of this publication, final results of the 2007 Zambia and 2007-08 Tanzania surveys were not yet available. Therefore, findings from the first surveys are presented for these two countries. (Author abstract)