Prevalence of HIV and Associated Risk Factors among Long Distance Truck Drivers in Inchope, Mozambique, 2012

This is the first integrated biological and behavioral surveillance survey among long-distance truck drivers (LDTD) in Mozambique. Using modified time-location sampling in 2012 at a key transportation junction (Inchope), we enrolled 327 male LDTD. 

• HIV prevalence was 15.4%. 
• Among HIV-positive LDTD, 83.7% did not know their status. 
• One-third of LDTD had never tested for HIV 
• and three-quarters had not received free condoms, lubricants or HIV literature in the past 12 months. 
• In that same period, 61.4% of LDTD had at least four sexual partners 
• and 27.1% paid for sex. 
• Among sexually-active LDTD, 76.5% did not use a condom at last sex. 
• HIV was associated with 
• primary education or lower, 
• residence in Mozambique 
• and never having tested for HIV. 

Our findings reveal that broader coverage of HIV prevention and comprehensive care services for LDTD are urgently needed.

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By: Botão C1, Horth RZ2, Frank H2, Cummings B3, Inguane C4, Sathane I4, McFarland W2, Fisher Raymond H2, Young PW3.

• 1National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health-Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique.
• 2Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• 3Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Maputo, Mozambique.
• 4International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Maputo, Mozambique.

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