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No Clear Link Between Conflict, Rape and HIV: UN Study
Contradicting a "common belief" of such a link, a new study by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that out of 12 refugee camps where HIV prevalence was surveyed, nine actually had a lower rate than surrounding host communities.
The study, led by Paul Spiegel of the UNHCRs Public Health and HIV section, looked at population data in the Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Burundi.
"Data from these countries did not show an increase in prevalence of HIV infection during periods of conflict, irrespective of prevalence when conflict began," said the study, which was published in British medical journal The Lancet.
"Although every occurrence of rape is abhorrent and could increase an individuals risk of contracting HIV infection, there are no data to show that wide-scale rape raised the overall prevalence of infection" in the seven countries surveyed, it added.
There is also no evidence that refugees exacerbate the HIV epidemic in host communities, the report said.
UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond stressed however that the findings did not mean the agency was taking a complacent attitude towards the problem.
"This does not mean that conflict in all countries would mean lower HIV infection than non-conflict countries... Nor should the findings be interpreted to mean we shouldnt worry about HIV or rape in conflict," he told journalists.
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