Variability Analysis of HIV/AIDS Infection among Nigerian Students

Abstract

HIV/AIDS virus infection and its prevention are of increasing concern to individuals, humanitarian institutions and governments. United Nations report on population fund (see Pop line, January-February 2004) revealed that nearly half of the infected adults were women and three fifth of all people affected were from Sub Saharan Africa. In some areas of Sub Saharan Africa, it was reported that 25% of work force were HIV/AIDS infection positive. HIV/AIDS infection positive definiteness of 15% was then valued to be equivalence of 1% drop in Gross Domestic Product of the affected nation states. Vast majority of those affected by the virus often had no access then to proven life saving antiretroviral therapy. With aim of alleviating suffering, WHO and UNAIDS 1999 decided to make treatment available to three million people in 2005 and to step down costs of drugs. Noting that HIV/AIDS virus is most sexually transmitted, this paper is of opinion that availability of up to date reproductive and sexual health information and services is required to provide basis for prevention of virus infection It is aimed to carry out a survey on the current state of infection among Nigerian students and to provide demographic analysis of relevant models. Analysis carried out on 822 effective responses yielded such models as infection trend forecast tool.

Keywords: pre test data analysis, variability analysis, trends estimation, infection indicator and ratios.