The influence of education in reducing the HIV epidemic

Margevicius, Renee; Joshi, Hem

doi:10.2140/involve.2013.6.127

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The influence of education in reducing the HIV epidemic

Renee Margevicius and Hem Raj Joshi

Vol. 6 (2013), No. 2, 127–135

DOI: 10.2140/involve.2013.6.127

Abstract

We use an SIRE (susceptible, infected, removed, and education) model to study and evaluate the effectiveness of Uganda’s education campaigns from the last 25 years in reducing the prevalence of AIDS and HIV infection. We divide the susceptible class into four subgroups with different infection rates due to their differing beliefs on sexual conduct. We use data from Uganda about the epidemic and educational influences to help estimate the infection rates, and then we simulate the model and compare our results to real data from 1996–2007.

Keywords

SIRE model, ABC strategy, mathematical model

Mathematical Subject Classification 2010

Primary: 34K60, 35K55

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Received: 12 May 2011

Revised: 29 May 2012

Accepted: 22 June 2012

Published: 1 September 2013

Communicated by Suzanne Lenhart

Authors

Renee Margevicius
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Xavier University Cincinnati, OH 45207 United States

Hem Raj Joshi
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Xavier University Cincinnati, OH 45207 United States

Vol. 6, No. 2, 2013