Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) ages 15–24 have been identified as a population extremely vulnerable to HIV (Karim, Baxter, & Birx, 2017; Dellar, Dlamini, & Karim, 2015). Globally, in 2016, approximately 400,000 AGYW in this age group were newly HIV-positive (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS [UNAIDS], 2017). In those countries in sub-Saharan Africa with generalized HIV epidemics, adolescence marks an increase in HIV prevalence, and gender disparities in that prevalence emerge and expand dramatically (Idele, et al., 2014). Recent estimates from seven African countries indicate that the prevalence of HIV among women ages 15–25 is more than twice that among their male counterparts (Brown, et al., 2018).
 

Characterizing Male Sexual Partners of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Mozambique:

This report presents a description of the intervention, preliminary results, and recommendations for others wishing to conduct a similar data use activity. This study consisted of two parts. Part I was a qualitative study of AGYW using focus group discussions (FGDs) to obtain information on their male sexual partners. Part II was a brief, anonymous intercept survey of boys and men ages 18 and above, conducted at venues identified by AGYW as places where their sexual partners might be found. In-depth findings from both parts have been reported previously (do Nascimento, Costa, & Chapman, 2018; Chapman, Trevis-Kagan, Mandal, & Dinis, 2018). Stakeholder reference groups in each district guided study implementation. 

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