Non-Disclosure of HIV-Positive Serostatus: Unmatched Case-Control Study in People Living with HIV in Public Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia.

According to this study, living in a rural area and being in WHO clinical stage one, in addition to being a woman and having multiple sexual partners during one's lifetime, were predictors of non-disclosure of an HIV-positive serostatus. As a result, encouraging people with HIV in WHO stage I and those who have had more than one sexual partner in their lifetime to disclose their status and expanding counselling services for rural residents and women have a substantial impact on reducing the HIV load.