Unfaithful lovers or partners have been officially warned that cheating with only one person exposes them to an HIV infection rate similar to individuals who have sex with 12 people - at the same time, reports The Times Of Swaziland.

Sexual networks and communities of multiple partners are driving the HIV epidemic in the country. These networks are rife among married couples but not unique to them as unmarried couples also drive the epidemic.

NERCHA Director Dr Derek von Wissel says efforts to understand this phenomenon has thus far hit a snag. “We are faced by a huge problem here. We have failed to establish why people have multiple concurrent partners.”

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