Abstract:
This paper explores the contemporary debate concerning choosing a partner
(Positive (+) or negative (-)) and being promiscuous, and their effects on the
spread of the HIV virus and AIDS disease. An agent-based simulation model is
constructed to analyse the effect of these factors on the spread of the virus and
the AIDS disease among sexually-active, high-risk people in Port Harcourt,
Nigeria. The results of the analysis suggest that choosing a partner (Positive
(+) or negative (-), a decision making practice about whether or not to engage
in sexual activity based on one's HIV positive or negative status, is an effective
strategy in containing the disease when practised consistently. The level of
promiscuity has mixed results regarding the spread of the disease