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Home / Publicações / Southern Africa: the Highest Priority Region for HIV Prevention and Care Interventions

Southern Africa: the Highest Priority Region for HIV Prevention and Care Interventions

  • Autores: Sheldon EK, Sidat M, Vermund SH
  • Ano de Publicação: 2015
  • Journal: Current HIV/AIDS Reports
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4536916/%20

The global HIV pandemic began to expand rapidly in southern Africa a decade later than was noted in central Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and North America. Multiple factors played a role in this rapid expansion which led Southern Africa to become the most heavily afflicted region for HIV/AIDS globally. In this issue of Current HIV/AIDS Reports, investigators with active research interests in the region have reviewed key elements of the causes of and responses to the epidemic. Putative causes of the high HIV prevalence in the region are discussed, including host and viral biology, human behavior, politics and policy, structural factors, health services, health workforce, migration, traditional healers’ role, and other issues. Regional epidemiological trends are described and forecasted. Issues related to the continuum of HIV care and treatment are highlighted. We hope that the reviews will prove useful to those policymakers, health care workers, and scientists who are striving to reduce the burden of HIV in the southern African region, as well as prove insightful for key issues of broader global relevance.

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