[PDF][PDF] Advancements in HIV Prevention: Africa's Trailblazing Initiatives and Breakthroughs

EI Obeagu, GU Obeagu - Elite Journal of Public Health, 2024 - researchgate.net
Africa has long borne the brunt of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, but it has also emerged as
a beacon of innovation and progress in HIV prevention. This review explores the pioneering …

HIV prevention for a threatened continent: implementing positive prevention in Africa

R Bunnell, J Mermin, KM De Cock - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
THE ENORMOUS HUMAN TRAGEDY REPRESENTED BY MORE than 2.4 million deaths
and 3.2 million incident hu-man immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in sub-Saharan …

New insights into HIV epidemic in South Africa: key findings from the National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey, 2012

K Zuma, O Shisana, TM Rehle, LC Simbayi… - African Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents key findings from the 2012 HIV prevalence, incidence and behaviour
survey conducted in South Africa and explores trends in the HIV epidemic. A representative …

The history and challenge of HIV prevention

MH Merson, J O'Malley, D Serwadda, C Apisuk - The lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has become part of the contemporary global landscape. Few
predicted its effect on mortality and morbidity or its devastating social and economic …

Effectiveness of HIV prevention strategies in resource-poor countries: tailoring the intervention to the context

J Wegbreit, S Bertozzi, LM DeMaria, NS Padian - Aids, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Although global commitment to control the HIV/AIDS pandemic has significantly increased in
recent years, the virus continues to spread with alarming and increasing speed. By the end …

PrEP rollout in Africa: status and opportunity

EM Irungu, JM Baeten - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Following recommendations by the World Health Organization in 2015, and key clinical
trials, countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the highest burden of human …

PrEP implementation research in Africa: what is new?

FM Cowan, S Delany‐Moretlwe… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Of the two million new HIV infections in adults in 2014, 70% occurred in sub‐
Saharan Africa. Several African countries have already approved guidelines for pre …

Shadow on the continent: public health and HIV/AIDS in Africa in the 21st century

KM De Cock, D Mbori-Ngacha, E Marum - The Lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Approaches to the prevention and control of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa have been
heavily based on early experiences and policies from industrialised countries, where the …

[HTML][HTML] HIV prevention in adolescents and young people in the Eastern and Southern African region: A review of key challenges impeding actions for an effective …

K Govender, WGB Masebo, P Nyamaruze… - The Open AIDS …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The global commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 places HIV prevention at the
centre of the response. With the disease continuing to disproportionately affect young …

Epidemiology of HIV infection in the Middle East and North Africa

LJ Abu-Raddad, N Hilmi, G Mumtaz, M Benkirane… - AidS, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to be perceived as a
region with very limited HIV epidemiological data, raising many controversies about the …