Maximizing the impact of HIV prevention efforts: Interventions for couples

Medley, Amy; Baggaley, Rachel; Bachanas, Pamela; Cohen, Myron; Shaffer, Nathan; Lo, Ying-Ru

doi:10.1080/09540121.2013.793269

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Maximizing the impact of HIV prevention efforts: Interventions for couples

Published Date:

May 08 2013

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2013.793269 New Site Icon

Source:

AIDS Care. 25(12):1569-1580.

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Medley, Amy ; Baggaley, Rachel ; Bachanas, Pamela ; Cohen, Myron ; Shaffer, Nathan ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

23656251

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4664148

Description:

Despite efforts to increase access to HIV testing and counseling services, population coverage remains low. As a result, many people in sub-Saharan Africa do not know their own HIV status or the status of their sex partner(s). Recent evidence, however, indicates that as many as half of HIV-positive individuals in ongoing sexual relationships have an HIV-negative partner and that a significant proportion of new HIV infections in generalized epidemics occur within serodiscordant couples. Integrating couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) into routine clinic- and community-based services can significantly increase the number of couples where the status of both partners is known. Offering couples a set of evidence-based interventions once their HIV status has been determined can significantly reduce HIV incidence within couples and if implemented with sufficient scale and coverage, potentially reduce population-level HIV incidence as well. This article describes these interventions and their potential benefits.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States

Place as Subject:

Africa South of the Sahara

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