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Alternative Title:
AIDS Care
Personal Author:
Medley, Amy ; Baggaley, Rachel ; Bachanas, Pamela ; Cohen, Myron ; Shaffer, Nathan ; ... More +
Medley, Amy ; Baggaley, Rachel ; Bachanas, Pamela ; Cohen, Myron ; Shaffer, Nathan ; Lo, Ying-Ru ; Less -
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.
Subject:
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AIDS Serodiagnosis
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Article
Counseling
Couples HIV Testing And Counseling
Disclosure
Family Planning Services
Female
Heterosexuality
HIV/AIDS
HIV Infections
HIV Prevention
HIV Serodiscordant Couples
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Medication Adherence
Preventive Health Services
Risk Reduction Behavior
Safe Sex

Source:
AIDS Care. 25(12):1569-1580
Pubmed ID:
23656251
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4664148
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ;
Place as Subject:
Africa South of the Sahara ;
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:35ccbdac797edad994c3ddcbcf27202e9c02087ff5f9e906e7c9d48c0e42cc13
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