The case of India has been seen as a model of an intelligent and integrated use of data for an evidence-based response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic (Sgaier & Chandramouli (STI)). Avahan, the India HIV/AIDS initiative, can claim considerable success in reducing incidence among ‘bridging’ populations – by 21-45% among female sex-workers, and among their clients […]
Category: cART
Achieving UNAIDS 90-90-90: More haste less speed?
UNAIDS (2014) has set targets for HIV management that seem ambitious, if not unrealistically so (UNAIDS: 90-90-90): 90% of those living with HIV to know their status; 90% of known HIV+ individuals to undergo ART initiation; 90% of ART+ initiated to achieve viral suppression. A one-year-in report from a large cluster-randomized study of home-based testing […]
Health interventions can change systemic and cultural determinants of STI/HIV transmission
The causal pathway linking intimate partner violence (IPV) and health may be two-way. We are used to thinking of IPV as a determinant of STI; but sexual health also has an impact on IPV. This, at any rate, is the conclusion of a recently issued working-paper from the US National Bureau of Economic Research uniting […]