Maximizing the impact of HIV prevention efforts: interventions for couples.
AIDS Care
; 25(12): 1569-80, 2013.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23656251
ABSTRACT
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.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Serviços Preventivos de Saúde
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Infecções por HIV
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Revelação
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Antirretrovirais
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Relações Interpessoais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article