HIV in men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 505-506

  Sabin, Miriam Lewis ^a   Lazarus, Jeffrey V ^b   Frescura, Luisa ^a   Gill, Wayne ^c   Mahy, Mary ^a  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Regional Support Team   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSTITUTION; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84862726569     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70150-0     Document Type: Letter

References (12)

1. Political declaration on HIV/AIDS: intensifying our efforts to eliminate HIV/AIDS UN General Assembly, (accessed June 7, 2012). http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/65/L.77.
2. Smith AD, Tapsoba P, Peshu N, Sanders EJ, Jaffe HW Men who have sex with men and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet 2009, 374:416-422.
3. Baral S, Burrell E, Scheibe A, Brown B, Beyrer C, Bekker L-G HIV risk and associations of HIV infection among men who have sex with men in periurban Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Public Health 2011, 11:766.
4. Merrigan M, Azeez A, Afolabi B, et al. HIV prevalence and risk behaviours among men having sex with men in Nigeria. Sex Transm Infect 2011, 87:65-70.
5. Burrell E, Mark D, Grant R, Wood R, Bekker LG Sexual risk behaviours and HIV-1 prevalence among urban men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa. Sex Health 2010, 7:149-153.
6. Geibel S, Okal J, Tun W, et al. HIV/STI prevalence and risk behavior among men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya. University of Nairobi STD/AIDS Collaborative Group Annual Meeting; Nairobi, Kenya; Jan 18, 2011.
7. King R, Nakayiwa S, Katuntu D, et al. Men at risk: a qualitative sub-study on HIV and identity among men who have sex with men in Kampala, Uganda. International AIDS Society Conference; Rome, Italy; July 17-20, 2011. CDC319.
8. Rispel LC, Metcalf CA, Cloete A, Reddy V, Lombard C HIV prevalence and risk practices among men who have sex with men in two South African cities. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2011, 57:69-76.
9. AIDSinfo. 2010 UNAIDS, (accessed June 7, 2012). http://www.unaids.org/en/dataanalysis/tools/aidsinfo/.
10. 2010 Progress Reports Submitted by Countries UNAIDS, (accessed June 7, 2012). http://www.unaids.org/en/dataanalysis/monitoringcountryprogress/2010progressreportssubmittedbycountries/.
11. 2011. Guidelines on surveillance among populations most at risk for HIV UNAIDS, WHOWHO, (accessed June 7, 2012). http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241501668_eng.pdf.
12. UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. Global AIDS response progress reporting 2012. Guidelines. Construction of core indicators for monitoring the 2011 political declaration on HIV/AIDS. November, 2011 UNAIDS, (accessed June 7, 2012). http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/documents/document/2011/JC2215_Global_AIDS_Response_Progress_Reporting_en.pdf.