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The history and challenge of HIV prevention.

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Merson, MH; O'Malley, J; Serwadda, D; Apisuk, C
Published in: Lancet
August 9, 2008

The HIV/AIDS pandemic has become part of the contemporary global landscape. Few predicted its effect on mortality and morbidity or its devastating social and economic consequences, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Successful responses have addressed sensitive social factors surrounding HIV prevention, such as sexual behaviour, drug use, and gender equalities, countered stigma and discrimination, and mobilised affected communities; but such responses have been few and far between. Only in recent years has the international response to HIV prevention gathered momentum, mainly due to the availability of treatment with antiretroviral drugs, the recognition that the pandemic has both development and security implications, and a substantial increase in financial resources brought about by new funders and funding mechanisms. We now require an urgent and revitalised global movement for HIV prevention that supports a combination of behavioural, structural, and biomedical approaches and is based on scientifically derived evidence and the wisdom and ownership of communities.

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Lancet

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1474-547X

Publication Date

August 9, 2008

Volume

372

Issue

9637

Start / End Page

475 / 488

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Male
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • Health Priorities
  • HIV Infections
  • Global Health
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Female
  • Developing Countries
  • Community Health Services
 

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Merson, M. H., O’Malley, J., Serwadda, D., & Apisuk, C. (2008). The history and challenge of HIV prevention. Lancet, 372(9637), 475–488. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60884-3
Merson, Michael H., Jeffrey O’Malley, David Serwadda, and Chantawipa Apisuk. “The history and challenge of HIV prevention.Lancet 372, no. 9637 (August 9, 2008): 475–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60884-3.
Merson MH, O’Malley J, Serwadda D, Apisuk C. The history and challenge of HIV prevention. Lancet. 2008 Aug 9;372(9637):475–88.
Merson, Michael H., et al. “The history and challenge of HIV prevention.Lancet, vol. 372, no. 9637, Aug. 2008, pp. 475–88. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60884-3.
Merson MH, O’Malley J, Serwadda D, Apisuk C. The history and challenge of HIV prevention. Lancet. 2008 Aug 9;372(9637):475–488.
Journal cover image

Published In

Lancet

DOI

EISSN

1474-547X

Publication Date

August 9, 2008

Volume

372

Issue

9637

Start / End Page

475 / 488

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Male
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • Health Priorities
  • HIV Infections
  • Global Health
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Female
  • Developing Countries
  • Community Health Services