HIV epidemic appraisals for assisting in the design of effective prevention programmes: shifting the paradigm back to basics.
<h4>Background</h4>To design HIV prevention programmes, it is critical to understand the temporal and geographic aspects of the local epidemic and to address the key behaviours that drive HIV transmission. Two methods have been developed to appraise HIV epidemics and guide prevention str...
Main Authors: | Sharmistha Mishra, Sema K Sgaier, Laura H Thompson, Stephen Moses, B M Ramesh, Michel Alary, David Wilson, James F Blanchard |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22396756/?tool=EBI |
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