Tackling HIV in MENA: Talk Is Not Enough–It Is Time for Bold Actions: A Response to Recent Commentaries
| Autor: | Fardad Doroudi, Navid Madani, Mohammad Karamouzian, Ali Akbar Haghdoost |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Health (social science) Leadership and Management Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections Management Monitoring Policy and Law medicine.disease_cause Middle East Sexual and Gender Minorities 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Africa Northern Health Information Management Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Correspondence Development economics medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Homosexuality Male Middle East and North Africa (MENA) 030505 public health business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Health Policy HIV lcsh:RA1-1270 Public relations medicine.disease AIDS Female 0305 other medical science business Psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Health Policy and Management International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 199-200 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2322-5939 |
| DOI: | 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.110 |
| Popis: | In this commentary, we elaborate on the main points that Karamouzian and colleagues have made about HIVdata scarcity in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries. Without accessible and reliable data, no epidemic can be managed effectively or efficiently. Clearly, increased investments are needed to bolster capabilities to capture and interpret HIV surveillance data. We believe that this enhanced capacity can be achieved, in part, by leveraging and repurposing existing data platforms, technologies and patient cohorts. An immediate modest investment that capitalizes on available infrastructure can generate data on the HIV burden and spread that can be persuasive for MENA policy-makers to intensify efforts to track and contain the growing HIV epidemic in this region. A focus on key populations will yield the most valuable data, including among men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender women and men, persons who inject drugs (PWIDs), female partners of high risk men and female sex workers. |
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