Status of HIV Epidemic Control Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15-24 Years - Seven African Countries, 2015-2017

Autor: Wilford Kirungi, Stanley Kamocha, Chiara Draghi, Daniel B Williams, Sam Biraro, Fortune Mhlanga, Avi J Hakim, Kyaw Thin, Hetal Patel, Suzue Saito, Paul Stupp, Stephen Delgado, Elizabeth Gummerson, Wolfgang Hladik, Elizabeth Bancroft, Steve Kinchen, Andrea Low, Leala Ruangtragool, Stefania Davia, Fausta Mosha, David Hoos, Haotian Cai, Choice Ginindza, Kumbutso Dzekedzeke, Danielle Payne, Zandile Masangane, Andrew C. Voetsch, Zandile Mnisi, Sundeep Gupta, Julius Zelothe, Stephen McCracken, Phausta Ntigiti, Thokozani Kalua, David W. Lowrance, Anteneh Worku, Nellie Wadonda-Kabondo, Felix B Kayigamba, Karampreet Sachathep, Jessica Justman, Jennifer S. Galbraith, Neena M Philip, Aroldia Mulokozi, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, E Amaka Nwankwo-Igomu, Ruben Sahabo, Danielle T. Barradas, Bharat Parekh, Koen Frederix, Gertrude Chipungu, Amee Schwitters, Kayla Lavilla, Sean Burke, Andrew F. Auld, Mansoor Farahani, Geoffrey R Somi, Cecilia Makafu, Lloyd Mulenga, Caroline Ryan, Sasi Jonnalagadda, Kristin Brown, Joshua Musinguzi, Godfrey Musuka, Margaret A. Riggs, Trong Ao, Beth A. Tippett Barr, Rennatus Mdodo, Elizabeth Radin, Owen Mugurungi, Yen T Duong, Christine West, Edith N. Nyangoma, Angela A Ramadhani, Elizabeth Brennan, Pasipamire Munyaradzi, Beth Deutsch, Amos Zwane, Evelyn Kim, Herbert Kiyingi, Rose Nyirenda, Alex Opio, Veronicah Mugisha
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
ISSN: 1545-861X
Popis: In 2016, an estimated 1.5 million females aged 15-24 years were living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Eastern and Southern Africa, where the prevalence of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women (3.4%) is more than double that for males in the same age range (1.6%) (1). Progress was assessed toward the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 2020 targets for adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa (90% of those with HIV infection aware of their status, 90% of HIV-infected persons aware of their status on antiretroviral treatment [ART], and 90% of those on treatment virally suppressed [HIV viral load
Databáze: OpenAIRE