October 2010 Prevention Update: The HIV Prevention Update provides a representative sample of summaries and abstracts of recent articles on global HIV prevention issues from a variety of scientific, peer-reviewed journals. It also includes state-of-the-art program resources, such as tools, curricula, program reports, and unpublished research findings. We would like the HIV Prevention Update to be as helpful to you as possible. If you would like to recommend a recently published, web-accessible article or other information for inclusion, please let us know by sending an email to Prevention@aidstar-one.com.
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http://www.aidstar-one.com/focus_areas/prevention/resources/prevention_update/October%202010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Highlights from October Issue: In Focus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Eliminating HIV in South Africa May Cost More Than Estimated
According to the authors, Granich and colleagues' 2009 model may have underestimated the costs of implementing a universal "test and treat" strategy for South Africa by neglecting to account for the costs of complementary prevention interventions, annual HIV testing services, and improvements to health care infrastructure. To treat and monitor more than 4.3 million adults in South Africa annually will require a tenfold scale-up of the current health care infrastructure.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Community Views of Intergenerational Sex: Findings from Focus Groups in Botswana, Namibia, and Swaziland According to this qualitative study, intergenerational (IG) sex is common, with younger women engaging in the practice to receive money and material goods. Young women, although aware that their IG partners were more likely to be infected with HIV, noted difficulty in negotiating condom use.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where Are We Toward Achieving Universal Access: Progress Report 2010
This fourth annual progress report assesses progress made by UN Member States toward the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support services by 2010, presenting information from 183 of the 192 Member States. Despite encouraging progress made by several countries, global targets for HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support are unlikely to be achieved in 2010, and funding remains flat.
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New in Behavioral Interventions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Being Faithful in a Sexual Relationship: Perceptions of Tanzanian Adolescents in the Context of HIV and Pregnancy Prevention
New in Biomedical Interventions
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