HIV This Month - March 2013

Welcome to the 3rd  issue of HIV this month!  In this issue, we cover the following topics:

Reduce sexual transmission

• HIV testing increases condom use
• National HIV strategies shortchange men who have sex with men
• Generalized HIV epidemics require generalized prevention efforts
• High treatment coverage reduces risk of new HIV infections

Eliminate new HIV infections among children

• Community health workers can improve PMTCT and other health outcomes
• Provision of PMTCT prophylaxis does not necessarily successfully link HIV positive women into long term HIV care
• Inclusion of fathers in PMTCT remains a challenge

15 million accessing treatment

• Good treatment outcomes in a drug-user centered national HIV treatment program
• Life expectancy rising in sub-Saharan Africa with treatment scale-up
• Successful diagnosis and linkage of HIV-exposed infants into care
• Community-based treatment buddies increases social support and mental health

Avoid TB deaths

• TAG: Integrated TB and HIV care leads to impressive TB treatment outcomes

Eliminate gender inequalities

• HIV infection increases mortality among HIV-positive pregnant women
• Supporting transgender people to reduce HIV risk
• Reproductive rights of women living with HIV

Strengthen HIV integration

• Community health workers can improve HIV and other health indicator outcomes
• Monitoring for positive and negative consequences of service integration

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