Evaluating HIV prevention strategies for populations in key affected groups: the example of Cabo Verde.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We used an individual-based model to evaluate the effects of hypothetical prevention interventions on HIV incidence trajectories in a concentrated, mixed epidemic setting from 2011 to 2021, and using Cabo Verde as an example.

Methods

Simulations were conducted to evaluate the extent to which early HIV treatment and optimization of care, HIV testing, condom distribution, and substance abuse treatment could eliminate new infections (i.e., reduce incidence to less than 10 cases per 10,000 person-years) among non-drug users, female sex workers (FSW), and people who use drugs (PWUD).

Results

Scaling up all four interventions resulted in the largest decreases in HIV, with estimates ranging from 1.4 (95 % CI 1.36-1.44) per 10,000 person-years among non-drug users

SUBMITTER: Monteiro JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4545645 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature