Association of Medical Male Circumcision and Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-up With Community HIV Incidence in Rakai, Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medical male circumcision (MMC) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) are proven HIV prevention interventions, but there are limited data on the population-level effect of scale-up of these interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. Such evaluation is important for planning and resource allocation.

Objective

To examine whether increasing community MMC and ART coverage was associated with reduced community HIV incidence in Rakai District, Uganda.

Design, setting, and participants

Using person-level data from population-based surveys conducted from 1999 through 2013 in 45 rural Rakai communities, community-level ART and MMC coverage, sociodemographics, sexual behaviors, and HIV prevalence and incidence were estimated in 3 periods: prior to the availability of ART and MM

SUBMITTER: Kong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027874 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature