Defining rights-based indicators for HIV epidemic transition

Amon, Joseph J; Eba, Patrick; Sprague, Laurel; Edwards, Olive; Beyrer, Chris

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002720

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“…The foundation of these models is their transparency and accountability. Community monitoring is inclusive of all sections of the population, including the most marginalised, who are usually excluded—women, youth, people living in poverty, and key populations [ 5 , 11 ]. The literature shows the value and impact of community accountability and monitoring processes for improving health outcomes in HIV and in other health fields.…”

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“…Indeed, communities have already been active in ensuring accessibility, availability, and acceptability of health services [ 1 , 3 ]. Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, community action has been instrumental in securing political will and funding for HIV research, prevention, care, and treatment services [ 4 , 5 ]. The contribution that communities make by monitoring healthcare and holding healthcare providers (HCP) and governments accountable for meeting their needs is particularly critical in resource-limited settings with weak healthcare and monitoring systems [ 6 ].…”

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“…In this review, the term “community” refers specifically to intended end-users of health services, networks of people living with HIV (PLHIV), and civil society organisations working to promote rights-based access to care for key populations—those with the highest rates of and vulnerability to HIV, such as men who have sex with men (MSM,) sex workers, people who use drugs, and transgender persons. People who are members of these key populations are often excluded or discouraged from accessing services due to stigma, discrimination, and legal, economic, and other sociocultural barriers [ 5 ].…”

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Community-Led Monitoring: When Community Data Drives Implementation Strategies

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Purpose of Review Communities occupy a central position in effective health systems, notably through monitoring of health service quality and by giving recipients of care a voice. Our review identifies community-led monitoring mechanisms and best practices. Recent Findings Implementation of community-led monitoring mechanisms improved service delivery at facility-level, health system-wide infrastructure and health outcomes among recipients of care. Successful models were community-led, collaborative, continuous and systematic, and incorporated advocacy and community education. Summary Identifying and replicating successful community-led monitoring practices is a key pathway to equitable access to HIV and health services overall.

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“…Stigma can reduce the likelihood that an individual is aware of their status and seeking treatment or effective prevention tools owing to fear of testing and disclosure. Joseph Amon and colleagues [32] have described the importance of measuring stigma in addition to other disease-specific indicators (e.g., HIV incidence, AIDS-related mortality) in order to track changes in the epidemic over time.…”

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Progress in the HIV epidemic: Identifying goals and measuring success

2019

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Substantial progress has been made towards the goal of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic due to advancements in both prevention and treatment of HIV. However, major challenges still remain. We describe basic principles of epidemic control in the context of HIV and identify a number of attainable goals in terms of control and elimination of HIV in specific populations and risk groups, given currently available HIV prevention and treatment methods. Currently available HIV prevention methods make it a feasible goal to eliminate HIV transmission attributable to mother-to-child transmission and blood transfusions. Reductions in transmission attributable to sexual behavior and injection drug use are feasible, but elimination of these modes of transmission will require further advancements in behavioral and biomedical HIV prevention. With regard to HIV-related mortality, we argue that elimination of death due to HIV-related causes is a feasible goal. HIV-related deaths should be treated as sentinel events triggering epidemiological investigation into the breakdowns in the HIV care continuum that led to them. We briefly discuss additional considerations that will affect the success of HIV prevention programs.

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“…It was not until 2014/2015 that a slight slowdown became apparent. There are reports revealing some success reducing new HIV infections due to cART and PrEP [42] However, there are indications for diversity in this success, which require stringent evaluations of "a more complex reality" and consequences from there [43] [44].…”

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HIV Prevention Concepts—Counter Movements Challenging Societies

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Sinn²

2020

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This article focuses on emerging trends conflicting current HIV prevention concepts. We address developments in Europe where similar HIV prevention strategies are applied. With epidemiological, time-staggered records from a European institution, we show how ineffective HIV prevention measures have turned out. The decision-makers responsible for these prevention concepts have ignored a multitude of individual motivations from people responsible for the spread of HIV. Both the legal classification of the messages of the prevention campaigns and the obligations of those affected by HIV concerning their social responsibility are analyzed. There are published requirements for updated, multisectoral prevention campaigns. They focus on the intensification of HIV testing concepts to reduce the proportion of late presenters and to link key populations of various kinds to medical and social care services. Four categories present relevant issues with the potential to combine them into suitable arrangements for new prevention concepts.

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Defining rights-based indicators for HIV epidemic transition

Abstract: In a Policy Forum, Joseph Amon and colleagues discuss human rights indicators for tracking progress toward ending the HIV epidemic.

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Community-Led Monitoring: When Community Data Drives Implementation Strategies

Community-Led Monitoring: When Community Data Drives Implementation Strategies

Progress in the HIV epidemic: Identifying goals and measuring success

HIV Prevention Concepts—Counter Movements Challenging Societies

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