Progress towards combatting HIV/AIDS in Africa

Imelda K. Moise; Evan D. de Joya; Leo C. Zulu; Ezekiel Kalipeni; Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint

doi:10.4324/9781315209005-4

Progress towards combatting HIV/AIDS in Africa

Imelda K. Moise
, Evan D. de Joya
, Leo C. Zulu
, Ezekiel Kalipeni
, Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint

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Abstract

After three decades of HIV infection in Africa, signs of hope have emerged with a greater understanding of the magnitude, trends, and diversity of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. HIV is a general term describing two strains of the virus: HIV-1 and HIV-2. The two strains account for 95% of HIV infections today. HIV-1 is the dominant strain identified in the early 1980s while HIV-2 is less aggressive and limited geographically to a part of the West African coast. HIV-1 consists of four strains classified into groups M, N, O, and P. The eastern and southern Africa (ESA) region had the highest reduction in new HIV cases, 29% between 2010 and 2016 versus 16% globally, 9% in western and central Africa, and 4% in the Middle East and North Africa. However, current global progress falls short of the UN 2020 target of fewer than 500 000 HIV deaths.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Public Health, Disease and Development in Africa
Editors	Ezekiel Kalipeni, Juliet Iwelunmor, Diana S. Grigsy-Toussaint, Imelda K. Moise
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	60-78
Number of pages	19
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351805353
ISBN (Print)	9781138631250
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315209005-4
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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© 2018 selection and editorial matter, Ezekiel Kalipeni, Juliet Iwelunmor, Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint and Imelda K. Moise; individual chapters, the contributors.

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General Social Sciences
General Medicine
General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
Agricultural Science

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