[afro-nets] Is There Anyone Left In The General Population?

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

Is There Anyone Left In The General Population?
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A scan of information available on the context of HIV transmis-
sion and risk for vulnerable groups in seventeen countries with 
concentrated HIV epidemics
 
Report prepared for Open Society Institute by AIDS Projects Man-
agement Group - 20th August 2005
 
by Mukta Sharma, Lou McCallum and Dave Burrows
 
Adobe PDF file (97 pp. 687 kB):
http://afronets.org/pubview.php/115/
 
This report has been developed to provide an up-to-date scan of 
the information available on the context of transmission and 
risk in a range of countries thought to have concentrated epi-
demics. The review was designed to examine the information 
available on vulnerable populations in each country to determine 
the extent to which the epidemic is driven by these populations 
and their environments of risk. The match between information 
about transmission and risk in vulnerable populations and allo-
cation of resources to interventions in these populations was 
also to be examined. It was envisaged that the report would make 
a set of recommendations for further review, data collection and 
analysis, to assist in determining a mechanism for assisting 
countries to make more informed decisions about the most appro-
priate mix of interventions to suit their changing HIV epidem-
ics. The information provided in the report can act as a base-
line resource to assist national and international organisations 
to plan interventions and advocacy. It can also be used by Open 
Society Institute to take a leading role in promoting further 
multi-sectoral discussions to strengthen the link between evi-
dence of HIV transmission and risk and the design, implementa-
tion and evaluation of HIV programs.