Journal article

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2017, and forecasts to 2030, for 195 countries and territories: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017

TD Frank, A Carter, D Jahagirdar, MH Biehl, D Douwes-Schultz, SL Larson, M Arora, L Dwyer-Lindgren, KM Steuben, H Abbastabar, LJ Abu-Raddad, DM Abyu, M Adabi, OM Adebayo, V Adekanmbi, OO Adetokunboh, A Ahmadi, K Ahmadi, E Ahmadian, E Ahmadpour Show all

Lancet HIV | Published : 2019

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Abstract

Background Understanding the patterns of HIV/AIDS epidemics is crucial to tracking and monitoring the progress of prevention and control efforts in countries. We provide a comprehensive assessment of the levels and trends of HIV/AIDS incidence, prevalence, mortality, and coverage of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for 1980-2017 and forecast these estimates to 2030 for 195 countries and territories. Methods We determined a modelling strategy for each country on the basis of the availability and quality of data. For countries and territories with data from population-based seroprevalence surveys or antenatal care clinics, we estimated prevalence and incidence using an open-source version of the E..

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