Achieving sustainable development goals for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of the Congo — Progress, obstacles and challenges in HIV/AIDS health services
The HIV epidemic continues to be a major global public health issue. Since 2012, there has been a paucity of information from the Republic of the Congo on HIV incidence and prevalence rates, national HIV programme effectiveness, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) rollout, patient adherence...
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| author | Laure Stella Ghoma Linguissi Violaine Lucaccioni Matthew Bates Alimuddin Zumla Francine Ntoumi |
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| description | The HIV epidemic continues to be a major global public health issue. Since 2012, there has been a paucity of information from the Republic of the Congo on HIV incidence and prevalence rates, national HIV programme effectiveness, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) rollout, patient adherence to treatment, operational and basic science research studies on HIV/AIDS, and donor funding and its impact on the country. A review of the existing literature on HIV in the Republic of the Congo was conducted, focused on prevalence trends, effectiveness of the current national HIV programme, HAART rollout, patient adherence to antiretrovirals (ARVs), resistance to ARVs, the cost of treatment, and operational issues affecting HIV/AIDS programmes in the country. In light of the findings, several important priority areas for scaling-up HIV/AIDS services, programmatic and research activities in the Republic of the Congo are highlighted. Keywords: HIV, AIDS, ARV, HAART, Coverage, Impact, Treatment, Republic of the Congo |
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| spelling | doaj.art-571bbd25eaf54af4ab2d239479952cff2022-12-22T02:39:02ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122018-12-0177107112Achieving sustainable development goals for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of the Congo — Progress, obstacles and challenges in HIV/AIDS health servicesLaure Stella Ghoma Linguissi0Violaine Lucaccioni1Matthew Bates2Alimuddin Zumla3Francine Ntoumi4Institut National de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSSA), Brazzaville, Congo; Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM), Brazzaville, CongoClinique Laennec, Malakoff, FranceSchool of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UKCentre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Center at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKFondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM), Brazzaville, Congo; Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, University Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo; Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Corresponding author at: Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM), Brazzaville, Congo.The HIV epidemic continues to be a major global public health issue. Since 2012, there has been a paucity of information from the Republic of the Congo on HIV incidence and prevalence rates, national HIV programme effectiveness, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) rollout, patient adherence to treatment, operational and basic science research studies on HIV/AIDS, and donor funding and its impact on the country. A review of the existing literature on HIV in the Republic of the Congo was conducted, focused on prevalence trends, effectiveness of the current national HIV programme, HAART rollout, patient adherence to antiretrovirals (ARVs), resistance to ARVs, the cost of treatment, and operational issues affecting HIV/AIDS programmes in the country. In light of the findings, several important priority areas for scaling-up HIV/AIDS services, programmatic and research activities in the Republic of the Congo are highlighted. Keywords: HIV, AIDS, ARV, HAART, Coverage, Impact, Treatment, Republic of the Congohttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218345557 |
| spellingShingle | Laure Stella Ghoma Linguissi Violaine Lucaccioni Matthew Bates Alimuddin Zumla Francine Ntoumi Achieving sustainable development goals for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of the Congo — Progress, obstacles and challenges in HIV/AIDS health services International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Achieving sustainable development goals for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of the Congo — Progress, obstacles and challenges in HIV/AIDS health services |
| title_full | Achieving sustainable development goals for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of the Congo — Progress, obstacles and challenges in HIV/AIDS health services |
| title_fullStr | Achieving sustainable development goals for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of the Congo — Progress, obstacles and challenges in HIV/AIDS health services |
| title_full_unstemmed | Achieving sustainable development goals for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of the Congo — Progress, obstacles and challenges in HIV/AIDS health services |
| title_short | Achieving sustainable development goals for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of the Congo — Progress, obstacles and challenges in HIV/AIDS health services |
| title_sort | achieving sustainable development goals for hiv aids in the republic of the congo progress obstacles and challenges in hiv aids health services |
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