Past and current status of adolescents living with HIV in South Africa, 2005–2017 by Inbarani Naidoo, Sinovuyo Takatshana, Ronel Sewpaul, Sean Jooste, Zhou Siyanai, Goitseone Maseko, Sizulu Moyo, Khangelani Zuma, Musawenkosi Mabaso, Zungu Nompumelelo

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Achieving the UNAIDS 90–90-90 targets: a comparative analysis of four large community randomised trials delivering universal testing and treatment to reduce HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa by K. Sabapathy, L. Balzer, J. Larmarange, L. Block, S. Floyd, C. Iwuji, K. Wirth, H. Ayles, S. Fidler, M. Kamya, M. Petersen, D. Havlir, F. Dabis, J. Moore, R. Hayes

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Providing anti-retroviral treatment did not achieve the ambition of ‘Joint united nations program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) among HIV positive patient in Ethiopia’: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tamirat Melis, Tadesse Sahle, Kassahun Haile, Abebe Timerga, Amare Zewdie, Yohannes Wegu, Kebebush Zepire, Jemal Bedewi

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Evolving Trends in Peacekeeping: United Nations–African Union Hybrid Peacekeeping Operations (UNAMID) in Darfur by Waseem Ishaque

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Chemo-Protective Effects of Dl-Limonene Unaided and in-Blend with 6-Methyleneandrosta-1, 4-Diene-3, 17-Dione on N-Nitroso-N-Methylurea and Estrogen Sulfotransferase Breast Cancer-Induced Albino Female Rat by G. C. Ojedapo, J. B. Minari, A. M. Oloyede

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Viral suppression among pregnant adolescents and women living with HIV in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a cross sectional study to assess progress towards UNAIDS indicators and Implications for HIV Epidemic Control by Nonzwakazi P. Ntombela, Ayesha B. M. Kharsany, Adenike Soogun, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Cheryl Baxter, Hans-Peter Kohler, Lyle R. McKinnon

“…The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HIV, assess progress towards each of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) indicators and determine factors associated with achieving viral suppression among pregnant adolescents and women living with HIV in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. …”
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Hazardous alcohol use and HIV indicators in six African countries: results from the Population‐based HIV Impact Assessments, 2015–2017 by Gregory C. Chang, Christine A. West, Evelyn Kim, Andrea J. Low, Kathryn E. Lancaster, Stephanie S. Behel, Steven Y. Hong, Leigh Ann Miller, Rachel Silver, George S. Mgomella, Jennifer Imaa, Werner M. Maokola, Thomas Carpino, Gili Hrusa, Rachel M. Bray, Annie Mwila, Godfrey Musuka, Christopher O'Connell, Stephen McCracken, Andrew C. Voetsch

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Differences between persons with and without disability in HIV prevalence, testing, treatment, and care cascade in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study using population-based data by David Chipanta, Sophie Mitra, Silas Amo-Agyei, Minerva Rivas Velarde, Kofi Amekudzi, Connie Osborne, Janne Estill, Olivia Keiser

Subjects: “…HIV testing, care cascade, UNAIDS 90-90-90 target…”
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Global and regional epidemiology of HIV-1 recombinants in 1990-2015: a systematic review and global survey by Hemelaar, J, Elangovan, R, Yun, J, Dickson-Tetteh, L, Kirtley, S, Gouws-Williams, E, Ghys, P, WHO-UNAIDS Network for HIV Isolation and Characterisation

“…Unpublished original HIV-1 subtyping data were collected through a survey among experts in the field who were members of the WHO–UNAIDS Network for HIV Isolation and Characterisation. …”

Global associations of key populations with HIV-1 recombinants: a systematic review, global survey, and individual participant data meta-analysis by Nkazi Nchinda, Ramyiadarsini Elangovan, Jason Yun, Leslie Dickson-Tetteh, Shona Kirtley, Joris Hemelaar, WHO-UNAIDS Network for HIV Isolation and Characterisation, Alash'le G. Abimiku, Simon Agwale, Chris Archibald, Boaz Avidor, Barbás María Gabriela, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, Banson Barugahare, El Hadj Belabbes, Silvia Bertagnolio, Deborah Birx, Aleksei F. Bobkov, James Brandful, Helba Bredell, Catherine A. Brennan, James Brooks, Marie Bruckova, Luigi Buonaguro, Franco Buonaguro, Stefano Buttò, Anne Buve, Mary Campbell, Jean Carr, Alex Carrera, Manuel Gómez Carrillo, Connie Celum, Beth Chaplin, Macarthur Charles, Dimitrios Chatzidimitriou, Zhiwei Chen, Katsumi Chijiwa, David Cooper, Philip Cunningham, Anoumou Dagnra, Cillian F. de Gascun, Julia Del Amo, Elena Delgado, Ursula Dietrich, Dominic Dwyer, Dennis Ellenberger, Barbara Ensoli, Max Essex, Herve Fleury, Peter N. Fonjungo, Vincent Foulongne, Deepak A. Gadkari, Feng Gao, Federico García, Roger Garsia, Guy Michel Gershy-Damet, Judith R. Glynn, Ruth Goodall, Zehava Grossman, Monick Lindenmeyer Guimarães, Beatrice Hahn, Raph L. Hamers, Osamah Hamouda, Ray Handema, Xiang He, Joshua Herbeck, David D. Ho, Africa Holguin, Mina Hosseinipour, Gillian Hunt, Masahiko Ito, Mohamed Ali Bel Hadj Kacem, Erin Kahle, Pontiano Kaleebu, Marcia Kalish, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Chun Kang, Phyllis Kanki, Edward Karamov, Jean-Claude Karasi, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Tony Kelleher, Dwip Kitayaporn, Leondios G. Kostrikis, Claudia Kucherer, Claudia Lara, Thomas Leitner, Kirsi Liitsola, Jai Lingappa, Marek Linka, Ivette Lorenzana de Rivera, Vladimir Lukashov, Shlomo Maayan, Luzia Mayr, Francine McCutchan, Nicolas Meda, Elisabeth Menu, Fred Mhalu, Doreen Mloka, John L. Mokili, Brigitte Montes, Orna Mor, Mariza Morgado, Fausta Mosha, Awatef Moussi, James Mullins, Rafael Najera, Mejda Nasr, Nicaise Ndembi, Joel R. Neilson, Vivek R. Nerurkar, Florian Neuhann, Claudine Nolte, Vlad Novitsky, Philippe Nyambi, Marianna Ofner, Fem J. Paladin, Anna Papa, Jean Pape, Neil Parkin, Chris Parry, Martine Peeters, Alexandra Pelletier, Lucía Pérez-Álvarez, Deenan Pillay, Angie Pinto, Trinh Duy Quang, Cecilia Rademeyer, Filimone Raikanikoda, Mark A. Rayfield, Jean-Marc Reynes, Tobias Rinke de Wit, Kenneth E. Robbins, Morgane Rolland, Christine Rousseau, Jesus Salazar-Gonzales, Hanan Salem, Mika Salminen, Horacio Salomon, Paul Sandstrom, Mario L. Santiago, Abdoulaye D. Sarr, Bryan Schroeder, Michel Segondy, Philippe Selhorst, Sylvester Sempala, Jean Servais, Ansari Shaik, Yiming Shao, Amine Slim, Marcelo A. Soares, Elijah Songok, Debbie Stewart, Julie Stokes, Shambavi Subbarao, Ruengpung Sutthent, Jun Takehisa, Amilcar Tanuri, Kok Keng Tee, Kiran Thapa, Michael Thomson, Tyna Tran, Willy Urassa, Hiroshi Ushijima, Philippe van de Perre, Guido van der Groen, Kristel van Laethem, Joep van Oosterhout, Ard van Sighem, Eric van Wijngaerden, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Jurgen Vercauteren, Nicole Vidal, Lesley Wallace, Carolyn Williamson, Dawit Wolday, Jianqing Xu, Chunfu Yang, Linqi Zhang, Rong Zhang

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Trends and projection of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years of HIV in the Middle East and North Africa (1990–2030) by Zahra Khorrami, Mohammadreza Balooch Hasankhani, Mehrdad Khezri, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Yones Jahani, Hamid Sharifi

“…Specifically, the highest growth in the annual incidence rate was related to Egypt (AAPC = 14.4, GBD) and Iran (AAPC = 9.6, UNAIDS). Notably, Qatar (AAPC = − 5.6, GBD), Bahrain (AAPC = − 3.3, GBD), and Somalia (AAPC = − 4.2, UNAIDS) demonstrated a significant reduction in incidence. …”
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COMMUNITY HOME-BASED CARE PROGRAMME: A MARGINALISED KEY COMMUNITY RESOURCE by Lulama Qalinge

“…Despite recent improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed 3.1 million lives in 2005, of which 750 000 were children (UNAIDS, 2005:3). The HIV and AIDS pandemic has had a grave impact on Africa, with more than 70% of the people globally living with HIV and AIDS residing on this continent (UNAIDS, 2005:2)…”
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Diversity in HIV epidemic transitions in India: An application of HIV epidemiological metrices and benchmarks. by Pradeep Kumar, Chinmoyee Das, Arvind Kumar, Damodar Sahu, Sanjay K Rai, Sheela Godbole, Elangovan Arumugam, Lakshmi P V M, Shanta Dutta, H Sanayaima Devi, Vishnu Vardhana Rao Mendu, Shashi Kant, Arvind Pandey, Dandu Chandra Sekhar Reddy, Sanjay Mehendale, Shobini Rajan

“…<h4>Background</h4>The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) has emphasized on the incidence-prevalence ratio (IPR) and incidence-mortality ratio (IMR) to measure the progress in HIV epidemic control. …”
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Immune approaches for the prevention of breast milk transmission of HIV-1. by Lohman-Payne, B, Slyker, J, Rowland-Jones, S

“…Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1 infection remains a significant cause of new HIV-1 infections, despite the increasing implementation of prevention strategies using antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the resulting decline in infections across the developing world. In 2009, the UNAIDS global report estimated 370,000 children under the age of 15 years were newly infected with HIV-1 (refer UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic, 2010 http://www.unaids.org/globalreport/Global-report.htm), most of whom acquired the infection from their mothers in low- and middle-income countries. …”

A peer group intervention implemented by community volunteers increased HIV prevention knowledge by Lily C. Kumbani, Diana L. Jere, Chimwemwe K. Banda, Cecilia Chang, Li Liu, Linda L. McCreary, Crystal L. Patil, Kathleen F. Norr

“…HIV prevention knowledge, the primary outcome, was assessed through two indicators: UNAIDS comprehensive knowledge (UNAIDS Knowledge), defined as correctly answering five HIV prevention questions (Yes/No), and a 9-item HIV/PMTCT Knowledge Index (number correct). …”
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Estimates of the global population of children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected, 2000–18: a modelling study by Amy L Slogrove, PhD, Kathleen M Powis, MD, Leigh F Johnson, PhD, John Stover, MA, Mary Mahy, ScD

“…Methods: The Spectrum AIDS Impact Module developed by Avenir Health, UNAIDS, and partners is used to estimate key HIV epidemic indicators from mathematical models. …”
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KHOMANANI: AN HIV AND AIDS COMMUNITY MOBILISATION PROGRAMME FOR RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED SETTINGS by Tlangelani Shilubane, Stephan Geyer

“…These figures actually mean that one out of every six people with HIV in the world lives in South Africa (UNAIDS, 2011:21). The authors therefore postulate that these statistics encapsulate the devastation that HIV and AIDS is causing, particularly in South Africa, which arguably carries the heaviest HIV and AIDS burden in the world. …”
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Compulsory Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation, Health, and Human Rights in Asia by Quinten Lataire, Karen Peters, Claudia Stoicescu

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Fast-Tracking the HIV Response in 15 Priority Cities by Christopher Duncombe AM, MD, PhD, Eleanor Gouws PhD, MPH

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DATING AND SEXUAL CHALLENGES FACED BY HIV-POSITIVE PEOPLE IN KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA by Delarise Mulqueeny, Madhu Kasiram

“…According to the 2010 UNAIDS Report, an estimated 320 000 (or 20%) fewer people died of AIDS-related causes in 2009 when compared to figures in 2004 in sub-Saharan Africa, when antiretroviral therapy was markedly expanded (UNAIDS, 2010). …”
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