Men becoming visible: more light shed on men who have sex with men in Africa and India
The majority of men who have sex with men (MSM) in three different African countries and in Tamil Nadu State in India also have sex with women, according to two presentations and a poster at the CROI Conference in Montreal.
HIV testing in Kenya on the rise, but four out of five Kenyans with HIV still unaware of their status
HIV prevalence in Kenyan adults has remained relatively steady since 2003, at around 7%, according to a major national study presented to the Sixteenth Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) on Wednesday. However, less than one in five HIV-positive adults were aware of their HIV status, and over half had never been tested for HIV at all.
Ugandan studies identify benefits of home-based HIV counselling and testing approaches
Findings from two Ugandan studies suggest that home-based HIV counselling and testing may augment traditional HIV counselling and testing services in important ways in some settings, both by increasing acceptance and uptake of HIV testing, but also by impacting attitudes toward HIV at a population level. The results of both studies were presented to the Sixteenth Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) on Wednesday by Sundeep Gupta of the Centres for Disease Control, Uganda, on behalf of the investigating teams.
HIV incidence high and unchanged in rural South African community over five-year period
Longitudinal surveillance of a poor rural community in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, indicates that HIV incidence remained high from 2003 through 2007, despite prevention activities in the region, with almost half of all new infections occurring in people who had already received one negative test result through local voluntary testing and counselling services.