Engaging men in HIV treatment and prevention - The Lancet

Engaging men in HIV treatment and prevention - The Lancet





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How to engage men in fighting HIV/AIDS

Federal health officials have a key demographic in mind in the quest to end AIDS: men. In a new commentary, NIH officials highlight all the problems men are posing for stemming HIV and AIDS. In sub-Saharan Africa, men are less likely than women to know their HIV status, to get prompt treatment, and to keep their HIV suppressed. In the U.S., men who have sex with men are driving many of the new cases. The officials call for developing treatment and prevention strategies that appeal to men, noting that HIV testing and care is now offered at businesses and through sports programs in some parts of the world. “We must continue to expand programs to protect adolescent girls and young women from HIV infection, but we must not give up on reaching men,” the NIH experts write. “Success in controlling the HIV epidemic depends on it.”