Age-responsive human immunodeficiency virus target setting: an opportunity to improve health outcomes among males in Sub-Saharan Africa

Babayemi O Olakunde; Daniel A Adeyinka; William N A Menson; Olubunmi A Olakunde; Chamberline E Ozigbu

doi:10.1093/inthealth/ihy084

Age-responsive human immunodeficiency virus target setting: an opportunity to improve health outcomes among males in Sub-Saharan Africa

Int Health. 2019 Mar 1;11(2):81-82. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihy084.

Authors

Babayemi O Olakunde¹, Daniel A Adeyinka^{2

3}, William N A Menson⁴, Olubunmi A Olakunde⁵, Chamberline E Ozigbu^{3

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community Prevention and Care Services, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Abuja, Nigeria.
² Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
³ Department of Public Health, National AIDS and STIs Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Ghana Health Services, Accra, Ghana.
⁵ Department of Disease Control and Immunization, Ondo State Primary Health Care Development Board, Akure, Nigeria.
⁶ Department of Health Services Policy & Management, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.

PMID: 30412251
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihy084

Abstract

While there has been some progress in expanding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services for females, HIV prevention and treatment coverage among males remain poor. The widening disparity between males and females has garnered little attention- a cause for concern. In this article, we highlight the need to reach more males with HIV services and the importance of disaggregated data to identify age- and gender-specific gaps in HIV service delivery.

Keywords: HIV; age responsive; gender; inequity; males; sub-Saharan Africa.

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