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A Surprising Prevention Success: Why Did the HIV Epidemic Decline in Zimbabwe?

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Halperin, Daniel T., Mugurungi, Owen, Hallett, Timothy B., Muchini, Backson, Campbell, Bruce, Magure, Tapuwa, Benedikt, Clemens, Gregson, Simon·2011·PLoS Medicine
DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000414PMC PMC3035617
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Daniel Halperin and colleagues examine reasons for the remarkable decline in HIV in Zimbabwe, in the context of severe social, political, and economic disruption.

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  • The mortality pattern reflects both an ageing population and exposure to HIV infection over the last two decades.

    “This pattern reflects both an ageing population, but also one exposed over the last two decades to HIV infection, even if incidence has been declining in the past decade (Halperin et al., 2011).”

    From Livelihood Change in Rural Zimbabwe over 20 Years (2012) · cites this paper as Halperin et al., 2011

    The “Trends in HIV Prevalence and Incidence and Sexual Behavior in Zimbabwe” section reports substantial HIV prevalence in the 1990s and declining incidence thereafter. The “Synthesis of Data” section also discusses estimated AIDS deaths. Neither section attributes a mortality pattern to population ageing, so that part of the claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Halperin, D. T., Mugurungi, O., Hallett, T. B., Muchini, B., Campbell, B., Magure, T., Benedikt, C., & Gregson, S.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (ZW)
  • Imperial College London (GB)
  • United Nations Population Fund (US)
  • National AIDS Council (ZW)
  • Biomedical Research and Training Institute (ZW)
Corresponding author
Halperin, Daniel T.
ORCID
Venue
PLoS Medicine
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2011-02-08
Volume
8
Issue
2
Pages
e1000414
ISSN
  • 1549-1277 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-1676
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1000414
PMC
PMC3035617
OpenAlex
W2150665923
Cited by
195
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FWCI
3.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PLoS Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (acceptedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Greater South Information System
Funders
  • United Nations Population Fund
  • Wellcome Trust (84401)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Keywords
HIV prevention, Zimbabwe, HIV prevention programs, HIV/AIDS policy
MeSH terms
Africa, Southern, Humans, Sexual Behavior, Zimbabwe, HIV Infections

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