Equity of the HIV epidemic response in 13 African countries

This study found that in over half of the countries, the HIV response indicators were equitable for vulnerable population segments including the low-wealth population (in seven countries) and rural population segment (in nine countries). In no country was the domestic health system equitable for these two groups. However, HIV programming does show some clear patterns of inequity for low-wealth and rural populations in some countries. For gender and young adults, the HIV response indicators show that in all 13 countries men and young adults are consistently underserved relative to their counterparts.PMID:38117740 | DOI:10.2989/16085906.2023.2277887

Source: African Journal of AIDS Research - December 20, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Gary Gaumer V S Senthil Kumar William Crown Monica Jordan Clare Hurley Maya Subramanian A K Nandakumar Source Type: research