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

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Authors

Daniel T. Halperin · Harvard University

Owen Mugurungi · Ministry of Health and Child Welfare

Timothy B. Hallett · Imperial College London

Backson Muchini · Practical Action

Bruce Campbell · National Blood Service Zimbabwe

Tapuwa Magure · National AIDS Council

Clemens Benedikt ·

Abstract

Daniel Halperin and colleagues examine reasons for the remarkable decline in HIV in Zimbabwe, in the context of severe social, political, and economic disruption.

Topics & Keywords

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. e1000414-e1000414

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000414

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