Resumo: A profilaxia pré-exposição sexual (PrEP) tem sido considerada estratégica e promissora no controle da epidemia de HIV globalmente. Contudo, faz-se necessário transpor o conhecimento acumulado pelos estudos de eficácia e demonstrativos à realidade dos serviços e das populações mais vulneráveis à infecção, de forma a alcançar uma ampla cobertura da PrEP. Propõe-se uma reflexão sobre tal desafio enfocando ...
ABSTRACTA spectrum of diverse prevention methods that offer high protection against HIV has posed the following challenge: how can national AIDS policies with high coverage for prevention and treatment make the best use of new methods so as to reverse the current high, and even rising, incidence rates among specific social groups? We conducted a narrative review of the literature to examine the prevention metho...
ABSTRACTWorldwide, HIV prevention is challenged to change because clinical trials show the protective effect of technologies such as circumcision, preexposure prophylaxis, and the suppression of viral load through antiretroviral treatment. In the face of demands for their implementation on population levels, the fear of stimulating risk compensation processes and of increasing riskier sexual practices has retar...
The Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Network was implemented in Brazil in the 1980s to promote anonymous and confidential access to HIV diagnosis. As a function of the population and dimensions of the local epidemic, the study assessed the network's coverage, using data from a self-applied questionnaire and data from the Information Technology Department of the Unified National Health System (SUS), UNDP, ...