Community-based strategies to strengthen men's engagement in the HIV care cascade in sub-Saharan Africa

Monisha Sharma¹, Ruanne V Barnabas^{1

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4}, Connie Celum^{1

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3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
² Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
³ School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁴ Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Monisha Sharma et al. PLoS Med. 2017.

. 2017 Apr 11;14(4):e1002262.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002262. eCollection 2017 Apr.

Monisha Sharma¹, Ruanne V Barnabas^{1

2

3

4}, Connie Celum^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
² Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
³ School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁴ Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Abstract

Monica Sharma and colleagues discuss evidence-based approaches to improving HIV services for men in sub-Saharan Africa.

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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