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Review
. 2019 Feb 4;16(2):e1002735.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002735. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Setting targets for HIV/AIDS-What lessons can be learned from other disease control programmes?

Tazeem Bhatia  1 , Jamie Enoch  2 , Mishal Khan  2 , Sophie Mathewson  3 , David Heymann  1   2   3 , Richard Hayes  2 , Osman Dar  1   2   3
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Review

Setting targets for HIV/AIDS-What lessons can be learned from other disease control programmes?

Tazeem Bhatia et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In a Collection Review, Richard Hayes and colleagues discuss metrics for assessing progress in control of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the context of prior disease control programmes.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SM is an employee of the Wellcome Trust, currently seconded to Gavi. RH receives research grants from the UK Medical Research Council, the National Institutes of Health, and 3ie (with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation); RH has served on a grants committee at the UK Medical Research Council.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Major goals and targets for malaria.
MDG, Millennium Development Goal; WHA, World Health Assembly.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Major goals and targets for leprosy.
Fig 3
Fig 3. Major goals and targets for TB.
DOTS, Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course; MDG, Millennium Development Goal; TB, tuberculosis.
Fig 4
Fig 4. Major goals and targets for HIV/AIDS.
ART, antiretroviral therapy; GFATM, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; LMIC, low- or middle-income country; MDG, Millennium Development Goal; PEPFAR, US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; UNAIDS, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
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