Reframing the approach to heterosexual men in the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

Tawanda Makusha^{1

2

3}, Heidi van Rooyen^{1

2}, Morna Cornell⁴

Affiliations

¹ Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa.
² MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg-Braamfontein, South Africa.
³ DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg-Braamfontein, South Africa.
⁴ Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Tawanda Makusha et al. J Int AIDS Soc. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;23 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):e25510.

doi: 10.1002/jia2.25510.

Tawanda Makusha^{1

2

3}, Heidi van Rooyen^{1

2}, Morna Cornell⁴

¹ Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa.
² MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg-Braamfontein, South Africa.
³ DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg-Braamfontein, South Africa.
⁴ Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

No abstract available

Keywords: HIV epidemic; Heterosexual men; antiretroviral therapy; prevention; sub-Saharan Africa; testing.

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