Evaluating HIV prevention strategies for populations in key affected groups: the example of Cabo Verde

João Monteiro (), Sandro Galea, Timothy Flanigan, Maria Monteiro, Samuel Friedman and Brandon Marshall

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 4, 457-466

Abstract: Our results suggest that scaling up multiple interventions among entire population is necessary to achieve elimination. However, prioritizing key populations with this combination prevention strategy may also result in a substantial decrease in total incidence. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

Keywords: Individual-based model; Condom use; Female sex workers; Monte Carlo simulation; People who use drugs; Substance use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0676-9

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