Why MSM in Rural South African Communities Should be an HIV Prevention Research Priority |
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Authors: | John Imrie Graeme Hoddinott Sebastian Fuller Stephen Oliver Marie-Louise Newell |
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Affiliation: | 1.Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies,University of KwaZulu-Natal,Mtubatuba,South Africa;2.Faculty of Population Health Sciences, Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research,University College London,London,UK;3.University College London Institute of Child Health,London,UK |
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Abstract: | Research into HIV and men who have sex with men’s (MSM) health in South Africa has been largely confined to the metropolitan centres. Only two studies were located making reference to MSM in rural contexts or same-sex behaviors among men in the same. There is growing recognition in South Africa that MSM are not only disproportionately affected by HIV and have been underserved by the country’s national response, but that they contribute significantly to sustaining the high number of new infections recorded each year. We argue that to meet the objectives of the country’s national strategic plan for HIV, STI and TB it is important we know how these behaviours may be contributing to the sustained rural HIV epidemic in the youngest age groups and determine what constitutes appropriate and feasible programmatic response that can be implemented in the country’s public sector health services. |
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