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ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2017

Ensuring HIV Data Availability, Transparency and Integrity in the MENA Region Comment on "Improving the Quality and Quantity of HIV Data in the Middle East and North Africa: Key Challenges and Ways Forward".

Kayvon Modjarrad, Sten H Vermund

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Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. An Evolving HIV Epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kayvon ModjarradU.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Sten H VermundYale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research · USYale University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this commentary, we elaborate on the main points that Karamouzian and colleagues have made about HIVdata scarcity in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries. Without accessible and reliable data, no epidemic can be managed effectively or efficiently. Clearly, increased investments are needed to bolster capabilities to capture and interpret HIV surveillance data. We believe that this enhanced capacity can be achieved, in part, by leveraging and repurposing existing data platforms, technologies and patient cohorts. An immediate modest investment that capitalizes on available infrastructure can generate data on the HIV burden and spread that can be persuasive for MENA policy-makers to intensify efforts to track and contain the growing HIV epidemic in this region. A focus on key populations will yield the most valuable data, including among men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender women and men, persons who inject drugs (PWIDs), female partners of high risk men and female sex workers.

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HIV InfectionsSexual and Gender MinoritiesAfrica, NorthernFemaleHIVHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleMiddle EastData AccuracyHealth PolicyHIVMiddle EastNorth AfricaSurveillance

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PMID29172382
PMCPMC5726325
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