TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiovascular Disease and HIV Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa
T2 - Misplaced Priorities in the Public Health and Research Agendas?
AU - Bain, Luchuo Engelbert
AU - Gwain, Gerald Chia
PY - 2019/4/5
Y1 - 2019/4/5
N2 - The effectiveness of combined antiretroviral therapy, not only allows people living with HIV (PLHIV) to live longer, but also exposes them to extra cardiometabolic risks. The recent report of the International AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Society and the Lancet commission are clear on the fact that, the world is not on track regarding ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic by the year 2030 (UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets). We highlight the priority public health interventions, as well as research actions to cope with this almost inevitable triple burden of disease for the continent. Improvement of routine data collection within the health systems strengthening agenda, prioritization of primary health care as the cornerstone of an effective health care system to contain HIV as a chronic disease, and multiplication of large cohort studies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the main public health and research imperatives.
AB - The effectiveness of combined antiretroviral therapy, not only allows people living with HIV (PLHIV) to live longer, but also exposes them to extra cardiometabolic risks. The recent report of the International AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Society and the Lancet commission are clear on the fact that, the world is not on track regarding ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic by the year 2030 (UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets). We highlight the priority public health interventions, as well as research actions to cope with this almost inevitable triple burden of disease for the continent. Improvement of routine data collection within the health systems strengthening agenda, prioritization of primary health care as the cornerstone of an effective health care system to contain HIV as a chronic disease, and multiplication of large cohort studies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the main public health and research imperatives.
KW - burden
KW - cardiovascular risk
KW - disease
KW - HIV
KW - research
KW - triple
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U2 - 10.3389/fcvm.2019.00035
DO - 10.3389/fcvm.2019.00035
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079394209
SN - 2297-055X
VL - 6
JO - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JF - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
M1 - 35
ER -
