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JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES
Volume 60, Issue -, Pages S57-S62Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31825d279a
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PEPFAR; epidemiology; surveillance; data
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The history of the HIV epidemic and the response to the epidemic is fundamentally a history of an emergency response to a global crisis. Trends and projections from initially available data were instrumental in establishing the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and in determining the direction of the program. Additionally, PEPFAR was built on data and the potential impact of interventions, and required the constant monitoring of the epidemic to report on the progress of the program. The response to the HIV epidemic saw the development of international guidelines and recommendations for data collection and epidemiological modeling. Although it is true that the urgency of the response often meant that data from data-poor countries suffered from incompleteness and bias, fortunately, as the response matured, the quality of the data and the infrastructure supporting data collection also matured. PEPFAR investments in surveillance and surveys were and remain critical for responding to the epidemic. The future of the response is reflected in growing country capacities to collect valid and reliable data, and using those data for decision making.
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