期刊名称：International Journal of Health Policy and Management
电子版ISSN：2322-5939
出版年度：2017
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：65-69
DOI：10.15171/ijhpm.2016.112
语种：English
出版社：Kerman University of Medical Sciences
其他摘要：Although the HIV pandemic is witnessing a decline in the number of new infections in most regions of the world, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has a rapidly growing HIV problem. While generating HIV data has been consistently increasing since 2005, MENA’s contribution to the global HIV literature is just over 1% and the existing evidence often falls behind the academic standards. Several factors could be at play that contribute to the limited quantity and quality of HIV data in MENA. This editorial tries to explore and explain the barriers to collecting high-quality HIV data and generating precise estimates in MENA. These barriers include a number of logistic and socio-political challenges faced by researchers, public health officials, and policy-makers. Looking at successful regional HIV programs, we explore examples were policies have shifted and lessons could be learned in developing appropriate responses to HIV across the region.
其他关键词：HIV ; Data ; Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
