Edith Magak/AidsmapWhile some countries in Africa are on the verge of reaching epidemic control – which means there are fewer HIV diagnoses than deaths of people with HIV – progress among key populations remains largely unknown, participants at the INTEREST 2022 conference in Kampala heard last week. In 2020, key populations and their sexual partners accounted for 39% of new HIV acquisitions in sub-Saharan Africa. However, only eight countries had prevalence data on people who inject drugs, while just two had data on transgender people.
Key populations in Africa – including sex workers, men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender people, people who inject drugs and prisoners – are highly vulnerable to HIV because of risk behaviours, marginalisation, stigma, discrimination, violence, human rights violations and criminalisation. In 2021, estimated HIV prevalence was 31% among sex workers in eastern and southern Africa, 28% among transgender people, 19% among people who inject drugs, 13% among gay men and other men who have sex with men, and 11% among prisoners.
Read the full story at Aidsmap.
Source : Aidsmap
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