Open AccessCharacterizing the role of intersecting stigmas and sustained inequities in driving HIV syndemics across low-to-middle-income settings
Author(s) -
Nikita Viswasam,
Sheree Schwartz,
Stefan Baral
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current opinion in hiv and aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-6318
pISSN - 1746-630X
DOI - 10.1097/coh.0000000000000630
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychological intervention , reproductive health , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , syndemic , unsafe sex , mental health , psychology , psychiatry , population , immunology , syphilis , condom
In 2020, key populations around the world still have disproportionate risks for HIV acquisition and experiencing HIV-related syndemics. This review presents current data around HIV-related syndemics among key populations globally, and on the role of intersecting stigmas in producing these syndemics in low-to-middle-income settings.