Open Access<p>HIV prevention cascade theory and its relation to social dimensions of health: a case for Nigeria</p>
Author(s) -
Ngozi Nneka Joe-Ikechebelu,
Emmanuel Chukwuye Azuike,
Basil Elochukwu Nwankwo,
Ifeanyichukwu U. Ezebialu,
Williams Onyeka Ngene,
George Uchenna Eleje
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hiv/aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-1373
DOI - 10.2147/hiv.s210190
Subject(s) - blueprint , context (archaeology) , psychological intervention , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , relation (database) , psychology , gerontology , family medicine , psychiatry , computer science , geography , engineering , mechanical engineering , archaeology , database
Nigeria has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world and one of the highest rates of new infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Within the last three decades, majority of HIV programs in Nigeria were treatment strategies with few prevention approaches. The persistence of HIV prevalence despite the treatment blueprint has led to a concerted call to HIV Prevention Cascade (HPC) theory which ensures continuous sophisticated interrelationship that stretches beyond the biomedical interventions of treatment. To our knowledge, there is no previous review on HPC theory in Nigerian context.