Age, sex—and what else? Rethinking priorities to close gaps in the HIV care cascade
It is critically important to generate more efficient strategies to close HIV care cascade gaps and sustain positive progress amidst potentially reduced future resources towards HIV. This may need a paradigm shift in service differentiation that specifically identifies sub-populations most-at-risk of suboptimal outcomes, beyond age/sex categories, while efficiently balancing sub-population size and proportionate risk. Data-driven prioritization of cost-effective interventions targeting the unreached and underserved is essential for sustaining progress in the evolving HIV response.
Authors
- S ROSEN
- Daniel Shodell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5657-9072)
- Lise Jamieson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2354-4580)
- Nozipho Musakwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8842-155X)
- M P Fox
- Tsitsi Apollo
- Idah Mokhele
- Domonique M Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4593-6860)
- Peter D. Ehrenkranz
- Dorlim Moiana Uetela
- Gesine Meyer‐Rath
- the Closing The Gap Working Group
- Jeffrey W. Imai‐Eaton
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Gates Foundation (US)
- Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (US)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (ZW)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Media Working Group (US)
- Instituto Nacional de Saúde (MZ)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the International AIDS Society
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.70080
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation