A zero prevalence of anti-HIV in blood donors in Gaza: how can it be sustained?

Although they do not provide complete protection against HIV spread, near universal male circumcision and possibly the prevailing sexually conservative cultural norms seemed to have played so far a protective role in slowing and limiting HIV transmission in MENA relative to other regions. If the existing social and epidemiological context remains largely the same, HIV epidemic transmission is likely to remain confined to high-risk populations and their sexual partners, in addition to exogenous exposures. HIV prevention efforts in this region, which continue to be stymied by stigma associated with HIV/AIDS and related risk behaviors, need to be aggressively expanded with a focus on controlling HIV spread along the contours of risk and vulnerability. There is still a window of opportunity to control further HIV transmission among high-risk groups in MENA that, if missed, may entail a health and socioeconomic burden that the region, in large part, is unprepared for.

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Epidemiology of HIV infection in the Middle East and North Africa

Abu‐Raddad¹,

Hilmi²,

Mumtaz³

et al. 2010

Aids

136

158

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HIV in the Middle East

Obermeyer

2006

BMJ

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AIDS Jihad: Integrating the Islamic Concept of Jihad with HIV Prevention Theory

Loue¹

2011

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

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Data suggest that HIV prevalence rates among Muslim populations may be increasing due to unprotected sexual intercourse and shared injection equipment, despite popular belief that adherence to religious injunctions has shielded Muslim populations from the HIV epidemic. HIV prevention programs targeting Muslim populations to date have often lacked a theoretical foundation and have neglected the important Islamic concept of jihad, or struggle. This article reviews the cultural and religious factors that may facilitate or reduce HIV risk in Muslim communities. The theory of reasoned action and a harm reduction approach are utilized to demonstrate how the important concept of jihad can be integrated with HIV prevention theory to develop HIV prevention approaches at individual and structural levels. The proposed approach to HIV prevention must be validated, refined, and evaluated for specific cultures and locales through field testing.

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A zero prevalence of anti-HIV in blood donors in Gaza: how can it be sustained?

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Epidemiology of HIV infection in the Middle East and North Africa

Epidemiology of HIV infection in the Middle East and North Africa

HIV in the Middle East

AIDS Jihad: Integrating the Islamic Concept of Jihad with HIV Prevention Theory

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