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Towards An Integrated Primary And Secondary Hiv Prevention Continuum For The United States: A Cyclical Process Model, Tim Horn, Jennifer Sherwood, Robert H. Remien, Denis Nash, Judith D. Auerbach

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Introduction: Every new HIV infection is preventable and every HIV-related death is avoidable. As many jurisdictions around the world endeavour to end HIV as an epidemic, missed HIV prevention and treatment opportunities must be regarded as public health emergencies, and efforts to quickly fill gaps in service provision for all people living with and vulnerable to HIV infection must be prioritized.

Discussion: We present a novel, comprehensive, primary and secondary HIV prevention continuum model for the United States as a conceptual framework to identify key steps in reducing HIV incidence and improving health outcomes among those vulnerable to, as well …