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ProfessorTimothyHallett

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Professor of Global Health
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 1150timothy.hallett

 
 
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Location

 

School of Public HealthWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inbook{Gregson:2015:acprof:oso/9780199688203.003.0019,
author = {Gregson, S and Hallett, TB},
booktitle = {Population in the Human Sciences: Concepts, Models, Evidence},
doi = {acprof:oso/9780199688203.003.0019},
title = {Population Structure and Public Health Research on HIV Control in Sub-Saharan Africa},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199688203.003.0019},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - CHAP
AB  - The Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been a major public health disaster in sub-Saharan Africa since the late 1970s. Early projections of HIV epidemics in Africa and their likely demographic consequences were criticized for failing to account for population age structure. With hindsight, age structure per se had relatively little influence on the size of epidemics. However, other aspects of population structure- particularly heterogeneities in sexual behaviour-have been key determinants in the scale and temporal dynamics of HIV epidemics. This chapter explains how an understanding of the influence of population structure on the dynamics of HIV epidemics is important in understanding observed trends in national epidemics, in evaluating the effectiveness of national control programmes, and in prioritizing intervention efforts.
AU  - Gregson,S
AU  - Hallett,TB
DO  - acprof:oso/9780199688203.003.0019
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 9780199688203
TI  - Population Structure and Public Health Research on HIV Control in Sub-Saharan Africa
T1  - Population in the Human Sciences: Concepts, Models, Evidence
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199688203.003.0019
ER  -
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