Let’s address men’s underutilization of HIV services SUMMARY: If the fast-track approach to end the AIDS epidemic is to be successful, the roles and responsibilities of men in the AIDS response need to be tabled. t is ten years since Allen (not real names) lost her husband to HIV/AIDS. But she always refers to his death as suicidal. Reason? Because much as he knew they were HIV positive, he vehemently refused to enroll on treatment. Allen, on the other hand, took courage, accepted the sour fate and started drugs; adhered to her treatment, and as I write, her viral load is undetectable! With the inception of Anti Retrial Viral Drugs, HIV is no more a death sentence. The 33-year-old even got married to another man with whom she bore an HIV free baby, thanks to Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission (EMCT) Allen’s husband adds a figure to the huge list of men who prematurely succumb to HIV/AIDS related diseases because of their low uptake of test, treatment, and adherence...
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