Epidemiological metrics and benchmarks for a transition in the HIV epidemic.

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Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.

Published: October 2018

Peter Godfrey-Faussett and colleagues present six epidemiological metrics for tracking progress in reducing the public health threat of HIV.

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