Luisa Frescura

ORCID: 0000-0002-2089-7818
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Research Areas
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Sex work and related issues
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Genital Health and Disease
  • Economic Growth and Development

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
2009-2022

In December 2020, UNAIDS released a new set of ambitious targets calling for 95% all people living with HIV to know their status, diagnosed infection receive sustained antiretroviral therapy, and receiving therapy have viral suppression by 2025. Adopted United Nations Member states in June 2021 as part the Political Declaration on AIDS, these targets, combined primary prevention focused attention supporting enablers, aim bridge inequalities treatment coverage outcomes accelerate incidence...

10.1371/journal.pone.0272405 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2022-08-04

UNAIDS has established new program targets for 2025 to achieve the goal of eliminating AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. This study reports on efforts use mathematical models estimate impact achieving those targets.We simulated at country level using Goals model, simulation model HIV epidemic dynamics that includes prevention and treatment interventions. For 77 high-burden countries, we fit surveillance survey data 1970 2020 then projected period 2019 Results from these countries were...

10.1371/journal.pmed.1003831 article EN cc-by PLoS Medicine 2021-10-18

UNAIDS and a broad range of partners have collaborated to establish new set HIV prevention targets be achieved by 2025 as an intermediate step towards the sustainable development target for 2030.The number infections in world continues decline, part due extraordinary expansion effective treatment. However, decline is geographically heterogeneous, with some regions reporting rise incidence. The incidence that was agreed 2020 has been missed.A exciting technologies become available or are...

10.1371/journal.pmed.1004102 article EN cc-by PLoS Medicine 2022-09-26

Objectives: This article describes the development of international reporting system to monitor implementation Declaration Commitment on HIV/AIDS that resulted from 2001 United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS). Design: The UNGASS is based biennial submission Country Progress Reports. These include data a set core indicators and are prepared submitted by Member States using transparent collaborative process. Methods: reviews evolution analyzes quality completeness most recent...

10.1097/qai.0b013e3181baec92 article EN JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2009-12-01

The 2001 Declaration of Commitment (DoC) adopted by the General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) included a call to monitor national responses HIV epidemic. Since DoC, efforts and investments have been made globally strengthen countries' monitoring evaluation (M&E) capacity. This analysis aims quantify M&E investments, commitments, capacity, performance during last decade in order assess success challenges global systems.M&E spending was assessed using data from UNGASS country...

10.1186/1478-4505-12-62 article EN cc-by Health Research Policy and Systems 2014-10-16

Abstract Introduction Given the importance of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in reducing HIV incidence, access to and use quality data for programme planning management are essential. Unfortunately, such currently not standardized reliable consistent priority countries. To redress this, UNAIDS Reference Group (RG) on Estimates, Modelling, Projection worked with partner Avenir Health Decision Makers Program Planning Toolkit (DMPPT) 2 Online provide estimates VMMC coverage support...

10.1002/jia2.25789 article EN cc-by Journal of the International AIDS Society 2021-09-01
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