Insufficient declines in new HIV infection rates amidst high scores in HIV testing and awareness: ‘a game theory simulation’

• Published in: Journal of public health Vol. 30; no. 12; pp. 2829 - 2834
• Main Authors: Ochanda, Perez Nicholas, Ssempala, Richard, Kayongo, Allan, Odokonyero, Tonny
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Epidemiology; Game theory; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Article; Players; Probability; Public Health; Sex; Sexual partners; Sexually transmitted diseases; STD; Strategy; Behavioural elasticity; HIV transmission; Sexual interactions; Game theory; Young women

Aim Substantial progress has been made towards the 90–90–90 global targets; however, the pace at which new infections are declining remains undesirable to meet the UNAIDS 2020 global targets of below 500,000 new infections annually. We discussed the possibility of continued HIV incidence amidst rema...