Improving HIV interventions for men could reduce HIV acquisition in women, close the growing gender gap in HIV infections and further reduce HIV incidence in African countries.
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Tegomoh, B., Titanji, B.K. Close the gender gap in Africa’s HIV epidemic. Nat Microbiol 9, 8–10 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01535-3
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