Consultation on STD Interventions for Preventing HIV: What is the evidence? (UNAIDS, 2000, 60 p.)

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1. Background

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1.1. Consultation objectives and expected outcomes

2. Overview

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2.1. Review of evidence from epidemiological studies

2.2. Review of evidence from biological studies

2.3. An operational model for STD control

3. Intervention Studies Addressing STD Control to Reduce HIV Incidence

3.1. Mwanza intervention trial

3.2. Rakai intervention trial

3.3. Masaka intervention trial

3.4. Mwanza and Rakai trials compared

3.5. Comparative analysis of East African trials: Computer simulations of the intervention study results

3.6. STDSIM simulation model and application to East African trials data

3.7. Specific vulnerable populations

3.7.1. Sex workers project: Sonagachi, India

3.7.2. Sex workers and miners project: Lesedi, South Africa

3.7.3. HIV and STD incidence in a sex worker cohort in Kenya

4. Programmatic and Policy Issues

4.1. STD control for HIV prevention among adolescents

4.2. Summary of current strategies for STD control

4.3. Public health approaches to STD prevention and care: Challenges, issues and opportunities

4.4. Reproductive tract infections (RTIs) in women

5. Recommendations

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Evidence-based decisions for programming

5.3. Recommendations and their ratings for programmes

6. Research Needs

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6.1. Biological and sociocultural research

6.2. STD case management research

6.3. Screening and case-finding research

6.4. Research on the implementation of STD prevention and care

7. Conclusions

Annex 1. Common Usage of Different STD Control Strategies

Annex 2. List of Participants

Annex 3. Related Articles

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