Africa: Study confirms cost-effectiveness of STI management in HIV control

In sub-Saharan Africa, the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains a cost-effective strategy for controlling HIV in a number of different scenarios, report an international team of researchers in the March 1st edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Even in mature epidemics with substantial condom use, their study found that more than half of new HIV infections may be attributable to STIs.