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Population Size Estimation of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Rwanda: Three-Source Capture-Recapture Method.

Elysee TuyishimeCatherine KayitesiGentille MusengimanaSamuel S MalambaHailegiorgis MogesIda KankindiHoracio Ruisenor EscuderoIgnace Habimana KabanoTom OluochEric RemeraAngela Unna Chukwu
Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2023)
Our study provides, for the first time, a PSE of MSM aged 18 years or older in Rwanda. MSM are concentrated in the city of Kigali and are almost evenly distributed across the other 4 provinces. The national proportion estimate bounds of MSM out of the total adult males includes the World Health Organization's minimum recommended proportion (at least 1.0%) based on 2012 census population projections for 2021. These results will inform denominators to be used for estimating service coverage and fill existing information gaps to enable policy makers and planners to monitor the HIV epidemic among MSM nationally. There is an opportunity for conducting small-area MSM PSEs for subnational-level HIV treatment and prevention interventions.
Keyphrases
  • men who have sex with men
  • hiv testing
  • hiv positive
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • physical activity
  • hiv infected
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • social media
  • health information
  • childhood cancer