Publication Types Report

Use of Heckman-type selection models to account for selective non-participation in HIV testing surveys
Recommendations from a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections, held in Botson, MA, USA, April 3^rd, 2012.

Consultation on network scale-up and other size estimation methods from general population surveys
Report from a consultative meeting with UNAIDS, OGAC, CDC and USAID, held in New York City, NY, USA, March 27-29^th, 2012.

Technical Review of Spectrum 2011 and Considering potential bias in DHS and ANC data

Report and recommendations from a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections, held in Seattle, WA, USA, October 20^th and 21^st 2011.

Future tools for national estimates and epidemiological analyses

Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in London, UK, January 19^th and 20^th 2010.

Paediatric estimation issues with a focus on ART need estimates
Recommendations from a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in Geneva, Switzerland, December 4^th 2009.

Consultation on Concurrent Sexual Partnerships
Recommendations from a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in Nairobi, Kenya, April 20^th and 21^st 2009. Revised November 2009.

Estimation of the size of high risk groups and HIV prevalence in high risk groups in concentrated epidemics
Recommendations from a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, December 9^th and 10^th 2008.

Consultative Meeting on Data Collection & Estimation Methods Related to HIV Infection in Infants and Children
Report of a consultative meeting with UNICEF, WHO and the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in New York, USA, July 8-10^th 2008.

Improving the EPP and Spectrum estimation tools
Improving the EPP and Spectrum estimation tools for the 2008-9 round of national estimates with specific attention to prevalence fits and their uncertainty, changes in the urban:rural population ratio, bias in HIV prevalence measured in national surveys, incidence estimates, orphanhood estimates, effects of ART; and a discussion on concurrent partnerships. Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in London, UK, February 28th and 29th 2008.

Methods for estimation of ART’s impact on deaths averted/delayed; and Developments in EPP 2007
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in Baltimore, USA, July 13th 2007.

Estimation of orphanhood due to AIDS and non-AIDS causes and the impact of intervention programmes
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in Baltimore, USA, July 12th 2007

Improving parameter estimation, projection methods, uncertainty estimation, and epidemic classification
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in Prague, Czech Republic, November 29th – December 1st 2006.

Estimating uncertainty in national HIV burdens using Bayesian Melding
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in London, UK, October 30th 2006.

Improvements to estimation packages
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in Glion, Switzerland, July 19th-20th 2006.

Improving estimates of national HIV burdens and ART need, and modelling the impact of prevention programmes
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in Athens, Greece, December 13-15th 2005.

Statement on the use of the BED-assay for the estimation of HIV-1 incidence for surveillance or epidemic monitoring
Statement following a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections held in Athens, Greece, December 13th 2005.

Demographic issues in modelling HIV/AIDS epidemics
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group held in Tours, France, 25-26 July 2005.

Methods and assumptions for estimates of children in need of treatment for HIV
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections, and WHO HIV Treatment & Prevention Scale-up Team, held in Geneva, Switzerland, 2 March 2005.

Rates of mother-to-child transmission and the impact of different PMTCT [prevention of mother-to-child transmission] regimens
Report of a consultation organised by the UNAIDS Reference Group for Estimates, Modelling and Projections, February-March 2005.

Development of EPPv2 and Spectrum, and Measuring and tracking concentrated HIV epidemics
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group held in December 2004.

Evidence and causes of declines in HIV prevalence and incidence in countries with generalised epidemics
Report of a meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group held in November 2004.

Natural history and mortality in HIV positive individuals living in resource-poor settings: a literature review

Technical report and recommendations: Methods and software to produce HIV/AIDS estimates in the era of population-based prevalence surveys
Report from an ad hoc Reference Group meeting held in May 2004.

Technical report on improving estimates and projections of HIV/AIDS 2003
Report on the progress made since the last major Reference Group meeting and recommendations for current policy and future research.