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As of 2019, two thirds (25.7 million) of all people living with HIV globally
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were in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where
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an estimated one million new HIV infections were acquired in 2019 \cite{AIDSinfo}.
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Data suggest that key populations, including individuals engaged in sex work and men who have sex with men,
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experience disproportionate risks of HIV acquisition and onward transmission in SSA
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\cite{Baral2012,Beyrer2012,Mishra2012,Boily2015}.
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HIV treatment to reduce onward transmission remains a key element of combination HIV prevention \cite{WHO2016ART}.
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Effective HIV treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) leads to viral load suppression
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and has been shown to prevent HIV transmission between sex partners \cite{Lundgren2015,Danel2015,Cohen2016}.
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Following empirical evidence of partnership-level efficacy of ART
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in preventing HIV \cite{Lundgren2015,Danel2015,Cohen2016},
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in preventing HIV transmission \cite{Lundgren2015,Danel2015,Cohen2016},
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and model-based evidence of ``treatment as prevention'' \cite{Granich2009,Eaton2012,Cori2014},
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several large-scale community-based trials of universal test-and-treat (UTT)
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were recently completed \cite{Iwuji2018,Havlir2019,Hayes2019}.
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several large-scale community-based trials of universal test-and-treat (UTT) were recently completed.
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These trials found that over 2-to-4 years,
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cumulative incidence under UTT did not significantly differ from
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cumulative incidence under ART according to national guidelines \cite{Havlir2019,Hayes2019,Iwuji2018}.
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21--54\% of study participants remained unsuppressed \cite{Iwuji2018,Havlir2019,Hayes2019}.
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Populations experiencing barriers to viral suppression under UTT
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may be at highest risk for acquisition and onward transmission, including key populations like
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sex workers and men who have sex with men \cite{Hakim2018,Nyato2019},
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as well as youth, and heterosexual men \cite{Green2020,Quinn2019}.
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sex workers and men who have sex with men \cite{Hakim2018,Nyato2019}.
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Other sub-populations, including youth and heterosexual men, also
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experience barriers to engagement in ART care \cite{Green2020,Quinn2019}
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that could undermine treatment as prevention.
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While widespread UTT scale-up may fill some coverage gaps,
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equitable access to ART for all populations remains an open challenge.
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Risk heterogeneity, defined by various factors affecting acquisition and onward transmission risk,
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is a well-established determinant of epidemic persistence and controllability
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with a basis in the modelling literature \cite{Anderson1986,Boily1997}.
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Model comparison studies by \citet{Hontelez2013} and \citet{Rozhnova2016}
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found that projected prevention impacts of ART scale-up were smaller with greater heterogeneity.
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Given the upstream and complementary role of transmission modelling
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in estimating the prevention impacts of ART \cite{Eaton2012,Delva2012},
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we sought to examine how heterogeneity in risk and ART uptake has been represented

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