Category Archives: Epidemiology and Determinants of Health
Role of vitamin-D supplementation in TB/HIV co-infected patients
2020
Objective: This review aimed to assess the role of vitamin D supplementation on the decrement of mortality and morbidity rate among tuberculosis (TB)/human immune deficiency virus (HIV) co-infected clients.Method: Pub...
Nature and extent of hearing loss in HIV-infected children: A scoping review
2020
INTRODUCTION: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has had a major impact on life expectancy from HIV as many people now live with it as a chronic disease. Chronic HIV has been associated...
HIV and drug related stigma and risk-taking behaviors among people who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2020
The impact of HIV-related stigma on people living with HIV has been well documented, but there have been few studies examining how drug-related stigma impacts risk-taking in the lives of...
Mortality among people With opioid use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2020
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Opioids are among the most commonly used class of illicit drugs. We aimed to produce pooled estimates of mortality risks among people with opioid use disorder (OUD),...
The global prevalence of hepatitis D virus infection: Systematic review and meta-analysis
2020
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: There are uncertainties about the epidemic patterns of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection and its contribution to the burden of liver disease. We estimated the global prevalence...
Barriers to HIV testing uptake among men in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
2020
Introduction: HIV testing among men remains low globally and in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in particular, when compared with their female counterparts. The aim of this study was to synthesis evidence...
Risk factors for herpes zoster infection: A meta-analysis
2020
Background: The burden of herpes zoster (HZ) is significant worldwide, with millions affected and the incidence rising. Current literature has identified some risk factors for this disease; however, there is...
Undernutrition among Ethiopian adults living with HIV: A meta-analysis
2020
Background: Malnutrition and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are interlaced in a vicious cycle and worsened in low and middle-income countries. In Ethiopia, even though individuals are dually affected by both...
Analytical methods used in estimating the prevalence of HIV/AIDS from demographic and cross-sectional surveys with missing data: A systematic review
2020
BACKGROUND: Sero- prevalence studies often have a problem of missing data. Few studies report the proportion of missing data and even fewer describe the methods used to adjust the results...
Genetic diversity of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Nigeria: 2002-2017 — Systematic review and meta-analysis
2020
Nigeria was ranked second highest country with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden worldwide. HIV-1 subtypes and circulating recombinant forms genetic variability affect the protease and reverse transcriptase genes which code...
The interplay of HIV and human papillomavirus-related cancers in sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping review
2020
BACKGROUND: People living with HIV (PLHIV) are at a high risk of developing HPV-related cancers. HPV-related malignancies occur frequently and/or are high among PLHIV, with cervical cancer as a designated...
Incident HIV among pregnant and breast-feeding women in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2020
OBJECTIVES: A previous meta-analysis reported high HIV incidence among pregnant and breast-feeding women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but limited evidence of elevated risk of HIV acquisition during pregnancy or breast-feeding...
