Category Archives: Epidemiology and Determinants of Health
Non-adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among adult people living with HIV in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Human immunodeficiency virus remains a global public health problem. Despite efforts to determine the prevalence of non-adherence to ART and its predictors in Ethiopia, various primary studies presented inconsistent findings....
Prevalence of obesity, hypertension and diabetes among people living with HIV in South Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background HIV has become a manageable chronic condition due to the success and scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Globally, South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV...
Enacted stigma influences bereavement coping among children orphaned by parental AIDS: A longitudinal study with network analysis
PURPOSE: The study aims to understand how enacted stigma influences bereavement coping at the style (scale) level and the specific pathways at the strategy (item) level. METHODS: The longitudinal data...
Stigmatizing and inaccessible: The perspectives of female sex workers on barriers to reproductive healthcare utilizationAA scoping review
AIM: To systematically map the extent, range and nature of qualitative studies that explored female sex workers’ own perspectives on barriers to accessing reproductive healthcare services. DESIGN: A scoping review...
Adverse effects of daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men and transgender women: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The adverse effects of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) using tenofovir disoproxil fumarate are barriers to PrEP initiation and continuation. Although serious effects are rare and predictable, evidence for this assessment...
Systematic review and meta-analysis of seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus serological markers among pregnant women in Africa, 1984–2020
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a major public health concern, particularly in Africa where HIV rates remain substantial. Pregnant women are at an increased risk of acquiring HIV, which...
A scoping review on HIV early infant diagnosis among HIV exposed infants, ART use and adherence in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: HIV Early Infant Diagnosis (HEID) is critical for the timely initiation of HIV treatments and improved health outcomes among HIV-infected infants. However, the uptake of HEID remains largely low...
A meta-analysis of immunogenicity and safety of two versus single-doses of influenza A (H1N1) vaccine in person living with HIV
Purpose: Influenza vaccination of person living with HIV (PLWH) is a powerful means to tackle severe clinical outcomes. Few data on two doses of influenza vaccine in PLWH are available.Research...
Pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence among men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVES: The effectiveness and efficiency of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in reducing the transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) relies on how widely it is adopted...
Systematic review of neighborhood factors impacting HIV care continuum participation in the United States
Social determinants have been increasingly implicated in accelerating HIV vulnerability, particularly for disenfranchised communities. Among these determinants, neighborhood factors play an important role in undermining HIV prevention. However, there has...
