Category Archives: Epidemiology and Determinants of Health

HIV-related stigma and health-related quality of life in women living with HIV in developed countries: A systematic review

2021

HIV-related stigma has been shown to negatively affect the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in people living with HIV. Women living with HIV (WLWH) suffer greater consequences from stigma on...

HIV epidemic in fishing communities in Uganda: A scoping review

2021

BACKGROUND: Fishing communities in many Sub-Saharan African countries are a high-risk population group disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic. In Uganda, literature on HIV in fishing communities has grown extensively...

Systematic review of reported HIV outbreaks, Pakistan, 2000-2019

2021

Unsafe injection practices and injection drug use have been linked to multiple HIV outbreaks in Pakistan since 2003; however, few studies have systematically analyzed the causes of these outbreaks. We...

Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021

Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk for HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and also have high levels of homelessness and unstable housing. We assessed whether...

Epidemiological characterization and geographic distribution of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome infection in North African countries

2021

BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a major global public health concern. North African countries carry a disproportionate burden of HIV representing one of the highest rates in Africa....

Human papillomavirus prevalence among men who have sex with men in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China is underreported. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to clarify site-specific HPV prevalence among MSM...

Exploring sustainability in the era of differentiated HIV service delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

2021

INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization recommends differentiated service delivery (DSD) to support resource-limited health systems in providing patient-centered HIV care. DSD offers alternative care models to clinic-based care for people...

HIV testing and seroprevalence among couples of people diagnosed with HIV in China: A meta-analysis

2021

BACKGROUND: Partner notification and testing could expand HIV testing and link infections to care. We performed a meta-analysis on HIV testing rate and prevalence among couples of people diagnosed with...

Clinical and public health implications of HIV-genetic diversity and drug resistance mutations in Angola: A systematic review

2020

HIV-1 genetic diversity and drug resistance mutations (DRMs) remain a public health concern mainly in low- and middle-income countries. In this review, we estimated the HIV-1 molecular evolution over the...

HIV-tuberculous meningitis co-infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons are at a higher risk of developing Tuberculous meningitis (TBM). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of TBM-HIV co-infection. We systematically searched Pubmed/Medline, Embase and...

Experienced homophobia and HIV infection risk among U.S. gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A meta-analysis

2021

Purpose: Experienced homophobia-negative treatment and perceptions that gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) encounter because of their sexual orientations-may promote HIV infection among MSM. We conducted...

HIV infections and food insecurity among pregnant women from low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021

There are few studies on the occurrence of food insecurity (FI) in pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS (PrWLWHA). Our objective was to estimate the prevalence of food insecurity among PrWLWHA...

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