Category Archives: Population(s)

Transitioning to adult HIV care: Challenges and evidence-based practices

2025

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Immune responses to vaginal candidiasis in African women: A scoping review of cytokine profiles, T-cell activation, and gene expression

2025

Background Recent immunological studies of vaginal candidiasis in African populations have revealed complex host‒pathogen interactions with implications for therapeutic development and HIV acquisition risk. Objective This scoping review synthesized evidence...

Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (2SGBTQ) men’s suicidality in Canada: A scoping review

2025

Suicide is a leading cause of death in Canada, with men being three times more likely to die from suicide compared with the rest of the population. Among Canadian men,...

Adolescents’ sexual health during the COVID-19 outbreak: A systematic review

2025

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly disrupted adolescents’ access to sexual health services, resulting in a decline in their overall sexual well-being. This systematic review explored adolescent sexual...

Doxycycline prophylaxis for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs): doxyPrEP and doxyPEP

2024

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Social and structural determinants of health influencing HIV risk and participation across the HIV care cascade

2025

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Experiences and perceptions on antiretroviral therapy adherence and non-adherence: A scoping review of young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

2025

BACKGROUND: Young people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) shoulder a disproportionate burden of global HIV. We conducted a scoping review to map the research on the experiences and perceptions of young...

Impact of social determinants of health on cancer treatment referrals in patients living with HIV in the United States: A narrative review

2024

INTRODUCTION: This narrative review aims to identify and explore the social determinants that prevent people living with HIV (PWH) from accessing specialized cancer centers in the United States and compare...

Aging and HIV: Recent findings in contributing factors

2025

Background: Aging among people living with HIV (PLWH) presents multifaceted challenges influenced by antiretroviral therapy (ART), chronic inflammation, viral coinfections, stigma, multimorbidity, and immunosuppression. Methods: This review synthesizes recent research...

Evaluating HIV drug resistance in the Middle East and North Africa and its associated factors: A systematic review

2025

OBJECTIVE: One of the obstacles to achieving successful treatment of HIV infections is the development and spread of mutations linked to resistance. Thus, it is important to monitor the prevalence...

Use of behavior change techniques in digital HIV prevention programs for adolescents and young people: Systematic review

2025

BACKGROUND: HIV infections have caused severe public health and economic burdens to the world. Adolescents and young people continue to constitute a large proportion of newly diagnosed HIV cases. Digital...

Efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in immunocompromised patients: A targeted literature review

2025

Individuals who are immunocompromised (IIC) may have impaired infection prevention/resolution, potentially causing increased disease severity, complications, and healthcare-system strain. Exclusion of IIC from COVID-19 vaccine trials and limited real-world Novavax...

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