Category Archives: Population(s)

Background: Comparative analyses of published cost effectiveness models provide useful insights into critical issues to inform the development of new cost effectiveness models in the same disease area.Objective: The purpose...

BACKGROUND: Our aim was to assess both the credibility and strength of evidence arising from systematic reviews with meta-analyses of observational studies and physical health outcomes associated with human immunodeficiency...

OBJECTIVE: To update the prior systematic review from studies published in the past 9 years that examine the effects of condom social marketing (CSM) programs on condom use in low-...

BACKGROUND: Safety and tolerability of analytical treatment interruptions (ATIs) as a vital part of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) cure studies are discussed. We analyzed current evidence for the...

Key take-home messages In Canada in 2018, 63% of all HIV diagnoses among youth were attributed to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men; similarly, in the...

Key take-home messages Common approaches in the models examined included a strengths-based approach to care to encourage clients to use their inner strengths to gain resiliency or a team-based approach...

OBJECTIVES: Early randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have confirmed high efficacy of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for preventing HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) with high HIV exposure...

Background and aim: Globally, nearly one in five people who inject drugs (PWID) are living with HIV, and the rate of new HIV infections in PWID is increasing in some...

Background: Global genetic diversity of HIV-1 is a major challenge to the development of HIV vaccines. We aimed to estimate the regional and global distribution of HIV-1 subtypes and recombinants...

OBJECTIVE: This study reviews optimization models for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) resource allocation. METHODS: We searched 2 databases for peer-reviewed articles published from January 1985...

OBJECTIVE: To assess poor treatment outcomes and their predictors among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients treated in Ethiopia. METHODS: Data were searched from both electronic databases and other sources. From the whole...

Quality of life (QOL) has been considered as an important outcome indicator in holistic care for HIV-infected people, especially as HIV/AIDS transforms from a fatal illness to a chronic condition....