Category Archives: Population(s)

Variation of adverse drug events in different settings in Africa: A systematic review

2024

BACKGROUND: Adverse drug events (ADEs) represent challenges affecting Africa’s healthcare systems owing to the increased healthcare expenditure and negative health outcomes of ADEs. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to systematically review published...

Precancerous cervical lesion and associated factors among HIV-infected women in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

BACKGROUND: Despite several preventative and control measures Ethiopia continues to see an increase in cervical cancer. Comprehensive evidence is very important to suggest ministry of health. Therefore, the aim of...

Prevalence of oropharyngeal candidiasis and distribution of Candida species among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

BACKGROUND: The incidence of oropharyngeal candidiasis among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Africa is on the rise. Oropharyngeal candidiasis is mainly caused by C.albicans; however, a shift in...

A systematic review on advance care planning for people living with HIV: Insights from the studies of persons without HIV

2024

With advances in medicine, HIV has evolved into a chronic condition for people living with HIV (PLWH). However, many PLWH do not engage in advance care planning (ACP), and it...

The impact of immunosuppression on the mortality and hospitalization of Monkeypox: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the 2022 outbreak

2024

Background: Limited data is available regarding the severity and mortality of Mpox in individuals with immunocompromised conditions. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to understand the impact of HIV- or non-HIV-associated immunosuppression...

Low clinical impact of HIV drug resistance mutations in oral pre-exposure prophylaxis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Introduction Despite the widespread use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, scant information on HIV drug resistance mutations (DRMs) has been gathered over the past...

Magnitude and risk factors of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among HIV-exposed infants after Option B+ implementation in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major public health challenge in Ethiopia. The objective of this review was to assess the pooled magnitude of...

Health-related physical fitness evaluation in HIV-diagnosed children and adolescents: A scoping review

2024

BACKGROUND: Health-related physical fitness has been widely used to investigate the adverse effects of HIV infection/ART in children and adolescents. However, methods/protocols and cut-points applied for investigating health-related physical fitness...

Utilization of social media for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS: A scoping review

2024

Social media has been used widely in public health for understanding health risks and intervening to improve health. However, the utilization of social media for HIV prevention and control interventions...

Restarting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background High coverage of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) will reduce HIV transmission and help end the HIV/AIDS pandemic. However, PrEP users face challenges, including long-term adherence. The study aimed to document...

A scoping review of the current landscape of pre-exposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis in India

2024

This scoping review aimed to review and summarize the evidence related to the attitudes toward human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)/postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) among people at risk of HIV,...

Willingness to use PrEP among PrEP naïve men who have sex with men: A meta-analysis

2024

This study aimed to measure the pooled estimate of willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (WTUP) among PrEP-naïve United States (U.S.)-based men who have sex with men (MSM). PubMed,...

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