Category Archives: Population(s)

Caregiver-assisted testing using HIV self-test (CG-HIVST) kits has been proposed to enhance paediatric HIV case finding and contribute toward ending paediatric HIV/AIDS by 2030. We conducted a systematic review to...

Skeletal alterations and their complications can significantly impact the quality of life and overall prognosis of patients living with HIV (PLWHIV). Considering skeletal alterations are often asymptomatic and unapparent during...

Purpose: Young people living with HIV (YPLWH) face the burden of navigating the unique physical, psychological, and social challenges of adolescence while coping with a stigmatized infectious disease that requires lifelong...

BACKGROUND: Social, cultural, and structural determinants of health for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers can contribute towards poorer sexual health outcomes. People from migrant, refugee, and asylum seeker backgrounds usually...

INTRODUCTION: Sub-Saharan Africa bears the greatest burden of HIV, with comorbid mental conditions highly prevalent in people living with HIV. It is important to evaluate the mental health of adolescents...

Objective To review HIV testing services (HTS) costs in sub-Saharan Africa. Design A systematic literature review of studies published from January 2006 to October 2020. Methods We searched ten electronic...

BACKGROUND: Paediatric healthcare for children with HIV involves managing complex challenges, including severe perineal issues that significantly affect their quality of life. We introduce the term “perineal disintegration syndrome” (PDS)...

BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are a significant cause of severe infections, particularly in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive individuals because of their weakened immunity. Since there was no previous pooled representative...

Purpose of review: Adherence-concentration-efficacy benchmarks have not been fully characterized for cisgender women using emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) oral daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention. Recent findings: We conducted a systematic...

BACKGROUND: Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are increasingly used in contact tracing and case finding, enhancing and replacing traditional methods for managing infectious diseases such as Ebola, tuberculosis, COVID-19, and HIV....

Background: People with HIV might be at an increased risk of long COVID (LC) because of their immune dysfunction and chronic inflammation and alterations in immunological responses against severe acute respiratory...

INTRODUCTION: Social network-based testing approaches (SNAs) encourage individuals (“test promoters”) to motivate sexual partners and/or those in their social networks to test for HIV. We conducted a systematic review to...