Category Archives: General HIV- population

Reviews on HIV- people that explore topics including risk, screening, and prevention

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, blood donor deferral, occult infection, and risk of HIV transmission by transfusion: A fine balance between evidence-based donor selection criteria and transfusion safety

2023

Pre- and postexposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are key to reducing the transmission of this virus. Furthermore, low-toxicity, long-acting formulations provide additional clinical benefits, in particular easier adherence...

Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and acceptability among men who have sex with men: A scoping review of the literature

2023

Despite the global effort to end the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic as a global threat by 2030, the rate of new HIV infections worldwide...

Provision of HIV prevention and care services to farmworkers in sub-Saharan African countries

2023

OBJECTIVES: To summarise data on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services available to farmworkers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). METHODS: We conducted a systematic review to understand which HIV prevention and care...

Effectiveness of linkae to care and prevention interventions following HIV self-testing: A global systematic review and meta-analysis

2023

Over 38.4 million people were living with HIV globally in 2021. The HIV continuum includes HIV testing, diagnosis, linkage to combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), and retention in care. An important...

The success of serious game and gamified systems in HIV prevention and care: Scoping review

2023

BACKGROUND: AIDS, which is caused by HIV, has long been one of the most significant global public health issues. Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, various types of nonelectronic...

The experience of healthcare workers to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

2023

BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis has been extensively documented. However, there are substantial gaps between the actual implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis and the ideal goal, especially in low-and middle-income...

Systematic review of prevalence and risk factors of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors, and blood safety improvements in Southern Africa

2023

Blood and blood products are listed as one of the essential medicines by the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition to inadequate supply, most sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) nations fail to...

Disentangling opioids-related overdose syndemics: A scoping review

2023

This article reviews research investigating the synergistic interaction of opioid-related morbidity and mortality with other social, psychiatric, and biological conditions, to describe how and why it is syndemic. Opioid-related overdose...

Global type-specific genital human papillomavirus prevalence in men, by sexual orientation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2023

BACKGROUND: Knowledge on genital type-specific human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence among men is important for prevention of HPV-related cancers and other diseases. Men who have sex with men (MSM) have higher...

HIV testing disruptions and service adaptations during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic literature review

2023

Access to treatment and care in safe clinical settings improves people’s lives with HIV. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted vital HIV programs and services, increasing the risk of adverse health outcomes...

A review of bidimensional acculturation and STI/HIV-related sexual risk behaviours among Hispanic youth

2023

A growing body of research suggests that acculturation may play a role in the disproportionate likelihood of sexual risk behaviour and STI/HIV infection among Hispanic youth in the USA. We...

Incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C virus among HIV-negative gay and bisexual men using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): A systematic review and meta-analysis

2023

BACKGROUND: Gay and bisexual men using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are at increased risk for sexually transmissible infections. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) risk among PrEP users is less clear. We...

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