Category Archives: General HIV- population

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

Global health initiatives and the combat of HIV/AIDS on the African continent: A scoping review

2025

The aim is to identify, in the literature, the influence of Global Health Initiatives (GHI) on the HIV combat in Africa. A scoping review was carried out in March 2023...

Systematic review of infodemiology studies using artificial intelligence: Social media posts on HIV preexposure prophylaxis

2025

OBJECTIVES: To explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance infodemiology, which distributes and scans information in the electronic medium, to process social media posts for HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). DESIGN:...

Harms associated with injecting in public spaces: A global systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

BACKGROUND: Despite increasing backlash against harm reduction efforts and the need to understand the risk environments encountered by people who inject drugs (PWID), a quantitative systematic review on public injecting...

Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus infection in African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

This meta-analysis aimed to provide pooled overall prevalence estimates of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in Africa. A literature search for cross-sectional studies was conducted until January 2025. The Newcastle-Ottawa...

Measuring mobility in HIV research in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

2025

INTRODUCTION: Mobility-from overnight travel to permanent migration-can reduce service access and increase HIV risk, driving the epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This scoping review described mobility measures used in HIV...

Undetectable = Untransmittable: A cross-population systematic review and meta-analysis on awareness and acceptance

2025

The Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) message is a cornerstone of HIV-related public health communication, yet global levels of awareness and acceptance remain unclear across key populations. This study aimed to...

Growth patterns of HIV-exposed and -unexposed infants in African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study is to understand the prevalence and odds of poor growth patterns among HIV-exposed but uninfected (HEU) versus HIV-unexposed (HUU) infants in the era of antiretroviral...

HIV, hepatitis, and syphilis self-testing among adolescents and young adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Background: Adolescents and young adults (AYA) make up a significant share of the world’s burden of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). Self-testing can increase testing coverage and strengthen the...

Evolving patterns of macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Background: Over the past 5 years, since publication of the initial review, studies have provided additional data on macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium, including data from regions previously lacking...

Machine learning for personalized risk assessment of HIV, syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Background Machine learning (ML) shows promise for sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk prediction, but systematic evidence of its effectiveness remains fragmented. Methods We systematically searched six electronic databases, three preprint...

Estimating the effect of maternal viral load on perinatal and postnatal HIV transmission: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Background Although a growing body of evidence supports zero risk of sexual HIV transmission from a person with sustained virological suppression, known as U=U (undetectable equals untransmittable), data have been...

A scoping review on HCV screening strategies: Population to screen and the test types

2025

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a genetically diverse blood-borne pathogen causing liver inflammation and damage. It is one of the global public health problems responsible for claiming thousands of...

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