Category Archives: General HIV- population
Reviews on HIV- people that explore topics including risk, screening, and prevention
Hepatitis E seroprevalence and viremia rate in immunocompromised patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatitis E is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV). Immunocompromised patients present a particular risk group, as chronification of hepatitis...
Efficacy of HIV interventions in African fishing communities: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis
OBJECTIVES: This systematic review aims to qualitatively synthesise existing evidence on the efficacy of HIV interventions in African fishing communities. METHODS: Five databases (NCBI PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science Core...
Utility of short message service (SMS) for remote data collection for HIV in low- and middle-income countries
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Short message system (SMS) communication is widespread in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and may be a viable approach to address challenges with in-person data collection for...
Acute and early HIV infection screening among men who have sex with men, a systematic review and meta-analysis
INTRODUCTION: Screening for acute and early HIV infections (AEHI) among men who have sex with men (MSM) remains uncommon in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet, undiagnosed AEHI among MSM and subsequent...
Nature of, and responses to key sexual and reproductive health challenges for adolescents in urban slums in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
BACKGROUND: Addressing adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) requires an understanding of the socio-cultural and spatial settings within which they live. One setting of particular importance is the...
Interventions to improve HIV care continuum outcomes among individuals released from prison or jail: Systematic literature review
BACKGROUND: HIV care continuum outcomes deteriorate among people returning from incarceration. Interventions to improve care outcomes post-incarceration have been characterized by substantial heterogeneity in approach, outcome metrics, and results. A...
Diagnostic infectious diseases testing outside clinics: A global systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Most people around the world do not have access to facility-based diagnostic testing, and the gap in availability of diagnostic tests is a major public health challenge. Self-testing, self-sampling,...
Community-based psychosocial substance use disorder interventions in low-and-middle-income countries: A narrative literature review
BACKGROUND: Mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs) are the world’s leading cause of years lived with disability; in low-and-middle income countries (LIMCs), the treatment gap for SUDs is at...
Diagnostic accuracy of serum (1,3)-beta-D-glucan for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Serum 1,3-β-d-glucan (BG) assay may be helpful as a marker for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) and invasive fungal infection (IFI). We conducted a systematic review to assess the diagnostic...
Prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus recovered from the uterine cervix of Nigerian women: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Infection with an oncogenic type of human papillomavirus is a prerequisite for the development of precancerous cervical lesions and its subsequent progression to cervical cancer. With an alarming increase...
Exercise and antiretroviral adherence in adults living with HIV: A systematic review
This systematic review assessed the relationship between exercise and ART adherence in adults living with HIV. A comprehensive search through June 2020 for relevant studies was conducted, and PRISMA guidelines...
