Category Archives: General HIV+ population

Reviews on HIV+ people where the population is not specified

Challenges of the postpartum period in women living with HIV

2024

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HIV-related stigma and associated factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

BACKGROUND: It has been recognized that HIV-related stigma hinders efforts in testing, treatment, and prevention. In this systematic review, we aimed to summarize available findings on the association between HIV-related...

Tuberculosis-associated mortality and risk factors for HIV-infected population in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background: Despite the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy in reducing mortality from opportunistic infections among people living with HIV (PLHIV), tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a significant cause of death, accounting...

Health and non-health benefits and equity impacts of individual-level economic relief programs during epidemics/pandemics in high income settings: A scoping review

2024

Background Economic relief programs are strategies designed to sustain societal welfare and population health during a regional or global scale infectious disease outbreak. While economic relief programmes are considered essential...

Prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis among people living with HIV in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

BACKGROUND: Up to now several studies estimate the prevalence of HBV, HCV, and TB among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Iran; however, their results are inconsistent. This study aimed...

Global burden of HIV among long-distance truck drivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Objectives The purpose of this study was to systematically summarise the empirical evidence on the prevalence of HIV among long-distance truck drivers (LDTDs) from all parts of the world. Design...

Beware of resistance to 2nd-generation integrase inhibitors: A systematic meta-analysis of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors resistance and drug resistance mutations

2024

OBJECTIVE: Assessing the prevalence of resistance and drug resistance mutations (DRMs) in HIV/AIDS patients towards integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs), particularly the 2nd-generation INSTIs, provides evidence for rational clinical drug...

Mortality and associated factors among patients with TB-HIV co-infection in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. Patients with TB-HIV co-infection have significantly higher mortality rates compared to those with...

A systematic review assessing the association of inflammatory markers with kidney dysfunction in people living with HIV on highly active antiretroviral therapy

2024

Monitoring chronic diseases, particularly kidney disorders, in people living with HIV (PLWH) is of paramount importance. Here, a systematic search was conducted across electronic search engine and databases like PubMed,...

Proportion of active tuberculosis among HIV-infected children after antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Despite effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy in reducing mortality of opportunistic infections among HIV infected children, however tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant cause for morbidity and attributed for one in every...

Structural racism conceptualization and operationalization for research for the U.S. HIV epidemic: Findings from a scoping review and implications for advancing research for structural interventions

2024

In the U.S., inequities by race/ethnicity in health outcomes, such as in the HIV epidemic, are long standing but have come to the forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is...

Rates of adverse events of antiretroviral therapy in women living with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

OBJECTIVE: There is limited information regarding the incidence of treatment-related adverse events (AE) following antiretroviral therapy (ART) in women. So, this review aimed to describe the incidence of AE of...

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