Category Archives: General HIV+ population
Reviews on HIV+ people where the population is not specified
Prevalence of food insecurity and its associated factors among adult people with human immunodeficiency virus in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Food insecurity is the shortage of both the quantity and quality of food and a negative impact on the overall nutritional and health status of people with human immunodeficiency...
Breastfeeding inequities in South Africa: Can enforcement of the WHO Code help address them? — A systematic scoping review
INTRODUCTION: Suboptimal breastfeeding rates in South Africa have been attributed to the relatively easy access that women and families have had to infant formula, in part as a result of...
The risk of hepatitis C virus recurrence in hepatitis C virus-infected patients treated with direct-acting antivirals after achieving a sustained virological response: A comprehensive analysis
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence persists after HCV eradication with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), particularly in patients with ongoing high-risk behaviours. Our aim was to...
Under-reporting of known HIV-positive status among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Monitoring progress towards the UNAIDS ‘first 90’ target requires accurate estimates of levels of diagnosis among people living with HIV (PLHIV), which is often estimated using self-report. We conducted a...
Incidence of herpes zoster in HIV-infected patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The incidence of herpes zoster (HZ) in patients infected with HIV is higher than that of the general population. However, the incidence of HZ in HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy...
Prevalence of high-risk HPV genotypes in sub-Saharan Africa based on human immunodeficiency virus status: A 20-year systematic review
This review assessed the rate of high-risk Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among women living in sub-Saharan Africa. It also determined the prevalence of high-risk HPV (hrHPV) among human immunodeficiency virus...
Changing knowledge and attitudes towards HIV Treatment-as-Prevention and “Undetectable=Untransmittable”: A systematic review
People on HIV treatment with undetectable virus cannot transmit HIV sexually (Undetectable=Untransmittable, U=U). However, the science of treatment-as-prevention (TasP) may not be widely understood by people with and without HIV...
Exploring the social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV (PLHIV): A scoping review
Understanding the clinical impact of COVID-19 has been central to emerging research in the HIV field, but in focusing on the biomedical, researchers must not overlook the socially embedded nature...
Alcohol use and its determinants among adults living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is a common practice of almost all communities worldwide and it is more common among persons with HIV infection. Alcohol consumption among people with HIV/AIDS may result...
The value of assessing self-reported and biological indicators of outcomes in evaluating HIV programs
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In this manuscript, we present recent findings concerning concordance and discrepancy between biological measures and self-reports of these three outcomes of HIV programs: HIV status, adherence to...
