Category Archives: General HIV+ population
Reviews on HIV+ people where the population is not specified
Machine Learning in HIV Care and Antiretroviral Therapy: Systematic Review
BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding across various medical fields, with machine learning (ML) being increasingly used to enhance patient management in diagnosis, prevention, and therapeutic care. OBJECTIVE: This study...
Perceptions About the Relationship Between HIV, Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), and Fecundity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from a Systematic Scoping Review
Advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART) enable women living with HIV to safely conceive and give birth without vertical transmission. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, 1 in 6 people experience infertility and...
Gender-responsive and -transformative interventions in HIV, TB and malaria programmes: A review of evidence
Gender-responsive and -transformative interventions are essential for tackling harmful social norms and discriminatory laws, policies, and practices that drive gender inequalities and health inequities especially for women, girls, and gender-diverse...
Age-specific distribution of cervical precancer and cancer among women living with HIV across seven countries: A systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Women living with HIV have an elevated risk for cervical cancer, present earlier, and have more recurrent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections compared with women without HIV. To update WHO...
Doxycycline prophylaxis is effective as pre-exposure and post-exposure regimens in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Recent systematic reviews have demonstrated the efficacy of doxycycline prophylaxis in preventing bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs)Aÿin randomised controlled trials (RCTs). In this review, we updated evidence from RCTs...
Interventions for thriving in HIV serodiscordant relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: HIV serodiscordant relationships, where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative, present unique challenges despite biomedical advances including Uƒ_%=ƒ_%U (Undetectableƒ_%=ƒ_%Untransmittable). Effective interventions are crucial to support these...
Colliding Wars: A Systematic Review on HIV Responses in Conflict-Affected Settings
BACKGROUND: Armed conflicts are an escalating threat to public health, often marked by violence, poverty, displacement and weakened health systems-conditions that mirror the drivers of HIV transmission. AIM: This review...
Oral manifestations in HIV-positive individuals under highly active antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence data
This study aims to analytically explore the prevalence of oral manifestations in HIV-positive patients who are receiving or are not receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Electronic search was conducted...
HIV and cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and comparative risk assessment study
BACKGROUND: People living with HIV (PLWH) face a significantly elevated risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). This study aims to quantify temporal trends in HIV-attributable CVD burden at global, regional and...
Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Psychosocial Interventions on Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence
BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is crucial for prolonging the lives of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but adherence remains suboptimal. Psychosocial interventions show promise for improving ART adherence, yet...
