Category Archives: General HIV+ population

Design A systematic review and meta-analysis. Data Sources PubMed, Cochrane Library, SciELO Citation Index (via Web of Science), Scopus, Embase, PsycArticles, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature...

Background: In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), people with HIV continue to present with advanced HIV disease (AHD), putting them at high risk of life-threatening opportunistic diseases. We aimed to estimate mortality...

Aim: With modern antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-1 has now become a manageable chronic condition. Among treatment-experienced (TE) people with HIV-1 (PWH), ART regimens can influence metabolic and renal outcomes and...

Despite significant biomedical advances in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, residual transmission and suboptimal maternal outcomes persist across Europe. The challenge is no longer primarily virological but...

Introduction Despite increasing access to HIV treatment and care, HIV-associated deaths remain high. We aimed to summarize global and regional trends in risk and causes of death among people living...

Background: The combination of doravirine and islatravir (DOR/ISL) is a novel two-drug regimen for HIV-1. Early development faced challenges due to dose-dependent immunological signals. We aimed to synthesize the evidence on...

Background The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to summarize the existing literature on the factors associated with relationship quality among people living with HIV (PLWH). Method A...

Spouses and partners play a crucial role in the well-being of women living with HIV (WLWH), especially in family-oriented cultures. This scoping review examined partner-inclusive interventions to strengthen support systems...

BACKGROUND: Mpox remains a significant public health challenge in Africa, where endemic transmission persists alongside a high burden of other infectious diseases. Although the epidemiology and clinical impact of coinfections...

BACKGROUND: HIV patients endure psychological distress throughout the phases of diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation, which considerably affects their quality of life. A thorough comprehension of patients’ psychological distress experiences is...

Context An association of food insecurity (FI) with adverse health outcomes (AHOs) has been reported; however, the evidence in this context is still inconclusive. Objective The certainty and validity of...

Background: Since 1981, an increasing trend in HIV has been observed for transmission via injection drug users (IDUs), sexual transmission and mother-to-child transmission. The IDUs are blamed for early increases...