Category Archives: General HIV+ population
Reviews on HIV+ people where the population is not specified
Magnitude and associated factors of urinary tract infections among adults living with HIV in Ethiopia—Systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection is a major public health problem in developing countries among immunocompromized populations where there are limited health-care services. People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are...
Impact of antiretroviral therapy on kidney disease in HIV infected individuals—A qualitative systematic review
Kidney disease is the fourth most common cause of non-AIDS-related mortality in people living with HIV. Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) remains the cornerstone of treatment. However, little is known about...
Interventions to improve early retention of patients in antiretroviral therapy programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
BACKGROUND: Several interventions to improve long term retention (12 months and above) on treatment have been rigorously evaluated in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, research on interventions to improve retention of...
Use of HIV recency assays for HIV incidence estimation and other surveillance use cases: Systematic review
BACKGROUND: HIV assays designed to detect recent infection, also known as “recency assays,” are often used to estimate HIV incidence in a specific country, region, or subpopulation, alone or as...
Men missing from the HIV care continuum in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis and meta-synthesis
Introduction: Men are missing along the HIV care continuum. However, the estimated proportions of men in sub-Saharan Africa meeting the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals vary substantially between studies. We sought to estimate...
Impact of supervised aerobic exercise on clinical physiological and mental parameters of people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials
Background: The benefits derived from supervised aerobic exercise in people living with human immunofeficiency virus- HIV (PLWH) have not yet been clearly identified.Objective: To evaluate the impact of supervised aerobic exercise on...
Effects of different integrase strand transfer inhibitors on body weight in patients with HIV/AIDS: A network meta-analysis
Background: Global antiretroviral therapy has entered a new era. Integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) has become the first choice in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) treatment. Because INSTI has high antiviral efficacy,...
Tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive inpatients: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
Background: Since 2011, WHO has recommended that HIV-positive inpatients be routinely screened for tuberculosis with the WHO four-symptom screen (W4SS) and, if screened positive, receive a molecular WHO-recommended rapid diagnostic test...
Prevalence and associated factors of treatment failure among children on ART in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: As the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) increases, the issue of treatment failure is still a global challenge, particularly in a resource limited settings including Ethiopia. The results of...
Integrating care for diabetes and hypertension with HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
INTRODUCTION: Although HIV continues to have a high prevalence among adults in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) such as diabetes and hypertension is increasing rapidly. There...
Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in Brazilian women living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective: We systematically investigated the prevalence of HPV, high-risk HPV and its genotypes in women living with human immunodeficiency virus (WLHIV) in Brazil. Methods: A systematic search was performed up to 15...
