Category Archives: Women

Strategies for improving the lives of US women aged 40 and above living with HIV/AIDS: An evidence map

2018

BACKGROUND: While in its early years the HIV epidemic affected primarily the male and the young, nowadays, the population living with HIV/AIDS is approximately 24% women, and its age composition...

Meeting the reproductive health needs of female key populations affected by HIV in low- and middle-income countries: A review of the evidence

2017

Female sex workers and other women at high risk of acquiring HIV have the right to sexual and reproductive health, including the right to determine the number and timing of...

Integration of family planning services into HIV care and treatment services: A systematic review

2017

Evidence on the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of integrating family planning (FP) and HIV services has grown significantly since the 2004 Glion Call to Action. This systematic review adds to...

The relationship between stress and clinical outcomes for persons living with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of the global literature

2016

For persons living with HIV/AIDS, the relationship between stress and clinical outcomes has received little attention in current research, yet represents an important area for future research and intervention. Chronic...

High prevalence of hepatitis B infections in Burkina Faso (1996-2017): A systematic review with meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

2018

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was long considered an important public health concern in Burkina Faso and still represents a major cause of liver cancer and cirrhosis in the...

Women infected with HIV and the impact of associated sexually transmitted infections

2018

OBJECTIVE: To review the relationship between concomitant sexually transmitted infections in women infected with HIV. METHODS: PubMed and Scopus were searched for articles published in English and Portuguese between January...

HIV preexposure prophylaxis: A review

2018

Importance: About 40000 Americans and 2 million people worldwide are newly infected with HIV each year. The combination antiretroviral regimen, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)/emtricitabine, taken as a single pill once...

A scoping review of photovoice research among people with HIV

2018

We describe how Photovoice-a participatory method in which people express and share ideas via images-has been used in research with people living with HIV (PLWH). Four databases, reference lists, and...

The effect of human immunodeficiency virus and cytomegalovirus infection on infant responses to vaccines: A review

2018

The success of prevention of mother to child transmission programs over the last two decades has led to an increasing number of infants who are exposed to human immunodeficiency virus...

What do we know about risk factors for fetal growth restriction in Africa at the time of sustainable development goals? A scoping review

2017

BACKGROUND: The reduction in the under-5 year mortality rate to at least as low as 25 per 1000 livebirths by 2030 has been implemented as one of the new Sustainable...

Effect of point-of-care diagnostics on maternal outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

Introduction: The World Health Organization advocates for increased accessibility of HIV-related point-of-care (POC) diagnostics in settings that lack laboratory infrastructure. The aim of this study is to assess the impact...

Experiences using and organizing HIV self-testing

2018

OBJECTIVE: HIV self-testing (HIVST) is now officially recommended by the WHO, yet much of HIVST evidence to date has focused on quantitative data and hypothetical concerns. Effective scale-up of HIVST...

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