Category Archives: Treatment

Mapping evidence on barriers to and facilitators of diagnosing noncommunicable diseases among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in low- and middle-income countries in Africa: A scoping review

2024

OBJECTIVES: To map the evidence on the barriers to and facilitators of diagnosing noncommunicable diseases among people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries in Africa. INTRODUCTION: Noncommunicable diseases...

Systematic review: HIV, aging, and housing—A North American perspective, 2012–2023

2024

Advances in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) have decreased mortality rates and subsequently led to a rise in the number of HIV-positive people living longer. The housing experiences of this new population...

Incidence rate of tuberculosis among HIV infected children in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background Tuberculosis is one the leading causes of death from a single infectious disease, caused by the bacillus mycobacterium tuberculosis. In Ethiopia, even though several primary studies have been conducted...

Cost-effectiveness of differentiated care models that incorporate economic strengthening for HIV antiretroviral therapy adherence: A systematic review

2024

BACKGROUND: There is some evidence that differentiated service delivery (DSD) models, which use a client-centered approach to simplify and increase access to care, improve clinical outcomes among people living with...

Utilization of social media for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS: A scoping review

2024

Social media has been used widely in public health for understanding health risks and intervening to improve health. However, the utilization of social media for HIV prevention and control interventions...

Alterations in the gut microbiome composition of people living with HIV in the Asia-Pacific region: A systematic review

2024

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection continues to present a global health issue. Recent studies have explored the potential role of the gut microbiome in HIV infection for novel therapeutic approaches....

Person-centred interventions to improve patient-provider relationships for HIV services in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

2024

INTRODUCTION: Person-centred care (PCC) has been recognized as a critical element in delivering quality and responsive health services. The patient-provider relationship, conceptualized at the core of PCC in multiple models,...

Health-related quality of life in people with advanced HIV disease, from 1996 to 2021: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

The purpose of the study was to assess the effects of advanced HIV disease (AHD) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in PLHIV, the changes in HRQoL outcomes over the...

Clinical outcomes after acute coronary syndromes or revascularization among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Importance Clinical outcomes after acute coronary syndromes (ACS) or percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) in people living with HIV have not been characterized in sufficient detail, and extant data have not...

The impact of armed conflicts on HIV treatment outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background Despite the fact that Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate burden of armed conflicts and HIV infection, there has been inadequate synthesis of the impact of armed conflict on HIV...

Analysis and mapping of global research publications on point-of-care testing for infectious diseases

2024

RATIONALE: This study presents the first comprehensive analysis and mapping of scientific research on point-of-care testing (POCT) in infectious diseases, filling a gap in understanding the evolving landscape of this...

Evaluating the use of antiviral drugs in HIV patients with cardiovascular diseases and how to reduce the incidence of cardiac events in these patients

2024

Globally, the incidence of newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections is concerning. Despite enhancing the quality of life for this patient population, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is linked to an...

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