Category Archives: Engagement and Care Cascade

Assessing the feasibility of eHealth and mHealth: A systematic review and analysis of initiatives implemented in Kenya

2017

BACKGROUND: The growth of Information and Communication Technology in Kenya has facilitated implementation of a large number of eHealth projects in a bid to cost-effectively address health and health system...

Comprehensive review of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of community-based primary health care in improving maternal, neonatal and child health: 1. rationale, methods and database description

2017

BACKGROUND: Community-based primary health care (CBPHC) is an approach used by health programs to extend preventive and curative health services beyond health facilities into communities and even down to households....

Zidovudine use in pregnancy and congenital malformations

2017

OBJECTIVE: There is inconsistent evidence that zidovudine use during pregnancy increases overall, cardiac, and male genital malformations. DESIGN: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of zidovudine use and malformations...

Impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on the prevalence of oral lesions in HIV-positive patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

The aim of this study was to determine whether highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is associated with the prevalence of oral lesions in HIV-positive patients. This systematic review and meta-analysis...

Leveraging the U.S. criminal justice system to access women for HIV interventions

2017

The criminal justice (CJ) system can be leveraged to access women for HIV prevention and treatment programs. Research is lacking on effective implementation strategies tailored to the specific needs of...

HIV infection and aortic stiffness

2017

People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and receiving antiretroviral therapy now have the same life expectancy as the general population. However, they have a higher risk of atherosclerotic...

Adverse effects of oral second-line antituberculosis drugs in children

2016

INTRODUCTION: Increasing numbers of children with drug-resistant tuberculosis are accessing second-line antituberculosis drugs; these are more toxic than first-line drugs. Little is known about the safety of new antituberculosis drugs...

Postnatal HIV transmission in breastfed infants of HIV-infected women on ART: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

INTRODUCTION: To systematically review the literature on mother-to-child transmission in breastfed infants whose mothers received antiretroviral therapy and support the process of updating the World Health Organization infant feeding guidelines...

HIV and orthopaedics: Musculoskeletal manifestations and outcomes

2016

Advances in combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) in recent years have transformed HIV infection into a chronic disease when treatment is available, increasing a patient’s life expectancy and the chances that...

Linkage to HIV care after home-based HIV counselling and testing in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

2017

BACKGROUND: Home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBHCT) has the potential to increase HIV testing uptake in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) but data on linkage to HIV care after HBHCT are scarce....

Efficacy and safety of atazanavir/ritonavir-based antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 infected subjects: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

Atazanavir (ATZ) is a well-tolerated protease inhibitor that can be boosted with ritonavir (r) to treat infection with resistant strains of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1). The aim of this...

Cerebrovascular disease in children with HIV-1 infection

2016

An estimated 3.2 million children worldwide have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in prolonged survival, leading to an increase in complications previously recognized in adults....

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