Category Archives: Engagement and Care Cascade

Climate change and HIV prevention: Towards sustainable solutions—A narrative review

2025

Climate change, with its pervasive environmental, social, and economic impacts, is emerging as a significant factor influencing global health outcomes, including the prevention and management of HIV. The intersection of...

Adherence definitions, measurement modalities, and psychometric properties in HIV, diabetes, and nutritional supplementation studies: A scoping review

2025

Measuring adherence has been a priority for researchers to help inform effective care for patients regularly consuming medications for chronic conditions. As a widely accepted “gold standard” adherence measure or...

Does climate change threaten delivery of HIV care in resource-limited settings?

2025

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Extreme weather events (EWEs) pose a challenge to achieving UNAIDS goal of eliminating HIV as a public health threat by 2030. This review summarizes recent findings describing...

Preventing unintended pregnancies and HIV through self-care interventions in east and southern Africa: Findings from a structured review

2025

OBJECTIVE: To identify promising interventions targeting young people in East and Southern Africa through self-care practices, with a focus on prevention of unintended pregnancies and HIV and develop four evidence-based...

Satisfaction with HIV/AIDS treatment and care services and its associated factors among adult people receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Objective To make healthcare programmes more patient-centred and efficient in light of limited resources, it is crucial to ensure patient satisfaction. There is limited information on the overall level of...

Prevalence and burden of HBV-HIV co-morbidity: A global systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Introduction Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Because of the shared modes of transmission, co-infections of HBV are common among people living...

HIV prevention interventions and research in the philippines for high-risk populations: Proposals from a scoping review of contributing cactors

2025

Despite a global decrease in HIV cases and efforts to reduce HIV incidence in the country, the Philippines has an increasing HIV incidence rate, which is the highest in the...

The global prevalence and impact of steatotic liver disease and viral infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Background: Steatotic liver disease (SLD) affects ~30% of adults worldwide. The global population is continuously threatened by epidemic and endemic viral diseases. This study aims to thoroughly examine the interaction...

Barriers and facilitators to accessing sexual and reproductive health services for people with severe mental illness: A systematic review

2025

PURPOSE: Despite increased prevalence of sexual and reproductive health problems among people with severe mental illness (SMI), uptake of sexual and reproductive healthcare in this group is poor. The reasons...

Retention in care after transition to adult care for adolescents and young adults with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Objective: To evaluate the retention rates of adolescents and young adults (aged 10-25 years) living with HIV during the transition to adult HIV care. Methods: The study involved 15 cohort studies conducted...

Loneliness and social isolation in people with HIV

2025

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly extended the life expectancy of people with HIV (PWH). However, as this population ages, they face increased risk of social isolation and...

Climate change and extreme weather events and linkages with HIV outcomes: Recent advances and ways forward

2025

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Discuss the recent evidence on climate change and related extreme weather events (EWE) and linkages with HIV prevention and care outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS: We identified 22 studies...

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