Category Archives: Prevention, Engagement and Care Cascade

Risk factors associated with human Mpox infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

BACKGROUND: Mpox emerged as a significant global public health concern during the 2022-2023 outbreak, impacting populations in both endemic and non-endemic countries. This study reviews and synthesises evidence on the...

Growth of children who are HIV-exposed but uninfected: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

BACKGROUND: Pooled analyses summarising long-term growth outcomes in children who are HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) compared with children who are HIV-unexposed (HU) are lacking. We aimed to summarise the existing literature...

Risk factors and mortality outcomes of COVID-19 in people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

This study was performed to reveal the risk factors associated with mortality in people living with HIV (PLHIV) who were diagnosed with COVID-19. Studies reporting deaths among PLHIV and infected...

Effect of maternal HIV infection on birth outcomes among HIV positive women in Sub Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

BACKGROUND: HIV is remaining the public health issues with an estimated of 39 million peoples are living with the virus till 2022. HIV positive pregnant women are at a greater...

Predictors of anemia among HIV-infected children in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Anemia continues to be one of the common complications among HIV-infected children. In Ethiopia, though there is a systematic review and meta-analysis study on anemia among HIV-infected children, it only...

Voluntary HIV testing and counselling initiatives in occupational settings: A scoping review

2025

Voluntary HIV testing and counselling (VCT) in the workplace could reach population groups who may be at risk for HIV but may not readily seek out testing from other services....

HIV-1 resistance and virological failure to treatment with the integrase inhibitors bictegravir, cabotegravir, and dolutegravir: A systematic literature review

2024

We describe and analyze resistance-associated mutations (RM) and virological failures (VF) on antiretroviral therapy using the latest approved integrase inhibitors (INIs) dolutegravir (DTG), bictegravir (BIC), and cabotegravir (CAB), together with...

Delivery models of pharmacy-led HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

2025

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Adverse perinatal outcomes associated with different classes of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant women with HIV

2024

Objective: Women with HIV (WHIV) are at an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes compared to women without HIV, despite antiretroviral therapy (ART). There is evidence that the risk of...

Reducing the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission using intervention mapping: A systematic review

2024

Intervention mapping (IM) is a planning approach that reflects the intricate decision-making process involved in the design of behavior interventions. The development and implementation of IM is complex in preventing...

Factors related to postpartum depression in people living with HIV: A systematic review

2024

PURPOSE: Postpartum depression (PPD) affects one in eight women in the United States. Women with HIV may be at higher risk for PPD. This systematic review examined factors related to...

Sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV and migration in southern Africa: A rapid review

2024

Migration, a prevalent global phenomenon, significantly impacts health, particularly in low- to middle-income countries. This article presents a rapid review aimed at mapping projects, lessons and policies concerning sexual and...

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