Category Archives: Prevention, Engagement and Care Cascade

Background The co-occurrence of malaria and HIV represents a significant health crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Ethiopia, where both diseases are prevalent. This synergistic burden aggravates health inequalities, strains...

Background/Objectives: Sexualized drug use (SDU) and chemsex have emerged as a growing public health concern globally, reflecting complex intersections between sexual practices, psychoactive substance use, and structural vulnerabilities. In Brazil, however,...

BACKGROUND: Despite the United Nations’ plan to end Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as a public health concern by 2030, it remains a significant issue in low-income countries, including Ethiopia. Currently,...

Advances in antiretroviral therapy have transformed infection with HIV into a manageable chronic disease, increasing the survival of people living with HIV, who are also undergoing a demographic aging process...

BACKGROUND: Implementation of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) continues to be a significant challenge, and there is a shortage of effective interventions. This scoping review...

Despite the success of antiretroviral therapy, a subset of people with HIV experience low-level viraemia (LLV), a challenging condition with inconsistent definitions and management across settings. We conducted a scoping...

INTRODUCTION: With the widespread availability of antiretroviral therapy, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has become a chronic condition requiring long-term, integrated care. Women with HIV experience distinct clinical, reproductive, and psychosocial...

INTRODUCTION: When assessing the effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programmes, interventions, or modalities, it is important to understand patterns of PrEP use. Continued use of PrEP is frequently referred to...

Background: Sex workers worldwide experience different forms of violence and stigma that increase the risk of adverse health outcomes. It is assumed that a discriminatory, criminalizing context as well as intersectional...

Aim: With modern antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-1 has now become a manageable chronic condition. Among treatment-experienced (TE) people with HIV-1 (PWH), ART regimens can influence metabolic and renal outcomes and...

Despite significant biomedical advances in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, residual transmission and suboptimal maternal outcomes persist across Europe. The challenge is no longer primarily virological but...

Background: The combination of doravirine and islatravir (DOR/ISL) is a novel two-drug regimen for HIV-1. Early development faced challenges due to dose-dependent immunological signals. We aimed to synthesize the evidence on...