Category Archives: Prevention, Engagement and Care Cascade

Drug-drug interactions in people living with HIV at risk of hepatic and renal impairment: Current status and future perspectives

2022

Despite the advancement of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), drug-drug interactions (DDIs) remain a relevant clinical issue for people living with HIV receiving ART....

The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent’s use of sexual and reproductive health services in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

2022

BACKGROUND: mHealth innovations have been proposed as an effective solution to improving adolescent access to and use of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services; particularly in regions with deeply entrenched...

HIV care continuum interventions for transgender women: A topical review

2022

Transgender women experience a disproportionate prevalence of HIV and barriers to linkage to care, retention in care, medication adherence, and viral suppression. As part of a national cooperative agreement funded...

Community-based ART service delivery for key populations in sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping review of outcomes along the continuum of HIV care

2022

HIV positive key population (KP) often face health system and social barriers to HIV care. KP include sex workers, men who have sex with men, persons who inject drugs, transgender...

The cost-effectiveness of HIV/STI prevention in high-income countries with concentrated epidemic settings: A scoping review

2022

The purpose of this scoping review is to establish the state of the art on economic evaluations in the field of HIV/STI prevention in high-income countries with concentrated epidemic settings...

Risk of HIV acquisition among high-risk heterosexuals with nonviral sexually transmitted infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

BACKGROUND: Nonviral sexually transmitted infections (STIs) increase risk of sexually-acquired HIV infection. Updated risk estimates carefully scrutinizing temporality bias of studies are needed. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review (PROSPERO...

Strategies to improve HIV care outcomes for people with HIV who are out of care: a meta-analysis

2022

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of five intervention strategies: patient navigation, appointment help/alerts, psychosocial support, transportation/appointment accompaniment, and data-to-care on HIV care outcomes among persons...

Impact of combined antiretroviral therapy on metabolic syndrome components in adult people living with HIV: A literature review

2022

The development of metabolic derangements as a result of HIV treatment has been an important area of research since the introduction of zidovudine in the 1980’s. Antiretroviral therapy has intensely...

Epigenome-wide epidemiologic studies of human immunodeficiency virus infection, treatment, and disease progression

2022

Despite significant advances in the treatment and care of people with HIV (PWH), several challenges remain in our understanding of disease pathogenesis to improve patient care. HIV infection can modify...

HIV-1 genetic diversity a challenge for AIDS vaccine development: A retrospective bibliometric analysis

2022

Background: Despite recent advances in human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) prevention, a fast, safe, and effective vaccine will probably be necessary to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This study was conducted to evaluate...

Awareness and sse of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

Background: The use of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is effective in reducing HIV risk, but it is underused by men who have sex with men (MSM) due to certain psychological and...

A systematic review of linkage-to-care and antiretroviral initiation implementation strategies in low- and middle-income countries across sub-Saharan Africa

2022

Linkage to care (LTC) and initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) are key components in the longitudinal care cascade for people living with HIV. Many strategies to optimize these stages of...

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