Category Archives: Prevention

Can peer-based interventions improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health outcomes? An overview of reviews

2023

PURPOSE: An overview of reviews was conducted to summarize the evidence and synthesize the results from systematic reviews. METHODS: The Cochrane and Preferred Reporting Items for Overviews of Reviews reporting...

HIV focused sexual risk-reduction interventions targeting adolescent boys and young men in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

2023

Adolescent girls and young women’s exceptionalism with HIV interventions has left adolescent boys and young men (ABYM) trailing behind, thus becoming a marginalized and underserved population. The scoping review aimed...

Implementation and resource needs for long-acting PrEP in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review

2023

INTRODUCTION: Several low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are preparing to introduce long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (LAP). Amid multiple pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options and constrained funding, decision-makers could benefit from systematic implementation...

Virtual avatars as a new tool for human immunodeficiency virus prevention among men who have sex with men: A narrative review

2023

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to affect sexual and gender minorities, predominantly men who have sex with men (MSM). Stigma, medical mistrust, and apprehension towards discussing sexual...

Post-exposure prophylaxis against blood-borne viral infections among health care workers: A bibliometric analysis

2022

Background: Health care workers face a wide range of chemical, physical, and biological occupational hazards in their jobs. Objective: The present study aimed to investigate research trends on post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against...

Safety and efficacy of long-acting injectable agents for HIV-1: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2023

Background: HIV-1 infection continues to affect global health. Although antiretrovirals can reduce the viral load or prevent HIV-1 infection, current drugs require daily oral use with a high adherence level. Long-acting...

Integration of sexually transmitted infection and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis services in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

2023

BACKGROUND: Persons living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face disproportionate risk from overlapping epidemics of HIV and bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for prevention is gradually being scaled...

Using a structural-ecological model to facilitate adoption of preexposure prophylaxis among latinx sexual minority men: A systematic literature review

2023

Research has consistently shown that individual, interpersonal, community and structural factors influence the degree to which individuals’ access and utilize health care services, and these factors may play a role...

Doxycycline prophylaxis for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

2023

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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs: A global mapping of service delivery

2023

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for all people at substantial risk of HIV as part of combination prevention. The extent to which this recommendation...

Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium infection among HIV PrEP users: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2023

Objectives: To summarise the prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) and antibiotic-resistant MG infection among HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users. Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science and Global Index Medicus up to 30...

The interplay among HIV, monocytes/macrophages, and extracellular vesicles: A systematic review

2023

Despite effective antiretroviral therapies, chronic inflammation and spontaneous viral “blips” occur in HIV-infected patients. Given the roles for monocytes/macrophages in HIV pathogenesis and extracellular vesicles in intercellular communication, we performed...

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