Category Archives: Prevention
Mobile health interventions for HIV/STI prevention among youth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): A systematic review of studies reporting implementation outcomes
Background Advances and proliferation of technologies such as mobile phones may provide opportunities to improve access to HIV/STI services and reach young people with high risk for HIV and STI....
Validated HIV knowledge scales for use with adults and adolescents: A systematic review
HIV knowledge—the information a person possesses about HIV—is essential for the prevention and management of HIV. Therefore, the accurate measurement of HIV knowledge is important for both science and practice....
Storytelling as a research tool used to explore insights and as an intervention in public health: A systematic narrative review
Objectives: Studies of storytelling (ST) used as a research tool to extract information and/or as an intervention to effect change in the public knowledge, attitudes, and behavior/practice (KAB/P) were sought...
Multi-level interventions to promote oral pre-exposure prophylaxis use among adolescent girls and young women: A review of recent research
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review summarizes interventions to promote HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in HIV endemic settings, while also highlighting gaps in...
Impact of chronic HIV infection on SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 disease and vaccines
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has developed into a global pandemic that affect the health of hundreds of millions worldwide. In particular, SARS-CoV-2 infection...
Global burden and changing trend of hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-positive and HIV-negative MSM: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: The disease burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) is changing. We aim to provide an updated comprehensive...
HIV test coverage among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction: A human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test during pregnancy is the gateway to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Estimating the national uptake of HIV tests among pregnant...
Is tenofovir disoproxil fumarate associated with weight loss?
Background: Recent clinical trials have shown weight gain associated with newer antiretrovirals. It is unclear how the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor backbone affects weight. Recent evidence suggests greater weight gain with...
Decade of research into the acceptability of interventions aimed at improving adolescent and youth health and social outcomes in Africa: A systematic review and evidence map
OBJECTIVE: Interventions aimed at improving adolescent health and social outcomes are more likely to be successful if the young people they target find them acceptable. However, no standard definitions or...
