Category Archives: Prevention

Barriers to sexual health care for sexually diverse Muslim men: A scoping review

2024

Sexually diverse Muslim men (SDMM) are seen to present later and with more advanced symptoms of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The limited access to sexual healthcare services...

Digital strategies supporting social network approaches to HIV testing: A scoping review

2024

Purpose of review: This review captured how digital strategies support social network approaches to promote HIV testing. Recent finding: Overall, 29 studies were identified by searching PubMed and Embase for studies published...

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among people living with HIV: Review and meta-analysis

2024

This study aims to estimate the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among people living with HIV (PLWHA). A search for observational studies was conducted in five databases and preprinted literature....

Sexually transmitted infections, sexual life and risk behaviours of people living with schizophrenia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), along with sexual health and behaviour, have received little attention in schizophrenia patients. AIMS: To systematically review and meta-analytically characterise the prevalence of STIs and...

Gay community involvement and the sexual health behaviours of sexual minority men: A systematic review and directions for future research

2024

Considerable research has examined how involvement in gay-affiliated communities is associated with sexual health behaviours in sexual minority men (i.e., gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men),...

Stigmatizing and inaccessible: The perspectives of female sex workers on barriers to reproductive healthcare utilization—A scoping review

2024

AIM: To systematically map the extent, range and nature of qualitative studies that explored female sex workers’ own perspectives on barriers to accessing reproductive healthcare services. DESIGN: A scoping review...

Fast-track interventions for HIV and AIDS epidemic control among key populations: A rapid review

2024

BACKGROUND: Targeted interventions for key populations remain critical for realisation of epidemic control for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection because of the causal relationship between HIV infection in the general...

Immunogenicity and safety of live attenuated and recombinant/inactivated varicella zoster vaccines in people living with HIV: A systematic review

2024

Few papers focus their attention on VZV vaccination effectiveness among people living with HIV (PLWH). Flanking the live attenuated vaccine (VZL) available, a newly recombinant vaccine (RZV) was recently introduced...

Immunocompromised individuals are at increased risk of COVID-19 breakthrough infection, hospitalization, and death in the post-vaccination era: A systematic review

2024

Introduction Immunocompromised individuals have been shown to mount a reduced response to vaccination, resulting in reduced vaccine effectiveness in this cohort. Therefore, in the postvaccination era, immunocompromised individuals remain at...

Family planning counseling for women living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the impact on contraceptive uptake, intention to use contraception and pregnancy incidence, 2011 to 2022

2024

Women’s ability to control their fertility and have the number of children they want when they want them is an internationally recognized human right. This right has been the driving...

The impact of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis on bacterial sexually transmitted infection occurrence in MSM: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Objective: To evaluate the effect of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation on bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) occurrence (overall; chlamydia; gonorrhea; syphilis), in MSM. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: Systematic searches were...

Perinatal outcomes associated with pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the dapivirine vaginal ring, and long-acting intramuscular injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for HIV prevention in populations...

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