Category Archives: Prevention
Adolescent mothers affected by HIV and their children: A scoping review of evidence and experiences from sub-Saharan Africa
While adolescents have received increasing attention in the global HIV response and international strategies and commitments, adolescent mothers and their children remain largely overlooked in research, funding and, programming for...
Characteristics of successful programmes targeting gender inequality and restrictive gender norms for the health and wellbeing of children, adolescents, and young adults: A systematic review
BACKGROUND: In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and the shifting global burden of disease, this systematic review analyses the evidence from rigorously evaluated programmes that seek to transform...
Home-based care, the missing link in caring of patients living with HIV/AIDS and their family members: A narrative review
Inconsistencies between the number of patients, qualified caregivers and lack of adequate services and resources in the healthcare systems for people living with HIV/AIDS have led to the idea of...
The effectiveness of electronic health interventions for promoting HIV-preventive behaviors among men who have sex with men: Meta-analysis based on an integrative framework of design and implementation features
BACKGROUND: The disproportionately high prevalence of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) is a global concern. Despite the increasing utilization of electronic health (eHealth) technology in the...
A qualitative systematic review of cigarette smoking cessation interventions for persons living with HIV
Persons living with HIV (PLWH) have disproportionately high rates of both cigarette smoking and tobacco-induced negative health outcomes. The goal of this qualitative systematic review was to identify gaps in...
Arts-based approaches to promoting health in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
INTRODUCTION: Arts-based approaches to health promotion have been used widely across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly in public health responses to HIV/AIDS. Such approaches draw on deep-rooted historical traditions of indigenous...
The pharmacogenetics of efavirenz metabolism in children: The potential genetic and medical contributions to child development in the context of long-term ARV treatment
Efavirenz (EFV) is a well-known, effective anti-retroviral drug long used in first-line treatment for children and adults with HIV and HIV/AIDS. Due to its narrow window of effective concentrations, between...
Alcohol consumption, risky sexual behaviors, and HIV in Nigeria: A meta-analytic review
BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption is associated with risky sex, which increases the risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV. OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of, and associations among alcohol, risky sex, and...
A realist systematic review of stigma reduction interventions for HIV prevention and care continuum outcomes among men who have sex with men
While stigma associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) is well recognized, there remains relatively limited intervention data on effective stigma reduction...
Effects of time of initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the treatment of patients with HIV/TB co-infection: A systemic review and meta-analysis
This systemic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the burden of tuberculosis immune reconstitution syndrome (TB-IRIS) and associated mortality to highlight the importance of future direction in preventing and treatment...
