Category Archives: Biomedical interventions
Characterizing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV PrEP care: A review and synthesis of the literature
The global COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures have caused disruptions to sexual health services and created additional barriers to the continuity of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among key populations....
Educational technologies for HIV prevention in black people: Scope review
OBJECTIVE: To map the educational technologies implemented for HIV prevention in black people. METHOD: Scope review, performed according to the recommendations of The Joanna Briggs Institute, in Medline/PubMed, Embase, LILACS,...
Substance use and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in studies enrolling men who have sex with men and transgender women: A systematic review
Optimal adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is critical, but challenging. Men who have sex with men and transgender women have high rates of HIV incidence and substance use. Substance use...
Determinants of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in transgender populations: A qualitative scoping review
We conducted a scoping review of contextual factors impeding uptake and adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis in transgender communities as an in-depth analysis of the transgender population within a previously published...
HIV sero-status disclosure and associated factors among HIV positive women in East Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Implications for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission
BACKGROUND: Women’s HIV-positive disclosure plays a pivotal role to achieve the goal of preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) among pregnant women in particular. Although several primary studies were conducted in the...
A review of factors associated with methadone maintenance treatment adherence and retention in Vietnam
BACKGROUND: Starting in 2008, Vietnam’s national MMT program expanded quickly, but it is struggling with increasing attrition rates and poor adherence among patients. Several studies have reported on MMT retention...
Associations between the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B among people who inject drugs and country-level characteristics: An ecological analysis
Introduction: Globally, hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a leading cause of liver disease. People who inject drugs (PWID) are at greater risk than the general population of contracting HBV. This risk...
Interventions to increase the uptake and continuation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by adolescent girls and young women at high risk of HIV in low-income and middle-income countries: A scoping review
INTRODUCTION: Effective strategies to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and continuation among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who engage in sex work or transactional sex are sparsely reported. We...
Integrating pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection into family planning services: A scoping review
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this review was to map evidence of integrating pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention into family planning services. A comprehensive package, using a combination of PrEP...
Factors associated with post-treatment control of viral load in HIV-infected patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with maintenance of viral suppression after antiretroviral therapy (ART) discontinuation. METHODS: Databases were searched for studies published between 1 January, 2011,...
