Category Archives: Health Systems

BACKGROUND: The transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is closely related to the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Similar risk behaviours, such as frequent unprotected intercourse with different...

This article presents the results of a systematic review of the effectiveness and economic efficiency of individual-, group-, and community-level behavioral interventions intended to reduce the risk of acquiring sexually...

OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review of the literature to examine HIV vaccine acceptability and factors impacting acceptability of future HIV vaccines. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis of peer-reviewed articles...

This paper reviews the pharmacoeconomic aspects of antenatal testing for HIV. HIV is a retrovirus which is transmitted among humans through sexual contact, infected blood or blood products (needle sharing...

This review examines the interactions of financial status and HIV and its implications for women. MEDLINE and Google scholar were searched using the keywords ‘women’, ‘poverty’ and ‘HIV’ in any...

Due to advanced antiretroviral treatments, persons with HIV/AIDS (PWH/As) live longer and experience various physical and cognitive impairments during the course of their disease. Often, informal caregivers assist PWH/As to...

BACKGROUND: The need for palliative care in HIV management is underlined by the high prevalence of pain and symptoms, the toxicity, side effects, and virological failure associated with antiretroviral therapy,...

BACKGROUND: The high levels of healthcare worker shortage is recognised as a severe impediment to increasing patients’ access to antiretroviral therapy. This is particularly of concern where the burden of...

The purposes of this study were to (a) review original research in the United States on the intersection of HIV risk and intimate partner violence (IPV) in women, and (b)...

BACKGROUND: The objective of this review was to assess the uptake of WHO recommended integrated perinatal prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV interventions in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS...

BACKGROUND: Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) continues to play a critical role in HIV prevention, care and treatment. In recent years, different modalities of VCT have been implemented, including clinic-,...

People living with HIV often have unmet needs for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. We present results of a systematic review of studies offering SRH services targeted to people...