Category Archives: Health Systems

Cervical cancer (CC) and HIV pose two major public health challenges, with low and middle-income countries (LMICs) exhibiting the highest disease burden and mortality rate for both HIV and CC-related...

BackgroundAlthough PrEP is a highly effective HIV prevention method, some groups are underrepresented in PrEP uptake. Much HIV prevention research groups gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with...

PURPOSE: Despite increased prevalence of sexual and reproductive health problems among people with severe mental illness (SMI), uptake of sexual and reproductive healthcare in this group is poor. The reasons...

BACKGROUND: Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programmes and services aim to prevent complications of pregnancy and childbirth, unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, complications caused by sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, sexual...

Introduction Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Because of the shared modes of transmission, co-infections of HBV are common among people living...

Despite a global decrease in HIV cases and efforts to reduce HIV incidence in the country, the Philippines has an increasing HIV incidence rate, which is the highest in the...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Extreme weather events (EWEs) pose a challenge to achieving UNAIDS goal of eliminating HIV as a public health threat by 2030. This review summarizes recent findings describing...

OBJECTIVE: To identify promising interventions targeting young people in East and Southern Africa through self-care practices, with a focus on prevention of unintended pregnancies and HIV and develop four evidence-based...

Objective To make healthcare programmes more patient-centred and efficient in light of limited resources, it is crucial to ensure patient satisfaction. There is limited information on the overall level of...

Subjective and objective social isolation has been a globally significant public health issue for people living with HIV, yet little is known about the characteristics, effectiveness, and acceptability of available...

BACKGROUND: Since the introduction of the first licensed mRNA-based vaccines against COVID-19, there has been significant interest in leveraging this technology for other vaccines. An unprecedented surge of mRNA vaccines...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly extended the life expectancy of people with HIV (PWH). However, as this population ages, they face increased risk of social isolation and...