Category Archives: Health Systems
Country ownership and sustainable programming of the HIV response in South Africa: A scoping review
BACKGROUND: Concerns have arisen regarding the extent to which South Africa’s HIV response can be country-owned and sustainable given substantial foreign investment and technical support. OBJECTIVES: To assess the extent...
How much does HIV self-testing cost in low and middle income countries? A systematic review of evidence from economic studies
OBJECTIVES: HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been proposed as an innovative strategy to diagnose human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). While HIVST offers the potential to broaden accessibility of early HIV diagnosis and...
Social network strategies to distribute HIV self-testing kits: A global systematic review and network meta-analysis
INTRODUCTION: Social network strategies, in which social networks are utilized to influence individuals or communities, are increasingly being used to deliver human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) interventions to key populations. We...
Digital epidemiological approaches in HIV research: A scoping methodological review
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize literature regarding the use of user-generated digital data collected for non-epidemiological purposes in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) research....
Pharmacological and behavioral interventions to mitigate premature aging in patients with HIV
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: We sought to review pharmacological and behavioral interventions that have been publicly presented, published, or are currently ongoing to prevent or mitigate the effect of premature HIV-associated...
From surviving to thriving: Integrating mental health care into HIV, community, and family services for adolescents living with HIV
Adolescents are a crucial generation, with the potential to bring future social and economic success for themselves and their countries. More than 90% of adolescents living with HIV reside in...
Recent progress in synthesis, POM analyses and SAR of Coumarin-hybrids as potential anti-HIV agents—A Mini Review
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the primary cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), one of the deadliest pandemic diseases. Various mechanisms and procedures have been pursued to synthesise...
Scaling up delivery of HIV services in Africa through harnessing trends across global emerging innovations
Globally, innovations for HIV response present exciting opportunities to enhance the impact and cost-effectiveness of any HIV program. However, countries especially in the African region are not on equal footing...
Health facility-based interventions and the uptake of contraception among people living with HIV: A systematic review & meta-analysis
BACKGROUND OBJECTIVES: The prong 2 of 4 prong strategy introduced by the World Health Organization aims at averting unintended pregnancies among people living with HIV (PLHIV). This systematic review aimed...
Exploring implementation considerations for geriatric-HIV clinics: A secondary analysis from a scoping review on HIV models of geriatric care
OBJECTIVES: This review aimed to map the current state of knowledge regarding the implementation considerations of existing geriatric-HIV models of care, to identify areas of further research and to inform...
