Interventions to improve retention in HIV primary care: A systematic review of US studies
2012
Retaining HIV-diagnosed persons in care is a national priority, but little is known on what intervention strategies are most effective for promoting retention in care. We conducted a systematic search...
Reporting of informed consent, standard of care and post-trial obligations in global randomized intervention trials: A systematic survey of registered trials
2009
OBJECTIVE: Ethical guidelines are designed to ensure benefits, protection and respect of participants in clinical research. Clinical trials must now be registered on open-access databases and provide details on ethical...
How can different models of organisation or bed utilisation improve the care of patients dying in hospital?
2000
No abstract.
Applicability and generalisability of the results of systematic reviews to public health practice and policy: A systematic review
2010
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to evaluate systematic reviews of research into two public health priorities, tobacco consumption and HIV infection, in terms of the reporting of data...
Cost-effectiveness of antenatal HIV-testing: Reviewing its pharmaceutical and methodological aspects
2004
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...
HIV, poverty and women
2010
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...
Impact of point-of-care CD4 testing on linkage to HIV care: A systematic review
2014
INTRODUCTION: Point-of-care testing for CD4 cell count is considered a promising way of reducing the time to eligibility assessment for antiretroviral therapy (ART) and of increasing retention in care prior...
Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions for women
2002
The present study is a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions for women in the USA. Twenty-four articles from 1989-1997 were included. We evaluated five ethnic groupings (All...
Integrated delivery of HIV and tuberculosis services in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
2011
Tuberculosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in people with HIV and about a quarter of HIV-related deaths are attributed to tuberculosis. In this Review we identify and...
