The impact of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes on maternal health care in resource-poor settings: Looking beyond the PMTCT programme – a systematic review
2010
BACKGROUND: There is increasing debate about the impact of scaled-up HIV/AIDS programmes on fragile healthcare systems in low-income countries. OBJECTIVES: To contribute to the understanding of the relation between HIV/AIDS...
The effects of global health initiatives on country health systems: A review of the evidence from HIV/AIDS control
2009
This paper reviews country-level evidence about the impact of global health initiatives (GHIs), which have had profound effects on recipient country health systems in middle and low income countries. We...
The cost of HIV treatment and care. A global review
2001
This review of published studies on the costs of HIV treatment and care describes some of the recent developments that have influenced these costs in industrialised and industrialising countries, especially...
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...
Behavioral interventions for improving condom use for dual protection
2013
BACKGROUND: Unprotected sex is a major risk factor for disease, disability, and mortality in many areas of the world due to the prevalence and incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STI)...
Effectiveness of different models of case management for substance-abusing populations
2007
Case management has been implemented in substance abuse treatment to improve (cost-) effectiveness, but controversy exists about its potential to realize this objective. A systematic and comprehensive review of peer-reviewed...
HIV voluntary counseling and testing and behavioral risk reduction in developing countries: A meta-analysis, 1990-2005.
2008
The effectiveness of HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in reducing HIV risk behaviors in developing countries was assessed using meta-analytic methods. A standardized protocol was used for searching, acquiring,...
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?
