Category Archives: Delivery arrangements

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Stated preference research in reproductive and maternal healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

2021

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Understanding the preferred choice of healthcare service attributes for women is important, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where resources are constrained and improving reproductive and maternal healthcare services...

Novel platforms for biomedical HIV prevention delivery to key populations — Community mobile clinics, peer-supported, pharmacy-led PrEP delivery, and the use of telemedicine

2021

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: A gap exists between PrEP interest and PrEP uptake in key populations (KP) for HIV prevention that may be ascribed to PrEP delivery services not being acceptable....

Improving post-release care engagement for people living with HIV involved in the criminal justice system: A systematic review

2021

Given sub-optimal HIV care outcomes for people living with HIV (PLWH) post-release from incarceration, we systematically searched peer-reviewed literature (2010–2021) describing controlled trial interventions aimed at improving Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)...

A review of public health, social and ethical implications of voluntary medical male circumcision programs for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa

2021

Ideally, the benefits of public health interventions should outweigh any associated harms, burdens, and adverse unintended consequences. The intended benefit of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs in eastern and...

Global health facility-based interventions to achieve UNAIDS 90-90-90: A systematic review and narrative analysis

2021

To evaluate whether health facility-based HIV interventions align with UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, we performed a systematic review through the lens of UNAIDS targets. We searched 11 databases, retrieving 5201 citations...

Efficacy and safety of triple versus dolutegravir-based dual therapy in patients with HIV-1 infection: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

2021

A new strategy of simplification therapy shown the unique benefits in clinical treatment, by reducing pill burden and avoid drug exposure. To provide more evidence for the strategy, we compared...

Significance of the placental barrier in antenatal viral infections

2021

The placenta provides a significant physical and physiological barrier to prevent fetal infection during pregnancy. Nevertheless, it is at times breached by pathogens and leads to vertical transmission of infection...

Effectiveness of and best practices for using contingency management and incentives for health care issues related to HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

2021

Using contingency management and incentives at the different steps of HIV care continuum (such as testing, treatment adherence, viral suppressions) is widely explored and discussed in the literature, whereas the...

Immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after HIV diagnosis

2021

The benefits of beginning antiretroviral therapy (ART) soon after HIV diagnosis include improved health outcomes across a wide variety of settings as well as decreased long term healthcare costs. Generally,...

Telemedicine for HIV care: Current status and future prospects

2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telemedicine has been highlighted, especially in specialties, such as the management of HIV. Recent data were reviewed between January 1, 2019 and...

The effectiveness of peer-support for people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021

BACKGROUND: The practice of involving people living with HIV in the development and provision of healthcare has gained increasing traction. Peer-support for people living with HIV is assistance and encouragement...

Is patient navigation a solution to the problem of “leaving no one behind”? A scoping review of evidence from low-income countries

2021

Patient navigation interventions, which are designed to enable patients excluded from health systems to overcome the barriers they face in accessing care, have multiplied in high-income countries since the 1990s....

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