Category Archives: Delivery arrangements

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HIV treatment with the two-drug regimen dolutegravir plus lamivudine in real-world clinical practice: A systematic literature review

2021

The two-drug regimen dolutegravir plus lamivudine demonstrated durable efficacy for up to 3 years in phase III studies and a high barrier to resistance in treatment-naive and virologically suppressed people...

The catastrophic HPV/HIV dual viral oncogenomics in concert with dysregulated alternative splicing in cervical cancer

2021

Cervical cancer is a public health problem and has devastating effects in low-to-middle-income countries (LTMICs) such as the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Infection by the human papillomavirus (HPV) is the...

Same-day antiretroviral therapy initiation for people living with HIV who have tuberculosis symptoms: A systematic review

2021

Objectives Tuberculosis symptoms are very common among people living with HIV (PLHIV) initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART), are not specific for tuberculosis disease and may result in delayed ART start. The...

Economic and modeling evidence for tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021

BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the strongest known risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) through its impairment of T-cell immunity. Tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) is recommended for people living with...

Barriers and facilitators of rendering HIV services by community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-synthesis

2021

OBJECTIVES: To synthesise qualitative studies that address the barriers to and facilitators of providing HIV services by community health workers (CHWs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). DESIGN: This meta-synthesis was guided...

HIV self-testing with digital supports as the new paradigm: A systematic review of global evidence (2010–2021)

2021

BACKGROUND: HIV self-testing (HIVST) is recommended by the WHO as an innovative strategy to reach UNAIDS targets to end HIV by 2030. HIVST with digital supports is defined as the...

HIV-proteins-associated CNS neurotoxicity, their mediators, and alternative treatments

2021

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected people’s livelihoods are gradually being prolonged with the use of combined antiretroviral therapy (ART). Conversely, despite viral suppression by ART, the symptoms of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder...

TLR-agonist mediated enhancement of antibody-dependent effector functions as strategy for an HIV-1 cure

2021

BACKGROUND: The current treatment for HIV-1 is based on blocking various stages in the viral replication cycle using combination antiretroviral therapy (ART). Even though ART effectively controls the infection, it...

HIV care outcomes among transgender persons with HIV infection in the united states: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2006–2021

2021

Objectives: HIV prevalence is an estimated 14% among transgender women (TW) and 3% among transgender men (TM). HIV care is vital for viral suppression but is hindered by transphobia and HIV...

Pharmacy-based interventions to increase use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in the United States: A scoping review

2021

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remains underutilized in the U.S. Since greater than 85% of PrEP prescriptions are filled at commercial pharmacies, pharmacists are uniquely positioned to increase PrEP use. This...

Non-vertical exposures to HIV, HBV and HCV infection in children and adolescents-risk of infection, standards of care and postexposure prophylaxis

2021

INTRODUCTION: in the review, we aimed to present current knowledge about the risk of infection, standards of care, and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in pediatric patients after non-vertical exposures to HIV,...

Coordinating systems of care for HIV and opioid use disorder: A systematic review of enablers and barriers to integrated service access, and systems and tools required for implementation

2021

Individuals who have HIV who also use drugs experience increased age-matched morbidity and mortality in comparison with those with HIV who do not use drugs. A systematic review was conducted...

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