Category Archives: Delivery arrangements
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Effects of digital health interventions to promote safer sex behaviors among youth: Systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis
Background Youth aged 15–24 years carry a disproportionate HIV/sexually transmitted infections (STIs) burden. In recent years, different modalities of digital health interventions (DHIs) have been explored to promote safer sex behaviors...
Interventions for thriving in HIV serodiscordant relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
Background HIV serodiscordant relationships, where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative, present unique challenges despite biomedical advances including U = U (Undetectable = Untransmittable). Effective interventions are crucial to support these...
Colliding wars: A systematic review on HIV responses in conflict-affected settings
BACKGROUND: Armed conflicts are an escalating threat to public health, often marked by violence, poverty, displacement and weakened health systems-conditions that mirror the drivers of HIV transmission. AIM: This review...
Mental health of women with HIV: A qualitative meta-synthesis
BACKGROUND: Women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) experience significant psychological burdens due to biological and gendered factors such as pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. However, a life course-based understanding of...
Effectiveness of telehealth in HIV management for people living with HIV and key populations: A systematic review of models, adherence, viral suppression, and behavioral outcomes
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a global health problem that causes many deaths, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Most HIV cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. In...
Preferences for long-acting antiretroviral therapy among people with HIV: A systematic review of discrete choice experiments
BACKGROUND: Long-acting antiretroviral therapy (LA-ART) is emerging as a promising strategy to enhance treatment satisfaction and improve the quality of life for people living with HIV (PLWH). A comprehensive understanding...
Interventions to reduce HIV-related stigma among older people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
HIV-related stigma remains a major barrier to testing, treatment, and quality of life, especially for the growing population of older people living with HIV (OPLWH, aged 50+). Such stigma intersects...
PrEP delivery for US adolescents and young adults: A systematic review and narrative synthesis
Despite proven efficacy in preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remains underutilized among adolescents and young adults (AYA) in the United States (US). This systematic review and...
