Category Archives: Governance arrangements
How decisions about care are made
Declining HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of empiric data
Introduction: UNAIDS models suggest HIV incidence is declining in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study was to assess whether modelled trends are supported by empirical evidence. Methods: We conducted a systematic...
Stated preference research in reproductive and maternal healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
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
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....
Global health facility-based interventions to achieve UNAIDS 90-90-90: A systematic review and narrative analysis
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...
Chronic political instability and the HIV/AIDS response in Guinea-Bissau from 2000 to 2015: A systematic review
Guinea-Bissau suffers from political instability and an unusually high HIV/AIDS burden compared to other countries in the West Africa region. We conducted a systematic review on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in...
The evolution and adoption of World Health Organization policy guidelines on antiretroviral therapy initiation in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
BACKGROUND: Despite past and present global interventions, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic remains a public health problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The World Health Organization (WHO) has...
Different transmission routes and the risk of advanced HIV disease: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of observational studies
Background: A substantial proportion of people living with HIV (PLHIV) present for care with advanced HIV disease (AHD), which may result in difficulty reaching the “90-90-90” target to end AIDS...
What will it take for the global plan priority countries in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV?
BACKGROUND: The 2016 ‘Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free’ global agenda, builds on the 2011-2015 ‘Global Plan’. It prioritises 22 countries where 90% of the world’s HIV-positive pregnant women live...