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Barriers and facilitating factors to HIV treatment among men in a high-HIV burdened district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A qualitative study
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
Despite enormous increases in the proportion of people living with HIV accessing treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, major gender disparities persist, with men experiencing lower rates of testing, linkage to treatment, and ...
Role of religious beliefs in adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Town metropole: A study protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
There are presently over four million
people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the South African national
antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme. However, some
ART programmes are battling poor ART adherence
emanating from ...
Time trends in Tuberculosis mortality across the BRICS: An age-period-cohort analysis for the GBD 2019
(Elsevier, 2022)
There were 549,522 tuberculosis deaths across the BRICS in 2019, accounting for 39.3% of global deaths.
Among HIV-negative populations, the age-standardised mortality rate (ASMR) of tuberculosis in BRICS remained
far ...
Service delivery models for enhancing linkage to and retention in HIV care services for adolescent girls and young women and adolescent boys and young men: A protocol for an overview of systematic reviews
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
n Recent advances in the HIV care continuum
have shown that an individual diagnosed with HIV should
be initiated on antiretroviral therapy as soon as possible
regardless of the CD4 count levels and retained in HIV ...
Estimating the budget impact of adopting tenofovir/emtricitabine for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV in the public health sector in Namibia (2021 – 2023)
(Elsevier, 2022)
Namibia started implementing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in 2016, no study to determine its budget impact has been conducted. This
study, therefore, aimed to estimate the budget ...
The co-occurrence of the SAVA syndemic, depression and anxiety as barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence among Sub-Saharan Africa population groups: A scoping review protocol
(Public Library of Science, 2022)
The scale-up of access to antiretroviral therapy has transformed HIV from an acute, terminal
disease to a manageable chronic illness. Yet, sustaining high levels of antiretroviral therapy
adherence remain a challenge, ...
Otosyphilis: A rare cause of acute bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in a HIV-negative patient
(AOSIS, 2022)
Bilateral acute hearing loss is rare, and the aetiology is poorly defined. Less common treatable
pathologies such as otosyphilis must be part of the differential diagnosis and should be actively
excluded. We present a ...
Multimorbidity patterns in a national HIV survey of South African youth and adults
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Information pertaining to multimorbidity is frequently informed by studies
from high income countries and it is unclear how these findings relate to low and middle
income countries, where the burden of infectious disease ...
Rethinking mental health wellness among adolescents living with HIV in the African context: An integrative review of mental wellness components
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) are considered to be at
heightened risk for developing mental health problems in comparison to
their peers due to the burden of living with a stigmatized condition and
managing a ...
Prospective associations between bullying victimisation, internalised stigma, and mental health in South African adolescents living with HIV
(Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020)
Adolescents living with HIV may be at elevated risk of psychological problems, which are correlated with negative health outcomes. In cross-sectional research with HIV-affected adolescents, bullying victimisation and ...