Journal of the International AIDS Society
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1758-2652
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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious Diseases
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Combating HIV stigma in health care settings: what works?The purpose of this review paper is to provide information and guidance to those in the health care setting about why it is important to combat HIV‐related stigma and how to successfully address its causes and consequences within health facilities. Research shows that stigma and discrimination in the health care setting and elsewhere contributes to keeping people, including health workers,... ...
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The effects of educational curricula and training on LGBT‐specific health issues for healthcare students and professionals: a mixed‐method systematic reviewAbstract Introduction : Poor access of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to healthcare providers with clinical and cultural competency contributes to health inequalities between heterosexual/cisgender and LGBT people. This systematic review assesses the effect of educational curricula and training for healthcare students and ...
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Pain in people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic reviewIntroduction Pain is one of the most commonly reported symptoms in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). However, wide ranges of pain prevalence have been reported, making it difficult to determine the relative impact of pain in PLWHA. A systematic review of the literature was conducted to establish the prevalence and characteristics of pain and to explore ...
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TB as a cause of hospitalization and in‐hospital mortality among people living with HIV worldwide: a systematic review and meta‐analysisIntroduction Despite significant progress in improving access to antiretroviral therapy over the past decade, substantial numbers of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in all regions continue to experience severe illness and require hospitalization. We undertook a global review assessing the proportion of hospitalizations and in‐hospital deaths because of tube...
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Antiretroviral treatment outcomes from a nurse‐driven, community‐supported HIV/AIDS treatment programme in rural Lesotho: observational cohort assessment at two yearsIntroduction Lesotho has the third highest HIV prevalence in the world (an adult prevalence of 23.2%). Despite a lack of resources for health, the country has implemented state‐of‐the‐art antiretroviral treatment guidelines, including early initiation of treatment (<350 cells/mm3 ), tenofovir in first line, and nurse‐initiated and ma...
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Prevalence of depression and validation of the Beck Depression Inventory‐II and the Children's Depression Inventory‐Short amongst HIV‐positive adolescents in MalawiIntroduction There is a remarkable dearth of evidence on mental illness in adolescents living with HIV/AIDS, particularly in the African setting. Furthermore, there are few studies in sub‐Saharan Africa validating the psychometric properties of diagnostic and screening tools for depression amongst adolescents. The primary aim of this cross‐sectional study ...
Tập 17 Số 1 - 2014
Family‐centred approaches to the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIVBackground Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes have traditionally been narrow in scope, targeting biomedical interventions during the perinatal period, rather than considering HIV as a family disease. This limited focus restricts programmes' effectiveness, and the opportunity to broaden prevention measures has largely been overloo...
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From HIV diagnosis to treatment: evaluation of a referral system to promote and monitor access to antiretroviral therapy in rural TanzaniaBackground Individuals diagnosed with HIV in developing countries are not always successfully linked to onward treatment services, resulting in missed opportunities for timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy, or prophylaxis for opportunistic infections. In collaboration with local stakeholders, we designed and assessed a referral system to link person...
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Brazilian Network for HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance: a survey of individuals recently diagnosed with HIVUse of antiretrovirals is widespread in Brazil, where more than 200,000 individuals are under treatment. Although general prevalence of primary antiretroviral resistance in Brazil is low, systematic sampling in large metropolitan areas has not being performed. The HIV Threshold Survey methodology (HIV‐THS, WHO) was utilized, targeting Brazil's four major regions and selecti... ...
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