Barriers and facilitators to anti-retroviral therapy adherence among adolescents aged 10 to 19 years living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A mixed-methods …

LD Hlophe, JL Tamuzi, CS Shumba, PS Nyasulu - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) significantly affects adolescents globally,
with the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) reporting a high burden of the disease. HIV testing …

Molecular transmission network of pretreatment drug resistance among human immunodeficiency virus-positive individuals and the impact of virological failure on …

H Chen, J Hu, C Song, M Li, Y Zhou, A Dong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives We investigated the prevalence of pretreatment drug resistance (PDR), the
molecular transmission network among HIV-positive individuals, and the impact of …

Influence of intensified adherence counselling on viral load suppression of people receiving antiretroviral therapy at a health centre IV in southwestern Uganda: a …

A Pius, NN Josephine, S Erick, A Winifred… - AIDS Research and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among adults
and children in Uganda is 6.2% and 0.5% respectively. The prevalence of viral load …

[HTML][HTML] Peer-Led Community-Based Support Services and HIV Treatment Outcomes Among People Living With HIV in Wuxi, China: Propensity Score–Matched …

X Meng, H Yin, W Ma, J Gu, Z Lu… - JMIR Public Health …, 2023 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: Community-based organizations deliver peer-led support services to people
living with HIV. Systematic reviews have found that peer-led community-based support …

Impact of intensive adherence counseling on viral load suppression and mortality among people living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: a regression discontinuity …

J Izudi, B Castelnuovo, R King… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Intensive adherence counseling (IAC) is recommended for people living with HIV (PLHIV)
with viral load (VL)≥ 1,000 copies/ml after≥ 6 months of anti-retroviral therapy (ART). We …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and predictors of viral load suppression in adults living with HIV in the western region of Ghana: A cross-sectional study

P Boakye, A Safowaa - AIMS Public Health, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Although antiretroviral therapy is beneficial and available free of cost to
patients, several roadblocks still prevent patients from reaching viral suppression. This …

HIV viral load suppression before and after COVID-19 in Kinshasa and Haut Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

GH Shah, GD Etheredge, SW Smallwood… - Southern African Journal …, 2022 - ajol.info
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in unique
programmatic opportunities to test hypotheses related to the initiation of antiretroviral …

Prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated factors among patients with HIV/AIDS at the anti-retroviral treatment clinic of Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital …

M Abayneh, Y Habtemariam, T Duguma… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Intestinal parasitic infections remain very common, particularly in areas with a
high prevalence of immune-compromised patients, such as HIV/AIDS patients. The purpose …

Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes Among Individuals on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa

TW Muzumbukilwa, RG Manimani… - AIDS Research and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), South Africa has a high human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden. Treatment outcomes among individuals on highly …

HIV viral load suppression among people with mental disorders at two urban HIV clinics in Uganda: a parallel convergent mixed methods study using the social …

R Ndagire, RN Wangi, KO Ojiambo… - AIDS Research and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Uganda adopted and implemented the Universal Test and Treat (UTT)
guidelines in 2017, which require HIV-infected persons to be initiated on antiretroviral …