Tackling an emerging epidemic: the burden of non-communicable diseases among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

D Achwoka, R Mutave, JO Oyugi, T Achia - Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 - ajol.info
… adopted would mitigate against impending poor NCD-HIV care … /AIDS, bore a
disproportionately higher mortality burden. … bridging population for HIV transmission to the general …

… in knowledge of HIV status and efficiency of HIV testing services in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–20: a modelling study using survey and HIV testing programme data

K Giguère, JW Eaton, K Marsh, LF Johnson… - … Lancet HIV, 2021 - thelancet.com
… -years) from 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa as inputs into … with HIV, median time from
HIV infection to diagnosis, HIVdisproportionately affected by HIV if these groups are under-…

Things must not fall apart: the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in sub-Saharan Africa

M Coker, MO Folayan, IC Michelow, RE Oladokun… - Pediatric …, 2021 - nature.com
… in sub-Saharan Africa bear a disproportionate proportion of the global burden of communicable
and non-… for children with HIV and COVID-19 co-infections in SSA may be worse than for …

Burns in sub-Saharan Africa: a review

PM Nthumba - Burns, 2016 - Elsevier
… with a disproportionate incidence in sub-Saharan Africa. The … such as infectious diseases
(HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and … Most authors in the current review note the poor state of burn care …

Prevalence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: a systemic review and meta-analysis

H Mohammed, N Assefa, B Mengistie - HIV/AIDS-research and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… The disproportionate burden of HIV and TB infection and disease in Africa at the start of the
… abstraction checklists in addition to poor data handling practice in low-income developing …

COVID-19 lockdowns: impact on facility-based HIV testing and the case for the scaling up of home-based testing services in sub-Saharan Africa

M Mhango, I Chitungo, T Dzinamarira - AIDS and Behavior, 2020 - Springer
… already strained and are characterized by poor health … It was estimated that 1.7 million
new HIV infections occurred … disproportionately contributing to testing gaps [14,15,16]. While …

HIV and tuberculosis in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa

L Telisinghe, S Charalambous, SM Topp, ME Herce… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
… and evidence suggesting a disproportionate burden of these diseases among detainees in
… of poor quality and rarely nationally representative. Prevalence of HIV infection ranged from 2·…

Prison health situation and health rights of young people incarcerated in sub-Saharan African prisons and detention centres: a scoping review of extant literature

MC Van Hout, R Mhlanga-Gunda - BMC international health and human …, 2019 - Springer
… , infectious illnesses), and may be disproportionately affected by learning disabilities, poorer
… outcomes of HIV and TB infection in prisoners, despite the African continental epidemic …

Stroke in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): a systematic review

A Abdallah, JL Chang, CB O'Carroll, A Musubire… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2018 - Elsevier
… with worse outcomes than in HIV-uninfected comparators. Stroke in young individuals in
the … to disproportionately affect young individuals with advanced stages of HIV infection and …

Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

N Haider, AY Osman, A Gadzekpo, GO Akipede… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
… at reducing transmission of COVID-19 that are mandatory, … as children from poorer homes
suffer disproportionately from … It was predicted that the greatest impact from HIV would be …