[HTML][HTML] Community-based interventions as opportunities to increase HIV self-testing and linkage to care among men who have sex with men–lessons from Ghana …

GMR Abubakari, DA Turner, Z Ni… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
MSM in Ghana encounter challenges in accessing HIV services and may experience
barriers to HIV self-testing due to multiple forms of stigma present in health care settings. We …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescent Girls and Young Women's Experiences of Living with HIV in the Context of Patriarchal Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review

A Mhungu, J Sixsmith, E Burnett - AIDS and Behavior, 2023 - Springer
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately
affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) due to socio-cultural gender, power …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescents' communication on sexual and reproductive health matters with their parents and associated factors among secondary and preparatory school …

TS Bikila, N Dida, GA Bulto, BT Debelo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - hindawi.com
Background. Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) communication is most likely to promote
healthy sexual practices and to reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents …

On the socio-economic impact of pandemics in Africa-Lessons learned from COVID-19, Trypanosomiasis, HIV, Yellow Fever and Cholera

D Kohnert - Trypanosomiasis, HIV, Yellow Fever and Cholera (May …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Throughout history, nothing has killed more human beings than infectious diseases.
Although death rates from pandemics dropped globally by about 0.8% per year, all the way …

Epidemiology of HIV infection in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, 2015 to 2018 surveillance data analysis

ED Worku, MA Asemahagn… - HIV/AIDS-Research and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Globally, over 37.9 million people are living with HIV in 2018 and sub-Saharan
Africa carries 71% of the global HIV epidemics. In Ethiopia, there were an estimated 613,000 …

Can married or cohabiting women negotiate protective sex? Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys of two West African countries

B Feyisetan, KA Oyediran - Journal of biosocial science, 2020 - cambridge.org
Can married or cohabitating women in patriarchal societies, who are often
disproportionately affected by STI/HIV infections, negotiate protective sex when perceived …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in HIV patients on ART in a developing country: case of Zimbabwe's Chitungwiza Central Hospital—A …

A Cheza, B Tlou, DT Zhou - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been reported to be
rising over the years leading up to 2010. In Zimbabwe, there are few studies done to …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in Ghana: subtype distribution, drug resistance and coreceptor usage

A Appah, CJ Beelen, D Kirkby, W Dong, A Shahid… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The greatest HIV-1 genetic diversity is found in West/Central Africa due to the pandemic's
origins in this region, but this diversity remains understudied. We characterized HIV-1 …

[HTML][HTML] Willingness to test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among first-year students of a public university in the Volta Region of Ghana

M Tepe-Mensah, J Osarfo, EK Agbeno, GD Ampofo - Venereology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is key in HIV prevention. Young people aged 15–24
years carry a significant burden of new infections globally, but VCT uptake is low in this …

Cluster Analysis of HIV/AIDs Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa (1990–2018)

SO Adams, HU Yahaya, T Mohammed - International Journal of …, 2023 - ijehs.com
Background: The HIV/AIDS epidemic has had a negative impact on Sub-Saharan Africa's
development and has contributed to discrimination against those on the margins of society …