Impact of HIV‐related stigma on treatment adherence: systematic review and meta‐synthesis

IT Katz, AE Ryu, AG Onuegbu, C Psaros… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a critical determinant of HIV‐1
RNA viral suppression and health outcomes. It is generally accepted that HIV‐related stigma …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of community and facility-based HIV testing to address linkage to care gaps in sub-Saharan Africa

M Sharma, R Ying, G Tarr, R Barnabas - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
HIV testing and counselling is the first crucial step for linkage to HIV treatment and
prevention. However, despite high HIV burden in sub-Saharan Africa, testing coverage is …

Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it

L Nyblade, MA Stockton, K Giger, V Bond, ML Ekstrand… - BMC medicine, 2019 - Springer
Stigma in health facilities undermines diagnosis, treatment, and successful health outcomes.
Addressing stigma is fundamental to delivering quality healthcare and achieving optimal …

Can the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target be achieved? A systematic analysis of national HIV treatment cascades

J Levi, A Raymond, A Pozniak, P Vernazza… - BMJ global …, 2016 - gh.bmj.com
Background In 2014, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) and
partners set the '90-90-90 targets'; aiming to diagnose 90% of all HIV positive people …

Uptake, accuracy, safety, and linkage into care over two years of promoting annual self-testing for HIV in Blantyre, Malawi: a community-based prospective study

AT Choko, P MacPherson, EL Webb, BA Willey… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Home-based HIV testing and counselling (HTC) achieves high uptake, but is
difficult and expensive to implement and sustain. We investigated a novel alternative based …

Stigma reduction: an essential ingredient to ending AIDS by 2030

L Nyblade, P Mingkwan, MA Stockton - The lancet HIV, 2021 - thelancet.com
Ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 will require addressing stigma more systematically and
at a larger scale than current efforts. Existing global evidence shows that stigma is a barrier …

HIV self‐testing: breaking the barriers to uptake of testing among men and adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa, experiences from STAR demonstration projects in …

K Hatzold, S Gudukeya, MN Mutseta… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Social, structural and systems barriers inhibit uptake of HIV testing. HIV self‐
testing (HIVST) has shown promising uptake by otherwise underserved priority groups …

Significant association between perceived HIV related stigma and late presentation for HIV/AIDS care in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and …

HA Gesesew, A Tesfay Gebremedhin, TD Demissie… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Late presentation for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care is a major
impediment for the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) outcomes. The role that stigma …

Trends in CD4 count at presentation to care and treatment initiation in sub-Saharan Africa, 2002–2013: a meta-analysis

MJ Siedner, CK Ng, IV Bassett, IT Katz… - Clinical infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. Both population-and individual-level benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are contingent on early diagnosis and initiation of …

A qualitative exploration of cervical and breast cancer stigma in Karnataka, India

L Nyblade, M Stockton, S Travasso, S Krishnan - BMC women's health, 2017 - Springer
Background Breast and cervical cancer are two of the most common cancers among women
worldwide and were the two leading causes of cancer related death for women in India in …