Background Overwhelming evidence highlights the negative impact of substance use on
HIV care and treatment outcomes. Yet, the extent to which alcohol use disorder (AUD) and …

Background Substance use is common among people living with HIV and has been
associated with suboptimal HIV treatment outcomes. Integrating substance use services into …

Although HIV and substance use disorders (SUDs) constitute a health syndemic, no
research to date has examined the perceived negative impacts of different SUDs for people …

Substance use is a recognized risk factor for HIV acquisition, transmission and progression
in South Africa. Persons who use drugs (PWUD) and access specialist substance abuse …

As universal testing and treatment for HIV, or 'treat all', expands across sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA), substance use will likely have a negative impact on the success of scale-up efforts for …

Alcohol and other substance use (AoSU) are associated with worse HIV outcomes in many
settings, but there is limited data from South Africa. In a prospective clinic-based cohort (N …

Background Problematic use of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) is highly prevalent among
people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH), and untreated AOD use …

Prior efforts to estimate US prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) in HIV care have
been undermined by caveats common to single-site trials. The current work reports on a …

Introduction Integration of services to screen and manage mental health and substance use
disorders (MSD s) into HIV care settings has been identified as a promising strategy to …

Background: Untreated substance use disorders (SUD) among HIV patients contribute to
worse HIV care outcomes and increased HIV transmission. Although there are clinical and …