[HTML][HTML] HIV infection and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: current status, challenges and opportunities

ABM Kharsany, QA Karim - The open AIDS journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Global trends in HIV infection demonstrate an overall increase in HIV prevalence and
substantial declines in AIDS related deaths largely attributable to the survival benefits of …

Impact of opioid substitution therapy on antiretroviral therapy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AJ Low, G Mburu, NJ Welton, MT May… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected people who inject drugs (PWID)
frequently encounter barriers accessing and remaining on antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

Estimating the contribution of key populations towards HIV transmission in South Africa

J Stone, C Mukandavire, MC Boily… - African Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: In generalized epidemic settings, there is insufficient understanding of how the
unmet HIV prevention and treatment needs of key populations (KPs), such as female sex …

'Scared of going to the clinic': Contextualising healthcare access for men who have sex with men, female sex workers and people who use drugs in two South African …

Z Duby, B Nkosi, A Scheibe, B Brown… - Southern African journal …, 2018 - journals.co.za
Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers (SW) and people who use
drugs (PWUD) are at increased risk for HIV because of multiple socio-structural barriers and …

Concentrated HIV subepidemics in generalized epidemic settings

F Tanser, T de Oliveira, M Maheu-Giroux… - Current Opinion in …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Recent empirical findings combined with evidence from phylogenetic studies and supported
by mathematical models provide a clear rationale for testing the feasibility, acceptability, and …

Is South Africa being spared the global opioid crisis? A review of trends in drug treatment demand for heroin, nyaope and codeine-related medicines in South Africa …

N Harker, WC Lucas, R Laubscher, S Dada… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction South Africa has seen a sharp increase in treatment admission trends
for opioids despite beliefs that rates of opioid use remain low and do not represent a major …

[HTML][HTML] Estratégias de redução de danos no uso prejudicial de álcool e outras drogas: revisão de literatura

TB Gomes, MD Vecchia - Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
O presente estudo traz uma sistematização acerca de experiências de atenção à saúde a
pessoas que fazem uso prejudicial de álcool e outras drogas que têm por base as diretrizes …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV among people who inject drugs in South Africa: findings from a three-city cross-sectional survey

A Scheibe, K Young, L Moses, RL Basson… - Harm reduction …, 2019 - Springer
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis
B (HBV) and HIV without accessible harm reduction programmes. Coverage of needle and …

Improving antiretroviral therapy scale-up and effectiveness through service integration and decentralization

AB Suthar, GW Rutherford, T Horvath, MC Doherty… - Aids, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Current service delivery systems do not reach all people in need of
antiretroviral therapy (ART). In order to inform the operational and service delivery section of …

Hepatitis B and hepatitis C in southeast and southern Asia: challenges for governments

S Wait, E Kell, S Hamid, DH Muljono… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary In 2015, the Coalition to Eradicate Viral Hepatitis in Asia Pacific gathered leading
hepatitis experts from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and …