With a goal of unveiling mechanisms by which vaccines can provide protection against HIV-1 acquisition, several studies have explored correlates of risk of HIV-1 acquisition in HVTN 505, which was a phase IIb trial conducted to assess the safety and ...
INTRODUCTION: Web-based tools for the assessment of the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STI) may increase testing but also may induce anxiety. We evaluated anxiety responses and testing intentions among gay, bisexual and other men who have s...
BACKGROUND: HIV/TB co-infection presents substantial public-health challenges, showing greater treatment-failure and mortality rates than tuberculosis alone. Recent advances in machine learning (ML) provide a robust means of identifying high-risk pat...
A new era in global health assistance requires a focus on efficiently using limited and declining donor funds. This shift requires better evaluation methods to allocate resources effectively. Most evaluations in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (henceforth HIV) is a global health problem, presently with no known cure. Africa has one of the highest incidences of HIV. Nigeria, within the West African (WA) region, is one of the largest economies on the continent. H...
INTRODUCTION: HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) remains a significant challenge in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to limited effective Treatment and healthcare resources vary. Using the first widely available HIVDR surveillance data in SSA, we calculated the...
BACKGROUND: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) continues to be a major global public health challenge, affecting 39.9 million people globally by the end of 2023. Sub-Saharan Africa bears a significant burden, contributing to 67% of cases. Malnutritio...
BACKGROUNDStatin therapy lowers the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) among people with HIV (PWH). Residual risk pathways contributing to excess MACE beyond LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) are not well understood. Our objective was to evalua...
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains a challenge, particularly in low-resource settings. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has shown promise, but most studies focus on HIV-infected populations. In the case of TB, data on lung ultrasound (LU...
BACKGROUND: HIV remains a global challenge, with stigma, financial constraints, and psychosocial barriers preventing people living with HIV from accessing health care services, driving them to seek information and support on social media. Despite the...
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