'If I am playing football, I forget that I have this virus': the challenges and coping strategies of adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - BMC Infectious Diseases
Source : https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-022-07780-x
Background Adolescents who have acquired HIV perinatally (ALHIV) face unique challenges in taking lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART), but little is known about what factors affect their adherence over the course...
Conclusions: Current models of adherence support fail to address the challenges to lifelong therapy ALHIV face. Ongoing education and honest communication with health care providers, interventions that build resilience together with peer support, have the potential to improve adherence in ALHIV."
Evaluation of HIV viral load turnaround time in Moshi, Tanzania
Source : https://www.jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/14145
Elizabeth L Moirana Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Moshi, Tanzania Eva Prosper Muro Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Moshi, Tanzania Ireen Eliah Kiwelu Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Moshi, Tanzania...
Conclusions: The median viral load turnaround time was longer than stipulated by the national Tanzanian guidelines. Interventions that may reduce viral load turn-around-time, including point of care viral load testing, are needed to optimise monitoring of anti-retroviral therapy.
Comparing dedicated and designated approaches to integrating task-shared psychological interventions into chronic disease care in South Africa: a three-arm, cluster randomised, multicentre, open-label trial
Source : https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01641-5/fulltext
The dedicated and designated approaches to delivering CHW-led psychological interventions were equally effective for reducing depression, but enhancements are required to support alcohol reduction. This trial extends evidence for CHW-delivered...
Interpretation:The dedicated and designated approaches to delivering CHW-led psychological interventions were equally effective for reducing depression, but enhancements are required to support alcohol reduction. This trial extends evidence for CHW-delivered psychological interventions, offering insights into how different delivery approaches...
The Potential of Moringa oleifera to Ameliorate HAART-Induced Pathophysiological Complications - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36230942/
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) comprises a combination of two or three antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that are administered together in a single tablet. These drugs target different steps within the...
Relevance:This review highlights the potential of MO leaves to protect against HAART-induced toxicity in HIV patients.
Clinical Presentation, Treatment Response and Virology Outcomes of Women who Seroconverted in the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Trials - The Ring Study and DREAM
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Conclusions: Seroconversion during DVR use did not negatively affect clinical presentation or treatment outcome. Mutation patterns at virologic failure were in line with individuals failing an NNRTI-based regimen.