The pooled HIV/HBV coinfection prevalence rate was determined as 13.6% (95% CI 10.2–16.8%; P<0.001). In Ghana, about one in seven HIV patients may be also be chronically infected with HBV. Preventive interventions and strategic policy directions including systematic screening of all newly ...
PrevalenceGhanaMeta-analysisHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection has been associated with higher morbidity and mortality and may impact significantly on healthcare resource utilization. However, in Ghana, accurate estimates of the prevalence of HIV/HBV coinfection ...
Who sleeps under bednets in Ghana? A doer/non-doer analysis of malaria prevention behaviours. Malar J 2006;5(1). Zhang C, Koniak-Griffin D, Qian HZ, et al. Impact of providing free HIV self-testing kits on frequency of testing among men who have sex with men and their sexual ...
Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in tuberculosis patients in Goa. Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection among tuberculosis suspect patients in Accra, Ghana. West Afr J Med. 2006; 25(1):38-41. PMID: ... L Fernandes,D Lawande,AM Mesquita - 《Indian Journal of ...
The study was conducted in the greater Potchefstroom urban community and in the Ganyesa rural districts of the North-West, South Africa. The province is one of the four provinces with the highest HIV prevalence rates in the country. The PLWH in these communities were mainly made up of Setswa...
HIV viral load was key predictor of immune response to HPV vaccine in positive women. • Older HIV-positive women likely to benefit from HPV vaccination. Abstract Objective To evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the quadrivalent HPV (qHPV) vaccine in HIV-positive women over 24 months....
Africa, specifically adolescent girls and young women, young men who have sex with men, transgender persons, persons who use substances, and adolescents experiencing homelessness experience intersectional stigma, have a high incidence of HIV and are less likely to be engaged in HIV prevention and ...
despite Nigeria's overall HIV prevalence among people aged 15 to 49 being 1.4%. The disparity in the prevalence of HIV in women and men is largest among younger persons, with young women aged 20 to 24 years more than three times as likely to be infected as young males in the same age...
in Ghana is estimated at 361 797, and new HIV infections at 11,705. Adult [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35] prevalence is an average of 1.7% (2020–2022), although the prevalence is higher among ...
which were a determinant of HIV/AIDS-related services, similar to other health care practises [150,151]. Different axes of intersectionality prevent women from accessing HIV care [152]. Effective strategies are needed to address them. For example, implementation study in Ghana revealed that peer ...