Rosen, Joseph G.; Knox, Justin R.; Rucinski, Katherine B.; Mcingana, Mfezi; Mulumba, Ntambue; Comins, Carly A.; Shipp, Lillian; Makama, Siyanda; Beckham, S. Wilson; Hausler, Harry; Baral, Stefan D.; Schwartz, Sheree R.(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2024-03)
BACKGROUND :
Given intersecting social and structural factors, female sex workers (FSW) exhibit elevated risk of HIV and substance use. However, there is limited study of how distinct substance use typologies influence ...
ISSUE ADDRESSED : The accessibility of opioid substitution therapy (OST), one of the
recommended treatments for opioid dependence, remains low.
This study sought to explore the perceived effectiveness of OST from ...
BACKGROUND : Opioid use disorder (OUD) is overrepresented among people with criminal justice involvement; HIV
is a common comorbidity in this population. This study aimed to examine how formerly incarcerated men living
with ...
The “right of everyone to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications,” also known as the right to science, is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law. ...
Given the international growth of physician associate/physician assistant (PA) and PA-comparable professions, it is crucial to understand the educational curricula of PA/PA-comparable professions worldwide. This article ...
BACKGROUND :
Illicit drug use results in considerable global morbidity, but there is little data on its trends and factors associated with it in sub-Saharan Africa. We consider these questions using national data from ...
Coelho, Simmona M.; Rosen, Joseph G.; Schulz, Gretchen; Meek, Kristin; Shipp, Lillian; Singh, Chitra; Willis, Kalai; Best, Alison; Mcingana, Mfezi; Mcloughlin, Jenny; Hausler, Harry; Beyrer, Chris; Baral, Stefan D.; Schwartz, Sheree R.(Taylor and Francis, 2024)
After nearly a decade of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) rollout in sub-Saharan Africa, there has been limited study of PrEP messaging in news media. We selected twenty South African newspapers with the highest circulation ...
PURPOSE :
This study assesses risk factors of loss to follow-up (LTFU) and estimates mortality risk among female sex workers (FSW) with HIV in Durban, South Africa, in 2018–2021.
METHODS :
We used data from the ...
Yacobson, Irina; Wanga, Valentine; Ahmed, Khatija; Chipato, Tsungai; Gichangi, Peter; Kiarie, James; Louw, Cheryl; Morrison, Susan; Moss, Margaret; Mugo, Nelly R.; Palanee-Phillips, Thesla; Pleaner, Melanie; Scoville, Caitlin W.; Thomas, Katherine K.; Nanda, Kavita; for the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO) Trial Consortium(Elsevier, 2023)
OBJECTIVES : To assess the rates of failed insertion, expulsion, and perforation when intrauterine device
(IUD) insertions were done by newly trained clinicians, and to examine factors that may affect these
outcomes.
STUDY ...
BACKGROUND : We report the yield of targeted universal tuberculosis (TB) testing of clinic attendees in high-risk groups.
METHODS : Clinic attendees in primary healthcare facilities in South Africa with one of the following ...
BACKGROUND :
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained already struggling health systems in low- and middle-income countries such as Malawi. To slow the spread of the virus, the World Health Organization recommended non-pharmaceutical ...
Preamble: The ongoing professional development of India’s lean cadre of 250,000 General Practitioners and 30,000 Government doctors is constrained by limited options to update themselves. This negatively impacts on the ...
BACKGROUND : The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic placed immense pressure on frontline doctors. Burnout is a psychological syndrome that develops in response to chronic work stress. It consists of emotional ...
BACKGROUND : The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an essential skill in the practice
of emergency medicine (EM), with benefit to patient care by improving diagnostic accuracy.
Despite this, there exists little ...
Siemens, Jo-Marie A.; Bhoora, Urvisha; Janse van Rensburg, Michelle(AOSIS, 2023-09-05)
BACKGROUND : Temporary shelters were established for street-based people during the national
level 5 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. However, street-based substance
users’ need to access substances was not ...
Phiri, T.V.; Gloeck, Natasha; Musekiwa, Alfred(South African Medical Association, 2023-09)
BACKGROUND : People experiencing homelessness are among the most socially and medically vulnerable populations. Objectives. To assess the prevalence of comorbid disease and associated risk factors among homeless people ...
Acute limb compartment syndrome can occur with cytotoxic snake envenomation. Ultrasound (US) assessment of the
affected limb has been suggested as an adjunct to the administration of snakebite polyvalent antivenom to ...
BACKGROUND : In Malawi, only 1 072 229 people out of a national target population of 13 546 324 had received at least one dose of the AstraZeneca COVID‑19 vaccine by 26 December 2021, and only 672 819 people were classified ...
Hardcastle, T.C.; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Lalloo, Vidya; Bell, C.; Toubkin, M.; Motara, F.; Kajee, M.(South African Medical Association, 2023-07)
This article explores the management of snakebite in vulnerable patient groups, namely children and pregnant women, as well as providing
detail on the current best practice when caring for venom ophthalmia and surgical ...