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Poor post‐exposure prophylaxis completion despite improvements in post‐violence service delivery in 14 PEPFAR‐supported sub‐Saharan African countries, 2018–2023

Journal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction Sexual violence (SV) affects millions globally and has a well‐documented bidirectional association with HIV. Post‐exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a critical, yet often underutilized, HIV prevention tool in post‐SV care.
Udhayashankar Kanagasabai, Stephanie M. Davis, Viva Thorsen, Emily Rowlinson, Anne Laterra, Jennifer Hegle, Carrine Angumua, Alexandre Ekra, Minlangu Mpingulu, Meklit Getahun, Fikirte Sida, Phumzile Mndzebele, Caroline Kambona, Puleng Ramphalla, Eunice Mtingwi, Wezi Msungama, Meghan Duffy, Bukola Adewumi, Ezeomu Olotu, Jackson Sebeza, Jane Kitalile, Rose Apondi, Carlos Muleya, Meagan Cain   +23 more
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Playing public health: building the HIVe [PDF]

, 2012
In thinking through the impact of digital media on how frontline workers, activists, practitioners and researchers understand and fight HIV and AIDS, it is important to acknowledge that digital media does not only provide new channels and strategies for ...
Apperley, Thomas, Walsh, Christopher S.
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Factors associated with voluntary HIV counseling and testing among young students engaging in casual sexual activity: a cross-sectional study from Eastern China

BMC Public Health
Objectives To investigate the factors associated with voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) among young students engaging in casual sexual activity and to establish a scientific rationale for developing targeted intervention strategies for ...
Zhongrong Yang, Wanjun Chen, Weiyong Chen, Qiaoqin Ma, Hui Wang, Tingting Jiang, Meihua Jin, Xin Zhou   +7 more
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Global HIV Prevention: The Access, Funding, and Leadership Gaps [PDF]

, 2009
Outlines the limited access to HIV prevention services in middle- to low-income countries, insufficient funding to scale-up effective programs, and the lack of global and national leadership on prevention that impedes broader delivery of proven ...

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The Role of Prevention in Bending the Cost Curve [PDF]

, 2011
Examines how much disease prevention, including those funded in the 2010 healthcare reform law such as diabetes and HIV prevention, smoking cessation, community interventions, and reducing racial/ethnic disparities, can help slow health spending ...
Barbara A. Ormond, Randall R. Bovbjerg, Timothy A. Waidmann   +2 more
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The lack of legal protections in the United States to prevent commercializing the dead for education and research: Consequences and risks to anatomists

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract A lack of minimum legal standards for body donation programs undermines recent strides by anatomy professionals to promote ethical best practices in the United States (US). In particular, the commercialization of the dead by nontransplant tissue banks poses a risk to the public trust in academic body donation programs.
Laura E. Johnson
wiley   +1 more source

AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury

, 2022
Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana, Iris Liou, Adrian Reuben, Ayako Suzuki, M. Isabel Fiel, William Lee, Victor Navarro   +6 more
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Population pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin in breastmilk in patients with rifampicin‐resistant tuberculosis

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Levofloxacin is a widely used antibiotic included in rifampicin‐resistant tuberculosis (RR‐TB) treatment. Data describing levofloxacin concentrations in breastmilk and infant exposure are limited. We analysed data from two South African studies of breastfeeding women receiving levofloxacin (750–1000 mg daily) for RR‐TB.
Sharon Sawe, Lufina Tsirizani, Buyisile Mkhize, Lubbe Wiesner, Gary Maartens, Francesca Conradie, Richard Court, Marian Loveday, Catriona Waitt, Paolo Denti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of detection rate and preventive treatment of latent tuberculosis infection on the future burden of tuberculosis among students in shanghai: a predictive study using Markov modeling

BMC Public Health
Background Students represent a key demographic for tuberculosis (TB) control in China. This study utilizes a dynamic Markov model to forecast the epidemiological trends of active tuberculosis (ATB) among students in Shanghai through 2035 and evaluate ...
Xiao Xiao, Zhipeng Li, Jing Chen, Xin Shen   +3 more
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The effects of HIV self-testing on HIV incidence and awareness of status among men who have sex with men in the United States: Insights from a novel compartmental model

Epidemics
Background: The OraQuick In-Home HIV self-test represents a fast, inexpensive, and convenient method for users to assess their HIV status. If integrated thoughtfully into existing testing practices, accompanied by efficient pathways to formal diagnosis ...
Alex Viguerie, Chaitra Gopalappa, Cynthia M. Lyles, Paul G. Farnham   +3 more
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