Social protection: potential for improving HIV outcomes among adolescents by Meinck, F, Cluver, L, Orkin, F, Hodes, R, Sherr, L, Lim ah Ken, P, Winder-Rossi, N, Wolfe, J, Vicari, M

“…<p><strong>Introduction</strong> Advances in biomedical technologies provide potential for adolescent HIV prevention and HIV‐positive survival. The UNAIDS 90–90–90 treatment targets provide a new roadmap for ending the HIV epidemic, principally through antiretroviral treatment, HIV testing and viral suppression among people with HIV. …”

Health financing in Brazil, Russia and India: what role does the international community play? by Sridhar, D, Gómez, E

“…We put forth several factors building on Reich's (2002) framework on 'reshaping the state from above, from within and from below' to help explain this bias in favour of HIV/AIDS in Brazil and India, but not in Russia: 'above' influences include the availability of external funding, the impact of the media coupled with recognition and attention from philanthropic institutions, the government's close relationship with UNAIDS (UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS), WHO (World Health Organization) and other UN bodies; 'within' influences include political and bureaucratic incentives to devote resources to certain issues and relationships between ministries; and 'below' influences include civil society activism and relationships with government. …”

Looking for fungi in all the right places: screening for cryptococcal disease and other AIDS-related mycoses among patients with advanced HIV disease by Greene, G, Sriruttan, C, Le, T, Chiller, T, Govender, N

“…<p>PURPOSE OF REVIEW: As HIV treatment programmes scale up to meet the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals, care must be taken to start antiretroviral treatment safely in patients with advanced disease (CD4 counts &lt;200 cells/μl) who are simultaneously at risk for opportunistic infections and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. …”

Evaluation of Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTC) for HIV in a District of India by Mohan K. Papanna, Pawan Kumar, Avinash Shetty, Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran, Vaman Kulkarni, Sahoo Saddichha, Indira B Poojary

“…The evaluation was carried out using UNAIDS Tools between July and September of 2010.Twelve out of 13 ICTCs (92%) had adequate infrastructure and staff. …”
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HIV/AIDS in Tanzania: History, national response, and challenges by Ndenengo-Grace Lekey-Kawo, VE Adamu

“…The country has also now keyed into the UNAIDS 90-90-90 fast-track targets to achieve the global target of ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. …”
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Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV patients in Ghana: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Isaac Boadu, Adom Manu, Richmond Nii Okai Aryeetey, Kwame Adjei Kesse, Marijanatu Abdulai, Emmanuel Acheampong, Robert Akparibo

“…To achieve the United Nation's Sustainable development goals and the UNAIDS "95-95-95" targets, there is a need to focus on improving adherence interventions among persons living with HIV/AIDS, especially among the younger cohort.…”
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Peer interventions to improve HIV testing uptake among immigrants: A realist review by Elham Ghasemi, Tahereh Bahrami, Reza Majdzadeh, Reza Negarandeh, Fatemeh Rajabi

“…To test a initial program theory, we first systematically searched databases of PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, and Cochrane, as well as the websites of UNAIDS, World Bank, Global Fund, WHO, and IOM. After data extraction and quality appraisal, data synthesis was conducted to explain the intervention pathways corresponding to context-mechanism-outcome configurations. …”
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Distance to care, enrollment and loss to follow-up of HIV patients during decentralization of antiretroviral therapy in Neno District, Malawi: A retrospective cohort study. by Alyssa Bilinski, Ermyas Birru, Matthew Peckarsky, Michael Herce, Noel Kalanga, Christian Neumann, Gay Bronson, Stephen Po-Chedley, Chembe Kachimanga, Ryan McBain, James Keck

“…Increasing access to ART by reducing travel distance is one strategy to achieve the ART coverage and viral suppression objectives of the 90-90-90 UNAIDS targets in rural impoverished areas.…”
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Safety of G2-S16 Polyanionic Carbosilane Dendrimer as Possible HIV-1 Vaginal Microbicide by Alba Martin-Moreno, Rafael Ceña-Diez, María Jesús Serramía, José Luis Jiménez, Rafael Gómez-Ramírez, Mariángeles Muñoz-Fernández

“…The UNAIDS objective for 2020 was 500,000 new HIV-1 infections per year; however, the latest annual reported data confirmed 1.7 million new HIV-1 infections in that year. …”
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Analysis Mortality in Patients with HIV-infection on Example of a Region with a High Prevalence of Infection by V. Ya. Rosenberg, Yu. K. Plotnikova, E. E. Voronin

“…Relevance The HIV epidemic, registered worldwide since the early 1980s, is currently continuing its development in most countries, and, according to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS, 2016), covers more than 36 million people (including 1.8 million children) AIDS mortality is a key indicator of the effectiveness of the response to the HIV epidemic. …”
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The HIV epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic: A double tragedy for sub-Saharan African women by Grant Murewanhema, Godfrey Musuka, Knowledge Denhere, Delarise Mulqueeny, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira

“…The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) statistics show that the majority of HIV infections occur in this population and region. …”
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HIV testing and linkage to care-A case of a mobile diagnostic and counseling service in Mbeya, Tanzania; A quantitative study. by Amani Kway, Issa Sabi, Willyhelmina Olomi, Ruby Doryn Mcharo, Erica Sanga, Wiston William, Ombeni Chimbe, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Lucas Maganga

“…The mHTC was able to reach KVP clients; overall linkage for both sexes was 52.30% below the recommended UNAIDS 90-90-90 target. Raising the need to address the challenges associated with linkage and specific care for KVPs as a subset of the general population. …”
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HIV testing and linkage to care—A case of a mobile diagnostic and counseling service in Mbeya, Tanzania; A quantitative study by Amani Kway, Issa Sabi, Willyhelmina Olomi, Ruby Doryn Mcharo, Erica Sanga, Wiston William, Ombeni Chimbe, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Lucas Maganga

“…The mHTC was able to reach KVP clients; overall linkage for both sexes was 52.30% below the recommended UNAIDS 90-90-90 target. Raising the need to address the challenges associated with linkage and specific care for KVPs as a subset of the general population. …”
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Estimated Incidence and Prevalence of Serious Fungal Infections in Morocco by Badre Eddine Lmimouni, Christophe Hennequin, Richard O. S. Penney, David W. Denning

“…Demographic and individual underlying condition prevalence or annual incidence were obtained from UNAIDS (HIV), WHO (TB) and other international sources. …”
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Investigating zero transmission of HIV in the MSM population: a UK modelling case study by Katherine Massey, Vittoria Vardanega, Mas Chaponda, Lucy A. Eddowes, Natalie Hearmon

“…Abstract Background UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals for HIV have been surpassed in the UK, with focus now moving to ending transmission by 2030. …”
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Virologic and immunologic responses of patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy in a rural community health centre in Limpopo, South Africa: A retrospective study by Aniekan Edet, Henry A. Akinsola, Pascal O. Bessong

“…Conclusions: Viral suppression in the study population was inferior to the UNAIDS target of 90%. The sustainability of viral suppression, once attained, was also low. …”
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The impact of immigration on tuberculosis and HIV burden between Colombia and Venezuela and across frontier regions by Nelson Enrique Arenas-Suarez, Laura I. Cuervo, Edier F. Avila, Alejandro Duitama-Leal, Andrea Clemencia Pineda-Peña

“…We consolidated a database using official reports from the Colombian Surveillance System, World Health Organization, Indexmundi, the Global Health Observatory, IHME HIV atlas, and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Disability metrics regarding DALYs (disability adjusted life years) and YLDs (years lived with disability), were compared between countries. …”
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Mapping factors influencing initiation of antiretroviral treatment among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Palesa Grace Likoti, Desmond Kuupiel, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo

“…<h4>Background</h4>Since the Start Free, Stay Free, and AIDS-Free launch, UNAIDS targets intended to promote interventions to prevent HIV transmission and promote access to ART among adolescents and children, of which none were achieved in 2020. …”
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Exploring healthcare workers’ experiences of managing patients returning to HIV care in Johannesburg, South Africa by Melanie A. Bisnauth, Natasha Davies, Sibongile Monareng, Helen Struthers, James A. McIntyre, Kate Rees

“…Background Retention of patients in HIV care is a critical barrier to reaching the UNAIDS 90–90-90 goals in South Africa. In January 2019, Anova Health Institute launched a campaign to encourage patients who had interrupted antiretroviral therapy to return to care. …”
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Acceptability and performance of a directly assisted oral HIV self-testing intervention in adolescents in rural Mozambique. by Jonas Hector, Mary-Ann Davies, Johanna Dekker-Boersema, Mussa Manuel Aly, Cassimo Charifo A Abdalad, Ernesto Belario Rafael Langa, Jochen Ehmer, Michael Andre Hobbins, Laura Frances Jefferys

“…Whereas progress in HIV testing and treatment has been made globally, the UNAIDS goal of "90 90 90" is still out of sight in rural northern Mozambique. …”
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