ArticleThe open AIDS journal2016
HIV Infection and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities.
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525 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 982 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Interventions in the Era of Universal Test and Treat: A Hybrid Systematic-Narrative Literature Review of Global Evidence.AIDS and behavior · 2026Pooled it
- Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus in African blood donors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EBioMedicine · 2024Pooled it
- Intervention strategies to improve adherence to treatment for selected chronic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of Neisseria gonorrhoeae drug resistance development in South Africa.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024Pooled it
- Consistent condom utilization among sexually active HIV positive individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Opportunistic infections among schoolchildren who were on antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Trends and Clinical Characteristics of HIV and Cerebrovascular Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) Between 1990 and 2021.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2022Pooled it
- Traditional healers can help facilitate HIV serostatus disclosure: results from a qualitative study in rural Uganda.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Trial
- Acceptability, feasibility, and factors affecting implementation of a gender-sensitivity training for HIV providers and staff in Uganda: a mixed methods, quasi-experimental controlled pilot trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- High prevalence of self-reported sexually transmitted infections among older adults in Tanzania: results from a list experiment in a population-representative survey.Annals of epidemiology · 2023Trial
- Use of "Strengthening Our Vows" Video Intervention to Encourage Negotiated Explicit Sexual Agreements in Zambian Heterosexual HIV Seroconcordant-Negative Couples.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Trial
- The cost of implementing the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for a cluster randomized trial integrating HIV testing into family planning services in Mombasa County, Kenya.BMC health services research · 2022Trial
- Cohort profile: CareConekta: a pilot study of a smartphone application to improve engagement in postpartum HIV care in South Africa.BMJ open · 2022Trial
- Predicting the spatiotemporal evolution of HIV/AIDS in Africa: A retrospective analysis of epidemiological trends.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2026Article
- Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Outcomes from a Multilevel Cluster-Randomized Trial Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Tshwane, South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Tuberculosis in Pregnancy: Challenges of Immune Protection.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Review
- Barriers and facilitators to adherence of infants living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa in an era of wide access to ART: a mixed-methods study.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Mobile Phone Access, Usage Patterns, and Perceptions of Adolescents Living With HIV on the Use of Gamified Interventions to Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Eswatini: Qualitative Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Psychobiological and Psychosocial Responses of Nurse-Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy-Trained Nurses Caring for People Living With HIV: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
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Abstract
Global trends in HIV infection demonstrate an overall increase in HIV prevalence and substantial declines in AIDS related deaths largely attributable to the survival benefits of antiretroviral treatment. Sub-Saharan Africa carries a disproportionate burden of HIV, accounting for more than 70% of the global burden of infection. Success in HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to impact on the global burden of HIV. Notwithstanding substantial progress in scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART), sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 74% of the 1.5 million AIDS related deaths in 2013. Of the estimated 6000 new infections that occur globally each day, two out of three are in sub-Saharan Africa with young women continuing to bear a disproportionate burden. Adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 years have up to eight fold higher rates of HIV infection compared to their male peers. There remains a gap in women initiated HIV prevention technologies especially for women who are unable to negotiate the current HIV prevention options of abstinence, behavior change, condoms and medical male circumcision or early treatment initiation in their relationships. The possibility of an AIDS free generation cannot be realized unless we are able to prevent HIV infection in young women. This review will focus on the epidemiology of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, key drivers of the continued high incidence, mortality rates and priorities for altering current epidemic trajectory in the region. Strategies for optimizing the use of existing and increasingly limited resources are included.
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