ReviewAIDS and behavior2021
The Synergistic Relationship Between Climate Change and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: A Conceptual Framework.
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- Climate change and vertically transmissible infections in maternal and neonatal populations: a systematic review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Pooled it
- Pathways between climate change and HIV health in rural Kenya: a qualitative analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Estimated HIV cases and costs in South Africa due to global warming from 2000 to 2050: a modeling study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Associations Between Extreme Weather Events, Resource Insecurities, and HIV Vulnerabilities Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kenya: Latent Profile Analysis Findings.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
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- Factors influencing the adoption of sustainable rice farming practices in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.PloS one · 2026Article
- Access to HIV treatment during community-wide flooding: Experiences of people living with HIV and health care workers in Malawi, a mixed methods study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Extreme Weather Events and Linkages with HIV Vulnerabilities Among Young Sex Workers and Sexually Diverse Men in Nairobi, Kenya: Qualitative Multi-method Insights.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Burden of heat stress on residual work capacity among farmers living with chronic HIV in Siaya county, Kenya: a longitudinal observational study protocol.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Strategies of People Living with HIV/AIDS to Climate Change-Induced Hazards in Rubavu District, Rwanda.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2025Article
- Wearable device monitoring of HIV health in the face of climate change and weather exposures: protocol for a mixed-methods study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Women, Girls, and the Climate Crisis: Advancing Reproductive Health and Rights and Gender Equality in Climate Policies at ICPD+30.Studies in family planning · 2025Article
- Climate change, resource insecurities and sexual and reproductive health among young adolescents in Kenya: a multi-method qualitative inquiry.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Global surgery and climate change: how global surgery can prioritise both the health of the planet and its people.BMC surgery · 2025Review
- Exploring the associations of weather and climate with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Advancing and scaling up sexual and reproductive health services for climate adaptation and resilience in Uganda.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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- Mapping climate change-driven epidemics.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2025Article
- Water source, latrine type, and rainfall are associated with detection of non-optimal and enteric bacteria in the vaginal microbiome: a prospective observational cohort study nested within a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Observational
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Abstract
Climate change and HIV/AIDS represent two of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. However, limitations in understanding the complex relationship between these syndemics continue to constrain advancements in the prevention and management of HIV/AIDS in the context of a rapidly changing climate. Here, we present a conceptual framework that identifies four pathways linking climate change with HIV/AIDS transmission and health outcomes: increased food insecurity, increased prevalence of other infectious diseases, increased human migration, and erosion of public health infrastructure. This framework is based on an in-depth literature review in PubMed and Google Scholar from June 6 to June 27, 2019. The pathways linking climate change with HIV transmission and health outcomes are complex with multiple interacting factors. Food insecurity emerged as a particularly important mediator by driving sexual risk-taking behaviours and migration, as well as by increasing susceptibility to infections that are common among people living with HIV (PLWHIV). Future interventions should focus on decreasing carbon dioxide emissions globally and increasing education and investment in adaptation strategies, particularly in those areas of sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia heavily impacted by both HIV and climate change. Environmentally sustainable interventions such as urban gardening and investing in sustainable agriculture technologies also have significant health co-benefits that may help PLWHIV adapt to the environmental consequences of climate change.
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