Global prevalence of advanced HIV disease in healthcare settings: a rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent studies have indicated a high enduring burden of advanced HIV disease, but estimates across regions and settings are lacking. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of advanced HIV disease since 2015 among those people with CD4 measured in healthcare settings, disaggregated by age group, level of healthcare and region.

Methods

We searched MedLine via Pubmed and Hinari for studies that reported the proportion of individuals with advanced HIV disease (defined as CD4 cell count <200 cells/mm³) in healthcare settings since 2015; this search was complemented by conference abstracts and data from the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS Consortium (IeDEA). We estimated pooled prevalence of advanced HIV disease using ran

SUBMITTER: Ford N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11802239 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature