Interventions to improve linkage along the HIV-tuberculosis care cascades in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In support of global targets to end HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) by 2030, we reviewed interventions aiming to improve TB case-detection and anti-TB treatment among people living with HIV (PLHIV) and HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment initiation among people with TB disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of comparative (quasi-)experimental interventional studies published in Medline or EMBASE between January 2003-July 2021. We performed random-effects effect meta-analyses (DerSimonian and Laird method) for interventions that were homogenous (based on intervention descriptions); for others we narratively synthesized the intervention effect. Studies were assessed using ROBINS-I, Cochrane Risk-of-Bias, a

SUBMITTER: Salomon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098064 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature