Overview
Care and treatment of HIV/AIDS refers to the clinical and supportive management of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), centred on antiretroviral therapy (ART) to suppress the virus, preserve immune function, and prevent progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Modern treatment combines lifelong antiretroviral medication with monitoring, management of co-infections and side effects, prevention of onward transmission, and psychosocial and nutritional support. Effective, sustained treatment can reduce the viral load to very low levels, allowing many people with HIV to live long and healthy lives. Beyond the pharmacology, HIV care depends heavily on adherence, access to services, and the social context of those affected, making it both a biomedical and a social challenge. The research collected here reflects this breadth, including studies of antiretroviral treatment adherence and its psychosocial determinants, adverse drug reactions to highly active antiretroviral therapy, clinical profiles and outcomes of hospitalized patients, and the long-term disability and health outcomes of people on long-term ART. Other articles address sociocultural barriers to care, the support needs of orphans, HIV status disclosure, counselling and testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and the nutritional challenges faced by people living with HIV. Together they illustrate that successful care and treatment integrate medical therapy with prevention, support, and attention to the wider determinants of health.
Research published in this journal
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
Sociocultural Issues as Barriers to HIV-Infected Orphan Care in Southern Africa
The Psychosocial Factors that Influencing Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence
Demographics, Clinical Profile and Outcome among the HIV Infected Persons Hospitalized in the HAART Era in Barbados.
Evaluation of Direct Cost of Adverse Drug Reactions to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Indian Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Patients
Disability and Health Outcomes – From a Cohort of People on Long Term ART
Relationship Between Awareness of HIV/AIDS and Attitudes of Secondary School Students to Premarital HIV Counseling and Testing in Zaria, Northern Nigeria
Perspectives of Health Care Providers Working with HIV Positive Clients on Nutritional Challenges Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Kigali, Rwanda
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Healthcare Workers Towards Availability of Antiretroviral Pre-Exposure Prohylaxis in Nigeria
HIV Status in Sero-Discordant Couples: Prevalence and Pattern among Pregnant Women in Plateau State, Nigeria
Risk Factors of HIV among Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centers Clients, Elgenina Town, West Darfur, Sudan.
How this research is being cited
The 12 articles above have been cited 34 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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2026 · Discover Public Health
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2026 · Discover Public Health
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): a systematic review2025 · Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services
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2025 · Virology Journal
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2024 · Scientific Reports
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2024 · BMJ Public Health
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Doreen Kamori et al. · 2024 · PLoS ONE
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2024 · PLoS ONE
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