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August 21, 2025PLoS ONEOpen Access

Syndemic interactions between HIV/AIDS, mental health conditions, and non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of contributing factors

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AKArvin KarbasiCIChukwuemeka IloegbuCRChristina Ruan

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Overview

Scoping review identifies high prevalence of multi-morbidities in people living with HIV/AIDS, suggesting urgent need for integrated healthcare models.

Key Points

  • The review highlights a significant prevalence of multi-morbidities among people living with HIV/AIDS, particularly hypertension and depression.
  • Key findings indicated that contextual factors like stigma and socioeconomic barriers exacerbate health outcomes in vulnerable populations.
  • The scoping review utilized the PRISMA-ScR framework to analyze literature across various health databases in March 2024.
  • Urgent calls for improving healthcare systems through integrated models are essential to address the syndemic of HIV/AIDS, mental health, and non-communicable diseases.

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Karbasi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af6d907567bf4f94feaf4ehttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328515
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