Burden of mortality and its predictors among TB-HIV co-infected patients in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 19; no. 11; p. e0312698
• Main Authors: Kassaw, Amare, Kefale, Demewoz, Aytenew, Tigabu Munye, Azmeraw, Molla, Agimas, Muluken Chanie, Zeleke, Shegaw, Sinshaw, Mastewal Ayehu, Dessalegn, Nigatu, Asferie, Worku Necho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 07.11.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Analysis; Anemia; Antiretroviral therapy; Antitubercular agents; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; CD4 antigen; Coinfection - epidemiology; Coinfection - mortality; Collaboration; Comorbidity; Cotrimoxazole; Diagnosis; Disease; Dosage and administration; Ethiopia; Ethiopia - epidemiology; Heterogeneity; HIV; HIV (Viruses); HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - mortality; HIV patients; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immobilization; Immune system; Immunity (Disease); Infections; Isoniazid; Medical Subject Headings-MeSH; Medicine and Health Sciences; Medicine, Preventive; Meta-analysis; Methods; Missing data; Mortality; Pandemics; Patient outcomes; Patients; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Preventive health services; Public health; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Search strategies; Sensitivity analysis; Software; Statistical analysis; Statistical tests; Sub-Saharan Africa; Systematic review; Tanzania; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - complications; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Tuberculosis - mortality; Ethiopia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Tanzania

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) are still the two major deadly pandemics globally, causes 167,000 deaths in 2022. The two lethal combinations pose a substantial challenge to public health, especially in areas with high burden of both diseases such as Sub-Saharan Africa inclu...