Publications by authors named "Katia Prime"
People in prison often experience risk factors that can lead to poor sexual health which is compounded by social deprivation. In response, the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) has published the first national standards in the management of UK prisons, providing recommendations for commissioners, service providers, health care providers and people in prison. Nine standards have been devised which cover aspects of sexual health diagnosis and management, public health measures, and some reproductive health issues.
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- Recent studies indicate that young people with perinatally acquired HIV (PHIV) experience a decrease in their CD4 count during adolescence, particularly after age 10.
- The study analyzed 1,258 individuals with PHIV in the UK, finding that those who began antiretroviral therapy (ART) before age 10 and had a higher nadir CD4 z score maintained better CD4 counts than those with lower scores.
- The findings suggest that starting ART earlier and managing it effectively to keep higher CD4 levels in childhood is crucial for better immune health in later years.
Introduction: The UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets for the cascade of care are widely used to monitor the success of HIV care programmes but there are few studies in children. We assessed the cascade for children and adolescents living with HIV in the national Collaborative HIV Paediatric Study (CHIPS) in the UK and Ireland.
Methods: Utilizing longitudinal data from CHIPS we compared the cascade of care for 2010, 2013 and 2016.
Objective: To identify risk factors for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in female students.
Methods: We performed a prospective study set in 11 universities and 9 further education colleges in London. In 2004-2006, 2529 sexually experienced, multiethnic, female students, mean age 20.
Young people attending genitourinary medicine services are at high risk of unplanned pregnancy. We performed a retrospective cohort study to identify characteristics of pregnant teenagers accessing an inner London genitourinary medicine service. There were 481 pregnancies in 458 teenagers with 54 previous pregnancies and 46 previous terminations of pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere are few data on the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive patients with end-stage renal disease. We describe the tolerability, safety and efficacy of an efavirenz-containing regimen in one such patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOur findings show a high rate of loss to follow-up in HIV-positive teenagers compared with adults. Of concern is the fact that this group also have high rates of sexually transmitted infections, unprotected sex and pregnancy. There is an urgent need to examine the reasons for this and adopt strategies to minimize risk-taking behaviour and to improve access to appropriate healthcare.
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