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Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial
(Elsevier, 2011)
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is reported to be a life-saving intervention in low-income settings. The
effect of breastfeeding counselling by peer counsellors was assessed in Africa.
Methods:24 communities ...
South-Africa (Goodstart III) trial: community-based maternal and newborn care economic analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
In light of South Africa’s generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic coupled with high infant mortality, we undertook
a cluster Randomized Control Trial (2008–10) assessing the effect of Community Health Worker
(CHW) antenatal and ...
South-Africa (Goodstart III) trial: community based maternal and newborn care economic analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
In light of South Africa’s generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic coupled with high infant mortality, we undertook a cluster Randomized Control Trial (2008–10) assessing the effect of Community Health Worker (CHW) antenatal and ...
An assessment of quality of home-based HIV counseling and testing performed by lay counselors in a rural sub-district of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2016)
HIV counseling and testing (HCT) has been prioritized as one of the prevention strategies for HIV/AIDS, and promoted
as an essential tool in scaling up and improving access to treatment, care and support especially in ...
What influences linkage to care after home-based HIV counseling and testing?
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
To maximize the benefits of test and treat
strategies that utilize community-based HIV testing, clients
who test positive must link to care in a timely manner.
However, linkage rates across the HIV treatment cascade
are ...
Child Support Grant access and receipt among 12-week-old infants in an urban township setting in South Africa
(Co-Action Publishing, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Cash transfers (CTs) are increasingly used as a strategy to alleviate poverty and improve child
health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. The Child Support Grant (CSG) is the largest CT
programme ...
Testing together challenges the relationship': Consequences of HIV Testing as a couple in a High HIV prevalence setting in Rural South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
OBJECTIVE: We conducted qualitative individual and combined interviews with couples to explore their experiences since
the time of taking an HIV test and receiving the test result together, as part of a home-based HIV ...
Quality of home-based rapid HIV testing by community lay counsellors in a rural district of South Africa
(International Aids Society, 2013)
INTRODUCTION: Lack of universal, annual testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in health facilities suggests that
expansion of HIV testing and counselling (HTC) to non-clinical settings is critical to the achievement ...
Effect of home based HIV counselling and testing intervention in rural South Africa: cluster randomised trial
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2013)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of home based HIV counselling and testing on the prevalence of HIV testing and reported behavioural changes in a rural subdistrict of South Africa.
DESIGN: Cluster randomised controlled ...
Eliminating mother to child HIV transmission in South Africa
(World Health Organization (WHO), 2013)
PROBLEM: The World Health Organization has produced clear guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, ensuring that all PMTCT programme components ...