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Lay health workers and HIV programmes: Implications for health systems
(Routledge, 2010)
One of the consequences of massive investment in antiretroviral access and other AIDS programmes has been the
rapid emergence of large numbers of lay workers in the health systems of developing countries. In South ...
Does peer-navigated linkage to care work? A cross-sectional study of active linkage to care within an integrated non-communicable disease-HIV testing centre for adults in Soweto, South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2020)
South Africa is the HIV epidemic epicentre; however, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will be the most common cause of death by 2030. To improve identification and initiation of care for HIV and NCDs, we assessed proportion ...
Unlocking scal space of expanding the health workforce in district health systems in Uganda in the context of PEPFAR transition
(University of the Western Cape, 2021-03)
Although expanding fiscal space for health worker recruitments could reduce workforce shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa, effective strategies for achieving this are still unclear. We aimed to understand the process of ...
Adapting to, integrating and selfmanaging HIV as a chronic illness: a scoping review protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
The process of adapting to a life with a
chronic illness, is a well-researched phenomenon for
a number of common chronic illnesses. The construct,
adaptation, embeds the notions of integration of the
chronic illness ...
Transitioning health workers from PEPFAR contracts to the Uganda government payroll
(Researchgate, 2021-07)
Although increasing public spending on health worker (HW) recruitments could reduce workforce shortages in sub-Saharan Africa, effective
strategies for achieving this are still unclear. We aimed to understand the process ...
Stay at home: The impact of the Covid 19 lockdown on household functioning and art adherence for people living with HIV in three sub districts of Cape Town, South Africa
(Springer, 2022)
In March 2020, the South African government imposed a lockdown to control COVID-19 transmission. Lockdown may afect
people living with HIV’s (PLWH) antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Data from a cluster randomised ...
A facility-based family support intervention to improve treatment outcomes for adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Metropole, South Africa
(SAGE, 2021)
Adolescents living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (ALHIV) globally, report worse treatment outcomes compared to
adults and children on antiretroviral therapy (ART). We conducted a photovoice study with eighteen ...
Risk factors for Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) death in a population cohort study from the Western Cape province, South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
Risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) death in sub-Saharan Africa and the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis on COVID-19 outcomes are unknown. We conducted a population cohort ...
Correlates of prevalent sexually transmitted infections among participants screened for an HIV incidence cohort study in Kisumu, Kenya
(SAGE, 2014)
We determined the prevalence of four sexually transmitted infections and the demographic and behavioural correlates associated with having one or more sexually transmitted infections among participants in an HIV incidence ...
Multimorbidity patterns in a national HIV survey of South African youth and adults
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Introduction: Information pertaining to multimorbidity is frequently informed by studies from high income countries and it is unclear how these findings relate to low and middle income countries, where the burden of ...