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Shifting consciousness and challenging power: Women activists and the provision of HIV/AIDS services
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
In 2003, the South African government shifted AIDS policy making HIV treatment available in the public healthcare sector. The antiretroviral roll out, while hailed as a success, has required continued activism to ensure ...
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 ...
Comparing patients’ experiences in three differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
Differentiated service delivery for HIV treatment seeks to enhance medication adherence while respecting the preferences of people living with HIV. Nevertheless, patients’ experiences of using these differentiated service ...
Discourses of mental wellness among adolescents living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
(Dove Press, 2022)
Adolescence is a unique period of development where individuals transition from childhood to adulthood, and where
they are at heightened risk for developing mental health problems and engaging in risky behaviours. In ...
Aging with HIV: Increased risk of HIV comorbidities in older adults
(MDPI, 2022)
With improved access to antiretroviral treatment (ART), adults with HIV live longer to
reach older age. The number of older adults living with HIV is increasing steadily, giving rise to
a new population of interest in ...
Association between socio-economic factors and HIV self-testing knowledge amongst South African women
(AOSIS, 2022)
Self-testing for HIV is an effective and alternative method of increasing HIV testing rates and a strategy for reaching populations that are underserved by HIV testing services. Nonetheless, many resource-constrained ...
Is there risk compensation among HIV infected youth and adults 15 years and older on antiretroviral treatment in South Africa? Findings from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour and communication survey
(MDPI, 2022)
In this paper, risk compensation among individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART),
using the 2017 South African national survey on HIV, is explored. A multi-stage stratified cluster
random sampling approach was used to ...
The HIV epidemic in South Africa: Key findings from 2017 national population-based survey
(MDPI, 2022)
South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV worldwide. South Africa
has implemented five population-based HIV prevalence surveys since 2002 aimed at understanding
the dynamics and the trends of the ...
Program sustainability post PEPFAR direct service support in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
Public health practitioners have little guidance around how to plan for the sustainability of
donor sponsored programs after the donor withdraws. The literature is broad and provides
no consensus on a definition of ...
Integrating gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes care into primary health care: Lessons from prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa - A mixed methods study
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
Background
Implementation of the programmes for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) into antenatal care over the last three decades could inform implementation of ...