Mobile phone ownership among young adults in seven Southern African countries
April 18, 2025
Abigail R Greenleaf, Monique Millington, Laura Robles-Torres, Fred Asiimwe, Huguette Diakabana, Sarah D Francis, Tendayi Mharadze, Jessica Justman. Mobile phone ownership among young adults in seven Southern African countries. Journal of Global Health. https://jogh.org/2025/jogh-15-04123
Non-disclosure of Known HIV Status among People Living with HIV in the Mozambique Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (INSIDA 2021)
April 10, 2025
McCabe KC, Augusto A, Koole O, McCracken SD, Tiberi O, Boothe M, Sathane I, Honwana N, McOwen J, Young PW. Non-disclosure of Known HIV Status among People Living with HIV in the Mozambique Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (INSIDA 2021). AIDS and Behavior. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-025-04699-7
Protecting Africa’s children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes
April 8, 2025
Lucie Cluver, Gibstar Makangila, Susan Hillis, Joel-Pascal Ntwali-N’Konzi, Seth Flaxman, Juliette Unwin, Jeffrey W Imai-Eaton, Vuyelwa Chtimbire, Lorraine Sherr, Jane Ng’ang’a, Chris Desmond, Elona Toska, Olayinka Omigbodun, Oliver Ratmann, Galen Carey, Mary Mahy, Brian Honermann, John Stover. Protecting Africa’s children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes. The Lancet. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00401-5/abstract
Comparison of risky sexual behavior: Evidence from Zimbabwe Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment 2020
March 7, 2025
Mukwenha S, Mapingure M, Dzinamarira T, Moyo E, Mbunge E, Makota RB, Dhiwayo T, Chingombe I, Mpofu A, Mugurungi O, Musuka G. Comparison of risky sexual behavior: Evidence from Zimbabwe Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment 2020. IJID Regions. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772707625000426?via%3Dihub
Social Protection and HIV risk Factors among Youth in Southern Africa: An Analysis of Cross-sectional Population-based HIV Impact Assessment Surveys
March 3, 2025
Banougnin BH, Castor D, Baluku JB, Dzumbunu SP, Somefun OD, Sene W, Chipanta D, Hertzog L. Social Protection and HIV risk Factors among Youth in Southern Africa: An Analysis of Cross-sectional Population-based HIV Impact Assessment Surveys. AIDS and Behavior. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-025-04638-6
HIV Vulnerability Typologies Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Lesotho: A Population-Based, Cross-Sectional, Latent Class Analysis
January 9, 2025
Shrader, Cho-Hee, Jovanovski, Straso, Saito, Suzue, Reed, Domonique, Ndagije, Felix, Greenleaf, Abigail. HIV Vulnerability Typologies Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Lesotho: A Population-Based, Cross-Sectional, Latent Class Analysis. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. https://journals.lww.com/janac/fulltext/9900/hiv_vulnerability_typologies_among_adolescent.141.aspx
Lesotho’s Progress Toward the UNAIDS 95-95-95 Targets: Comparison of 2016 and 2020 Population-Based HIV Impact Assessments (PHIAs)
December 10, 2024
Mansoor Farahani, Shannon M. Farley, Theodore F. Theodore, Felix Ndagije, Limpho Maile, Herbert Longwe, David Hoos, Wafaa M. El-Sadr. Lesotho’s Progress Toward the UNAIDS 95-95-95 Targets: Comparison of 2016 and 2020 Population-Based HIV Impact Assessments (PHIAs). Preprints with The Lancet. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4794458
Excess mortality associated with HIV: Survey estimates from the PHIA project
November 15, 2024
Shannon Farley, Giles Reid, Kay Yuengling, Connor Wright, Vesper H. Chisumpa, George Bello, James M. Juma, Abigail R. Greenleaf, Stephen McCracken, Paul Stupp, Stephane Helleringer, Jessica Justman. Excess mortality associated with HIV: Survey estimates from the PHIA project. Demographic Research. https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/51/38
People Who Self-Reported Testing HIV-Positive but Tested HIV-Negative: A Multi-Country Puzzle of Data, Serology, and Ethics, 2015–2021
September 19, 2024
Melissa Metz, Vivian Hope Among, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Faith Ussery, Peter Nkurunziza, Janet Bahizi, Samuel Biraro, Francis M. Ogollah, Joshua Musinguzi, Wilford Kirungi, Mary Naluguza, Christina Mwangi, Sehin Birhanu, Lisa J. Nelson, Herbert Longwe, Frieda Sara Winterhalter, Andrew C. Voetsch, Bharat S. Parekh, Hetal K. Patel, Yen T. Duong, Rachel Bray, Shannon M. Farley. People Who Self-Reported Testing HIV-Positive but Tested HIV-Negative: A Multi-Country Puzzle of Data, Serology, and Ethics, 2015–2021. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/9/9/220
Prevalence of syphilis among adults and adolescents in five sub-Saharan African countries: findings from Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys
September 1, 2024
Mansoor Farahani, Rose Killian, Giles A Reid, Godfrey Musuka, Owen Mugurungi, Wilford Kirungi, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Wafaa M El-Sadr, Jessica Justman. Prevalence of syphilis among adults and adolescents in five sub-Saharan African countries: findings from Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys. The Lancet. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(24)00234-1/fulltext
Missed opportunities for TB diagnostic testing among people living with HIV in Zimbabwe: Cross-sectional analysis of the Zimbabwe Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (ZIMPHIA) survey 2015–16
May 1, 2024
Mayuko Takamiya, Kudawashe Takarinda, Shrish Balachandra, Godfrey Musuka, Elizabeth Radin, Avi Hakim, Michele L. Pearson, Regis Choto, Charles Sandy, Talent Maphosa, John H. Rogers. Missed opportunities for TB diagnostic testing among people living with HIV in Zimbabwe: Cross-sectional analysis of the Zimbabwe Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (ZIMPHIA) survey 2015–16. Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579424000147?via%3Dihub
HIV risk behaviour, viraemia, and transmission across HIV cascade stages including low-level viremia: Analysis of 14 cross-sectional population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys in sub-Saharan Africa
April 4, 2024
Olanrewaju Edun, Lucy Okell, Helen Chun, Anne-Cecile Z. Bissek, Clement B. Ndongmo, Judith D. Shang, Hermann Brou, Eboi Ehui, Alexandre K. Ekra, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Sindisiwe S. Dlamini, Choice Ginindza, Frehywot Eshetu, Yimam G. Misganie, Sileshi Lulseged Desta, Thomas N. O. Achia, Appolonia Aoko, Sasi Jonnalagadda, Rose Wafula, Fred M. Asiimwe, Shirley Lecher, Kondwani Nkanaunena, Mtemwa K. Nyangulu, Rose Nyirenda, Anita Beukes, Johannes O. Klemens, Negussie Taffa, Andrew A. Abutu, Matthias Alagi, Man E. Charurat, Ibrahim Dalhatu, Gambo Aliyu, Collins Kamanzi, Celestine Nyagatare, Gallican N. Rwibasira, Mohamed F. Jalloh, Werner M. Maokola, George S. Mgomella, Wilford L. Kirungi, Christina Mwangi, Jennifer A. Nel, Peter A. Minchella, Gloria Gonese, Melodie A. Nasr, Stephane Bodika, Elisabeth Mungai, Hetal K. Patel, Katrina Sleeman, Kyle Milligan, Emilio Dirlikov, Andrew C. Voetsch, Ray W. Shiraishi, Jeffrey W. Imai-Eaton HIV risk behaviour, viraemia, and transmission across HIV cascade stages including low-level viremia: Analysis of 14 cross-sectional population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS Global Public Health. https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0003030
Brief Report: Self-Reported HIV-Positive Status but Subsequent HIV-Negative Test Results in Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Survey Participants—11 Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2015–2018
April 1, 2024
Logan, Naeemah Z. MD; Kilmarx, Peter H. MD; Rolle, Italia PhD; Patel, Hetal K. MSc; Duong, Yen T. PhD; Lee, Kiwon MPH; Shang, Judith D. PhD; Bodika, Stephane MD; Koui, Isabelle T. PhD; Balachandra, Shirish MD; Li, Michelle MPH; Brown, Kristin MPH; Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Harriet MD, PhD; Getaneh, Yimam MSc; Lulseged, Sileshi MD; Haile, Ashenafi MD, MP; West, Christine A. PhD; Mengistu, Yohannes PhD; McCracken, Stephen D. PhD; Kalua, Thokozania MBBS; Jahn, Andreas PhD; Kim, Evelyn PhD; Wadonda-Kabondo, Nellie PhD; Jonnalagadda, Sasi PhD; Hamunime, Ndapewa MD, MBA; Williams, Daniel B. MA; McOllogi Juma, James MSc; Mgomella, George S. MD; Mdodo, Rennatus PhD; Kirungi, Wilford L. MBChB, MSc; Mugisha, Veronicah MD; Ndongmo, Clement B. PhD; Nkwemu, Kennedy Chibeta MSc, Mugurungi, Owen MD; Rogers, John H. PhD; Saito, Suzue PhD; Stupp, Paul PhD; Justman, Jessica E. MD; Voetsch, Andrew C. PhD; Parekh, Bharat S. PhD. Brief Report: Self-Reported HIV-Positive Status but Subsequent HIV-Negative Test Results in Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Survey Participants—11 Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2015–2018. JAIDS. https://journals.lww.com/jaids/abstract/2024/04010/brief_report__self_reported_hiv_positive_status.2.aspx
Tuberculosis preventive treatment uptake among adults living with human immunodeficiency virus: Analysis of Zimbabwe population-based human immunodeficiency virus impact assessment 2020
March 22, 2024
Talent Maphosa, Kelsey Mirkovic, Rachel A. Weber, Godfrey Musuka, Munyaradzi P. Mapingure, Julia Ershova, Rebecca Laws, Trudy Dobbs, William Coggin, Charles Sandy, Tsitsi Apollo, Owen Mugurungi, Michael Melchior, and Mansoor S. Farahani Tuberculosis preventive treatment uptake among adults living with human immunodeficiency virus: Analysis of Zimbabwe population-based human immunodeficiency virus impact assessment 2020. International Journal of STD and AIDS. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462424123918
Investigating the Associations between Drought, Poverty, High-Risk Sexual Behaviours, and HIV Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study
February 20, 2024
Adam Trickey, Leigh F. Johnson, Rogerio Bonifacio, Agnes Kiragga, Guy Howard, Samuel Biraro, Thorsten Wagener, Andrea Low, Peter Vickerman Investigating the Associations between Drought, Poverty, High-Risk Sexual Behaviours, and HIV Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study. AIDS and Behavior. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-024-04280-8
Characteristics of TPT initiation and completion among people living with HIV
January 1, 2024
L Gunde, A Wang, D Payne, S O’Connor, A Kabaghe, N Kalata, A Maida, D Kayira, V Buie, L Tauzi, A Sankhani, A Thawani, E Rambiki, A Ahimbisibwe, T Maphosa, K Kudiabor, R Nyirenda, J Mpunga, K Mbendera, P Nyasulu, F Kayigamba, M Farahani, A C Voetsch, K Brown 2, A Jahn, B Girma, K Mirkovic; MPHIA Survey Team. Characteristics of TPT initiation and completion among people living with HIV. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtldopen.23.0194
HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B virus infection and male circumcision in five Sub-Saharan African countries: Findings from the Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys, 2015–2019
September 18, 2023
Megan E. Peck, Megan Bronson, Gaston Djomand, Ikuzo Basile, Kamanzi Collins, Ida Kankindi, Eugenie Kayirangwa, Samuel S. Malamba, Veronicah Mugisha, Sabin Nsanzimana, Eric Remera, Kokuhumbya J. Kazaura, Mbaraka Amuri, Susan Mmbando, George S. Mgomella, Daimon Simbeye, Anna Colletar Awor, Samuel Biraro, Geoffrey Kabuye, Wilford Kirungi, Omega Chituwo, Brave Hanunka, Royd Kamboyi, Lloyd Mulenga, Bupe Musonda, Brian Muyunda, Tepa Nkumbula, Rickie Malaba, John Mandisarisa, Godfrey Musuka, Amy E. Peterson, Carlos Toledo HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B virus infection and male circumcision in five Sub-Saharan African countries: Findings from the Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys, 2015–2019. PLOS. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002326
How does HIV-related stigma correlate with HIV prevalence in African countries? Distinct perspectives from individuals living with and living without HIV
September 4, 2023
Arlette Simo Fotso, Connor G. Wright, Andrea Low. How does HIV-related stigma correlate with HIV prevalence in African countries? Distinct perspectives from individuals living with and living without HIV. BMC Public Health. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-16545-3
Trends in HIV prevalence, incidence, and progress towards the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets in Malawi among individuals aged 15–64 years: population-based HIV impact assessments, 2015−16 and 2020−21
August 13, 2023
Danielle Payne, MPH , Nellie Wadonda-Kabondo, PhD, Alice Wang, PhD, Joshua Smith-Sreen, MPH, Alinune Kabaghe, PhD, George Bello, PhD, Felix Kayigamba, PhD, Lyson Tenthani, PhD, Alice Maida, MPH, Andrew Auld, PhD, Andrew C Voetsch, PhD, Sasi Jonnalagadda, PhD, Kristin Brown, MPH, Christine A West, PhD, Evelyn Kim, PhD, Francis Ogollah, MSc, Mansoor Farahani, MD, Trudy Dobbs, BS, Andreas Jahn, PhD, Kelsey Mirkovic, PhD, Rose Nyirenda, MSc for the MPHIA Study Team. Trends in HIV prevalence, incidence, and progress towards the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets in Malawi among individuals ages 15-64 years: population-based HIV impact assessments, 2015-16 and 2020-21. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(23)00144-3
Predictors of HIV testing among youth 15–24 years in urban Ethiopia, 2017–2018 Ethiopia population-based HIV impact assessment
July 19, 2023
Aderonke S. Ajiboye, Frehywot Eshetu, Sileshi Lulseged, Yimam Getaneh, Nadew Tademe, Tsigereda Kifle, Rachel Bray, Hailegnaw Eshete, Yohannes Demissie, Clare A. Dykewicz, David Hoos, EPHIA Study Group. Predictors of HIV testing among youth 15–24 years in urban Ethiopia, 2017–2018 Ethiopia population-based HIV impact assessment. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265710
