Progress in the HIV response in Uganda: findings from two sequential population-based HIV impact assessment surveys, 2017–21
July 3, 2025
Farahani M, Kirungi WL, Farley SM, Mugisha V, Hoos D, Smart TF, Reid GA, Biraro S, El-Sadr WM. Progress in the HIV response in Uganda: findings from two sequential population-based HIV impact assessment surveys, 2017–21. The Lancet. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352301825001006?via%3Dihub
Factors associated with awareness of and willingness to use PrEP among stable, heterosexual HIV-serodifferent couples in seven African countries, 2019–2022
June 18, 2025
J. Danielle Sharpe, Rebecca L. Laws, Christine A. West, Gaston Djomand, Jared Omolo, Dinah Ramaabya, Michelle Li, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Maletsatsi Motebang, Nthuseng Marake, Victor Singano, Washington Ozituosauka, Carter McCabe, Isabel Sathane, Nzali Kancheya, Tina Chisenga, Rickie Malaba, Getrude Ncube, Neena M. Philip, Samuel Biraro, Man E. Charurat, Italia Rolle, Andrew C. Voetsch. Factors associated with awareness of and willingness to use PrEP among stable, heterosexual HIV-serodifferent couples in seven African countries, 2019–2022. JIAS. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.26446
Evidence from two rounds of Population HIV Impact Assessments of progress towards HIV epidemic control in adolescents aged 15–19 years in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, and Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study
May 29, 2025
Chloe A Teasdale, Rebecca Zimba, Andrea Low, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Felix Ndagije, Lyson Tenthani, Owen Mugurungi, Philip Kreniske, Elaine J Abrams. Evidence from two rounds of Population HIV Impact Assessments of progress towards HIV epidemic control in adolescents aged 15–19 years in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, and Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00106-8/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
Utility of population-based HIV impact assessments to understand the associations of stigma with the HIV treatment cascade: Analytical framework using cross-sectional evidence from Tanzania
May 28, 2025
Mohamed F. Jalloh, Alexander Kailembo, Nicolas Schaad, Sophia A. Nur, Prosper Njau, Haruka Maruyama, Kayla Lavilla, Kathy Hageman, Mbaraka Amuri, Nora Hennesy, Eunice Mmari, Mahesh Swaminathan, Leonard Maboko, George S. Mgomella. Utility of population-based HIV impact assessments to understand the associations of stigma with the HIV treatment cascade: Analytical framework using cross-sectional evidence from Tanzania. PLOS One. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0323916
Analysis of travel-time to HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa reveals inequities in access to antiretrovirals
May 12, 2025
Justin T. Okano, Andrea Low, Luckson Dullie, Wongani Mzumara, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Sally Blower. Analysis of travel-time to HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa reveals inequities in access to antiretrovirals. Communications Medicine. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-025-00890-y
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 Â
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
