Increase in Antiretroviral Therapy Enrollment Among Persons with HIV Infection During the Lusaka HIV Treatment Surge – Lusaka Province, Zambia, January 2018-June 2019
August 7, 2020
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A Comprehensive Approach to Assuring Quality of Laboratory Testing in HIV Surveys: Lessons Learned From the Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Project
August 1, 2020
Patel HK, Duong YT, Birhanu S, Dobbs T, Lupoli K, Moore C, Detorio M, Sleeman K, Manjengwa J, Wray-Gordon F, Yavo D, Jackson K, Domaoal RA, Yufenyuy EL, Vedapuri S, Ndongmo CB, Ogollah FM, Dzinamarira T, Rubinstein P, Sachathep KK, Metz M, Longwe H, Saito S, Brown K, Voetsch AC, Parekh BS. A Comprehensive Approach to Assuring Quality of Laboratory Testing in HIV Surveys: Lessons Learned From the Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Project. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 Aug 1;87(Suppl 1):S17-S27. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002702. PMID: 34166309.
Comparison Of HIV Incidence In The Zimbabwe Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Survey (2015–2016), With Modeled Estimates: Progress Toward Epidemic Control
July 31, 2020
Gonese, E., Musuka, G., Ruangtragool, L., Hakim, A., Parekh, B., Dobbs, T., Duong, Y. T., Patel, H., Mhangara, M., Mugurungi, O., Mapingure, M., Saito, S., Herman-Roloff, A., Gwanzura, L., Tippett-Barr, B., Kilmarx, P., & Justman, J. (2020). Comparison Of HIV Incidence In The Zimbabwe Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Survey (2015–2016), With Modeled Estimates: Progress Toward Epidemic Control. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. doi: http://doi.org/10.1089/AID.2020.0046
Prevalence and Correlates of Active Syphilis and HIV Co-Infection Among Sexually Active persons aged 15-59 years in Zambia: Results from the Zambia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (ZAMPHIA) 2016
July 24, 2020
Hiwote Solomon, Albertina Ngomah Moraes, Daniel B Williams, Arlette Simo Fotso, Yen T Duong, Clement B Ndongmo, Andrew C Voetsch, Hetal Patel, Kathryn Lupoli, James B McAuley, Gina Mulundu, Webster Kasongo, Lloyd Mulenga. (2020). Prevalence and Correlates of Active Syphilis and HIV Co-Infection Among Sexually Active persons aged 15-59 years in Zambia: Results from the Zambia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (ZAMPHIA) 2016. PloS one. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236501
Concurrent Advanced HIV Disease and Viral Load Suppression in a High-Burden Setting: Findings From the 2015-6 ZIMPHIA Survey
June 25, 2020
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Survival and HIV-Free Survival Among Children Aged <_3 Years — Eight Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2015-2017
May 15, 2020
Jonnalagadda S, Yuengling K, Abrams E, et al. (2020). Survival and HIV-Free Survival Among Children Aged ≤3 Years — Eight Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2015–2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6919a3
The effect of 90-90-90 on HIV-1 incidence and mortality in eSwatini: a mathematical modelling study
February 13, 2020
Akullian, A., Morrison, M., Garnett, G. P., Mnisi, Z., Lukhele, N., Bridenbecker, D., & Bershteyn, A. (2020). The effect of 90-90-90 on HIV-1 incidence and mortality in eSwatini: a mathematical modelling study. The lancet. HIV, 7(5), e348–e358. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30436-9
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: who is left behind?
January 26, 2020
Melesse, D. Y., Mutua, M. K., Choudhury, A., Wado, Y. D., Faye, C. M., Neal, S., & Boerma, T. (2020). Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: who is left behind? BMJ global health, 5(1), e002231. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002231
Progress Toward HIV Epidemic Control in Lesotho: Results from a Population-based Survey
December 1, 2019
Kyaw Thin, Koen Frederix, Stephen McCracken, Mosilinyane Letsie, Andrea Low, Hetal Patel, Bharat Parekh, Tsietso Motsoane, Nahima Ahmed, Jessica Justman, Larkin Callaghan, Susan Tembo, Amee Schwitters. (2019). Progress Toward HIV Epidemic Control in Lesotho: Results from a Population-based Survey. AIDS. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002351
National HIV testing and diagnosis coverage in sub-Saharan Africa: a new modeling tool for estimating the ‘first 90’ from program and survey data
November 11, 2019
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Correlates of HIV Infection in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Lesotho: Results from a Population-based Survey
August 14, 2019
Andrea Low, Kyaw Thin, Stefania Davia, Joanne Mantell, Masebeo Koto, Stephen McCracken, Puleng Ramphalla, Limpho Maile, Nahima Ahmed, Hetal Patel, Bharat Parekh, Neway Fida, Amee Schwitters, Koen Frederix. (2019). Correlates of HIV infection in adolescent girls and young women in Lesotho: results from a population-based survey. The Lancet HIV. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30183-3
Mapping HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2017
May 15, 2019
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The impact and cost‐effectiveness of community‐based HIV self‐testing in sub‐Saharan Africa: a health economic and modelling analysis
March 22, 2019
Cambiano, V., Johnson, C. C., Hatzold, K., Terris-Prestholt, F., Maheswaran, H., Thirumurthy, H., Figueroa, C., Cowan, F. M., Sibanda, E. L., Ncube, G., Revill, P., Baggaley, R. C., Corbett, E. L., Phillips, A., & for Working Group on Cost Effectiveness of HIV self-testing in Southern Africa (2019). The impact and cost-effectiveness of community-based HIV self-testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a health economic and modelling analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22 Suppl 1(Suppl Suppl 1), e25243. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25243
Improving the Benefits of HIV Testing and Referrals in Large Household Surveys through Active Linkages to Care: Lessons and Recommendations from the Namibia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (NAMPHIA), 2017
January 14, 2019
Michael A Grasso, Ndapewa Hamunime, Andrew D Maher, David Cockburn, Dan B Williams, Negussie Taffa, Steven Y Hong, Keisha Jackson, Adam Wolkon, Andrea Low, Sally C Stephens. (2021). Improving the Benefits of HIV Testing and Referrals in Large Household Surveys through Active Linkages to Care: Lessons and Recommendations from the Namibia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (NAMPHIA), 2017. AIDS Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2021.1874266
Association between severe drought and HIV prevention and care behaviors in Lesotho: A population-based survey 2016-2017
January 14, 2019
Andrea Low, Koen Frederix, Stephen McCracken, Salome Manyau, Elizabeth Gummerson, Elizabeth Radin, Stefania Davia, Herbert Longwe, Nahima Ahmed, Bharat Parekh, Sally Findley, Amee Schwitters. (2019). Association between Severe Drought and HIV Prevention and Care Behaviors in Lesotho: A Population-based Survey 2016-2017. PLoS Medicine. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002727
Pediatric HIV Treatment Gaps in 7 East and Southern African Countries: Examination of Modeled, Survey, and Routine Program Data
August 15, 2018
Saito, Suzue, Chung, Hannah MPH, Radin, Anna K. DrPH, Jonnalagadda, Sasi, Hakim, Avi, Awor, Anna C., Mwila, Annie MD, Gonese, Elizabeth, Wadonda-Kabondo, Nellie, Rwehumbiza, Patrick, Ao, Trong, Kim, Evelyn J., Frederix, Koen, Nuwagaba-Birbomboha, Harriet, Musuka, Godfrey, Mugurungi, Owen, Mushii, Jeremiah, Mnisi, Zandile, Munthali, Gloria, Jahn, Andreas, Kirungi, Wilford L., Sivile, Suilanji, Abrams, Elaine J., Saito S, Chung H, Mahy M, et al. (2018). Pediatric HIV Treatment Gaps in 7 East and Southern African Countries. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. doi:10.1097/qai.0000000000001739
The emerging health impact of voluntary medical male circumcision in Zimbabwe: An evaluation using three epidemiological models
July 18, 2018
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HIV Population Surveys — Bringing Precision to the Global Response
May 17, 2018
Jessica E. Justman, Owen Mugurungi, and Wafaa M. El-Sadr. (2018). HIV Population Surveys — Bringing Precision to the Global Response. The New England Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1056/nejmp1801934
Status of HIV Epidemic Control Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15-24 Years – Seven African Countries, 2015-2017
January 12, 2018
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Returning HIV‐1 viral load results to participant‐selected health facilities in national Population‐based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) household surveys in three sub‐Saharan African Countries, 2015 to 2016
November 20, 2017
Saito S, Duong YT, Metz M, Lee K, Patel H, Sleeman K, Manjengwa J, Ogollah FM, Kasongo W, Mitchell R, Mugurungi O, Chimbwandira F, Moyo C, Maliwa V, Mtengo H, Nkumbula T, Ndongmo CB, Vere NS, Chipungu G, Parekh BS, Justman J, and Voetsch AC. (2017). Returning HIV‐1 Viral Load Results to Participant‐selected Health Facilities in National Population‐based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) Household Surveys in Three sub‐Saharan African Countries, 2015 to 2016. JIAS. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25004
