Misreporting of patient outcomes in the South African national HIV treatment database: consequences for programme planning, monitoring, and evaluation

D Etoori, A Wringe, CW Kabudula, J Renju… - Frontiers in Public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Monitoring progress toward global treatment targets using HIV programme
data in sub-Saharan Africa has proved challenging. Constraints in routine data collection …

Geographic Information Systems, spatial analysis, and HIV in Africa: A scoping review

DC Boyda, SB Holzman, A Berman, MK Grabowski… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis are emerging tools
for global health, but it is unclear to what extent they have been applied to HIV research in …

Linkage to care, mobility and retention of HIV‐positive postpartum women in antiretroviral therapy services in South Africa

TK Phillips, K Clouse, A Zerbe, C Orrell… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Linkage to care and mobility postpartum present challenges to long‐term
retention after initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnancy, but there are few insights …

Updates to the Spectrum/AIM model for the UNAIDS 2020 HIV estimates

J Stover, R Glaubius, R Kassanjee… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction The Spectrum/AIM model is used by national HIV programs and
UNAIDS to prepare annual estimates of key HIV indicators. This article describes key …

Estimating retention in HIV care accounting for patient transfers: A national laboratory cohort study in South Africa

MP Fox, J Bor, AT Brennan, WB MacLeod… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Systematic reviews have described high rates of attrition in patients with HIV
receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, migration and clinical transfer may lead to …

[HTML][HTML] The implementation of a GPS-based location-tracking smartphone app in South Africa to improve engagement in HIV care: randomized controlled trial

K Clouse, S Noholoza, S Madwayi… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2023 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Mobile health interventions are common in public health settings in Africa, and
our preliminary work showed that smartphones are increasing in South Africa. We …

Measuring patient engagement with HIV care in sub‐Saharan Africa: a scoping study

CM Keene, A Ragunathan, J Euvrard… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Engagement with HIV care is a multi-dimensional, dynamic process, critical to
maintaining successful treatment outcomes. However, measures of engagement are not …

Understanding mobility and sexual risk behaviour among women in fishing communities of Lake Victoria in East Africa: a qualitative study

Z Kwena, S Nakamanya, G Nanyonjo, E Okello, P Fast… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background HIV-prevalence and incidence is high in many fishing communities around
Lake Victoria in East Africa. In these settings, mobility among women is high and may …

Why do patients interrupt and return to antiretroviral therapy? Retention in HIV care from the patient's perspective in Johannesburg, South Africa

MA Bisnauth, N Davies, S Monareng, F Buthelezi… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Retention in care is required for optimal clinical outcomes in people living with
HIV (PLHIV). Although most PLHIV in South Africa know their HIV status, only 70% are on …

Improved virologic outcomes in postpartum women living with HIV referred to differentiated models of care

L Myer, J Odayar, TR Malaba, J Allerton, S Kabanda… - AIDS, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models are used to deliver antiretroviral
therapy (ART) but data are limited in postpartum women, who are at high risk of non …