Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision

BJ Morris, RG Wamai, EB Henebeng… - Population health …, 2016 - Springer
Background Male circumcision (MC) status and genital infection risk are interlinked and MC
is now part of HIV prevention programs worldwide. Current MC prevalence is not known for …

Concentrated HIV subepidemics in generalized epidemic settings

F Tanser, T de Oliveira, M Maheu-Giroux… - Current Opinion in …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Recent empirical findings combined with evidence from phylogenetic studies and supported
by mathematical models provide a clear rationale for testing the feasibility, acceptability, and …

High HIV prevalence and associated factors in Lesotho: Results from a population-based survey

A Schwitters, S McCracken, K Frederix, R Tierney… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Despite extensive global efforts, sub-Saharan Africa remains disproportionately affected by
the HIV epidemic. This generalized epidemic can be seen in Lesotho which in 2014 the HIV …

Identifying 'corridors of HIV transmission'in a severely affected rural South African population: a case for a shift toward targeted prevention strategies

F Tanser, T Bärnighausen, A Dobra… - International journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background In the context of a severe generalized African HIV epidemic, the value of
geographically targeted prevention interventions has only recently been given serious …

Adverse childhood experiences, mental distress, self-harm and suicidality, and cumulative HIV risk by sex in Lesotho

EWP Mohling, M Recinos, JN Kwiringira, E Phung… - Child Abuse & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been understudied in
low-and middle-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Objectives, participants …

Using geospatial mapping to design HIV elimination strategies for sub-Saharan Africa

BJ Coburn, JT Okano, S Blower - Science Translational Medicine, 2017 - science.org
Treatment as prevention (TasP) has been proposed by the World Health Organization and
the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as a global strategy for …

A scoping review of spatial analysis approaches using health survey data in sub-Saharan Africa

S Manda, N Haushona, R Bergquist - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spatial analysis has become an increasingly used analytic approach to describe and
analyze spatial characteristics of disease burden, but the depth and coverage of its usage …

Targeting the right interventions to the right people and places: the role of geospatial analysis in HIV program planning

G Meyer-Rath, JB McGillen, DF Cuadros, TB Hallett… - Aids, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Geospatial epidemiology has a long history. From Snow's [1] famous investigation of the
1854 cholera outbreak in London to today, observing diseases in relation to people, place …

[PDF][PDF] Human papillomavirus vaccine approval in China: a major step forward but challenges ahead

XF Pan, R Li, A Pan, H Larson - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2016 - researchgate.net
The bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) 16/18 vaccine was approved by the China Food
and Drug Administration in July, 2016. This was a groundbreaking decision by the Chinese …

A 30-year bibliometric analysis of research coverage on HIV and AIDS in Lesotho

E Mugomeri, BS Bekele, M Mafaesa… - Health Research Policy …, 2017 - Springer
Background Given the well documented undesired impacts of HIV/AIDS globally, there is a
need to create a statistical inventory of research output on HIV/AIDS. This need is …