Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 1. Introduction: tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes

S Hodgins, M Kok, D Musoke, S Lewin, L Crigler… - Health Research Policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background Community health worker (CHW) programmes are again receiving more
attention in global health, as reflected in important recent WHO guidance. However, there is …

Interventions to improve early retention of patients in antiretroviral therapy programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

S Muhula, J Gachohi, Y Kombe, S Karanja - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Several interventions to improve long term retention (12 months and above) on
treatment have been rigorously evaluated in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, research …

Systematic review: Development of a person‐centered care framework within the context of HIV treatment settings in sub‐Saharan Africa

M Duffy, C Madevu‐Matson, JE Posner… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Person‐centred care (PCC) meets the needs of individuals by increasing
convenience, providing supportive and culturally appropriate services to diverse …

Effects of behavioural interventions on postpartum retention and adherence among women with HIV on lifelong ART: the results of a cluster randomized trial in Kenya …

LL Abuogi, M Onono, TA Odeny, K Owuor… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
2 METHODS The MOTIVATE study was a cluster‐randomized, factorial, controlled trial [19].
Twenty‐four Kenyan Ministry of Health facilities were randomized to one of four study …

Accelerating progress towards the elimination of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV: a narrative review

BH Chi, D Mbori‐Ngacha, S Essajee… - African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
2 METHODS The Spectrum PMTCT “stacked bar” analysis (Figure 1) uses programmatic
and modelled data to estimate new child HIV infections and attributes those infections to one …

Effect of a Mentor Mother Programme on retention of mother-baby pairs in HIV care: A secondary analysis of programme data in Uganda

JO Igumbor, J Ouma, K Otwombe, E Musenge… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Community healthcare workers (CHWs) play an important role in promoting HIV-
care retention. Notwithstanding inconsistencies in the outcomes of CHW programmes, these …

The effect of a Mentor Mothers program on prevention of vertical transmission of HIV outcomes in Zambézia Province, Mozambique: a retrospective interrupted time …

JG Carlucci, Z Yu, P González, M Bravo… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Mentor Mothers (MM) provide peer support to pregnant and postpartum
women living with HIV (PPWH) and their infants with perinatal HIV exposure (IPE) …

Acceptability of mentor mother peer support for women living with HIV in North-Central Nigeria: a qualitative study

A Odiachi, M Al-Mujtaba, N Torbunde… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Mentor mothers provide psychosocial and other support to pregnant and post-
partum women living with HIV (WLHIV), which has been shown to enhance maternal-infant …

A trial of nurturing care among children who are HIV‐exposed and uninfected in eSwatini

A Ruff, X Dlamini, BAS Nonyane… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Children who are HIV‐exposed and uninfected (CHEU) are a growing
population at potential risk of poor neurocognitive development. We tested a nurturing care …

HIV and intersectional stigma reduction among organizations providing HIV services in New York City: a mixed-methods implementation science project

C Rodriguez-Hart, G Mackson, D Belanger, N West… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Stigma remains a pervasive barrier to Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) in New York City
(NYC). As part of an EHE implementation science planning process, we mapped multi-level …