• Contextual factors influencing implementation of HIV treatment support strategies for female sex workers living with HIV in South Africa : a qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research 

  Comins, Carly A.; Mcingana, Mfezi; Genberg, Becky; Mulumba, Ntambue; Mishra, Sharmistha; Phetlhu, Deliwe R.; Shipp, Lillian; Steingo, Joel; Hausler, Harry; Baral, Stefan D.; Schwartz, Sheree R. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2024-11)

  BACKGROUND : Female sex workers (FSWs) face a confluence of multilevel barriers to HIV care. In South Africa, 63% of FSWs are living with HIV and <40% are virally suppressed. The objective of this analysis was to ...
• Virtual interprofessional education for the African continent : AFRI-VIPE 

  Showstark, Mary; Wiss, Andrew C.; Joosten-Hagye, Dawn; Sappio, Erin M.; Slusser, Margaret; Cavezza, Renee; Nyathi, Nhlanganiso; Nyoni, C.N.; Filies, Gérard C.; Pattershall‐Geide, J.; Embry, Erin; Zschaebitz, Elke; McGinnis, Patricia; Resnik, Cheryl; An, I.; Delawala, F.; Pitout, Hanlie; Schweickerdt, Louise; Muller, Jana; Africa, L.; Kholvadia, Aayesha; Ntsekhe, T.; Tshotetsi, Lumbani; Ricks, Esmeralda; Biernacki, Pamela (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2024-06)

  This article details how multiple universities came together in 2019 during the Africa Interprofessional Education Network (AfrIPEN) conference in Nairobi, Kenya, to create an interprofessional, multi-continent, multi-university ...
• Workplace violence in three public sector emergency departments, Gauteng, South Africa : a cross-sectional survey 

  Nkadimeng, Mahlako; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Rajan, Suma (Elsevier, 2024-12)

  INTRODUCTION: Workplace violence against health care workers in Emergency Departments (EDs) is a global concern. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and types of workplace violence in EDs. METHODS: ...
• An ICT-enabled community oriented primary care intervention in mining communities during COVID-19 (2019-2022) : perceived changes in the role and place of community health workers 

  Marcus, Tessa S.; Renkin, Wayne; Malan, A.S.; Moodie, James M.; Mostert, J.; Phote, Z.; Hugo, J.F.M. (Jannie) (BMC, 2024-10)

  BACKGROUND: This is a study of service provider perceptions of the place, role and practices of CHWs in a four-year, large-scale private sector funded, public service ICT-enabled COPC intervention with rural and remote ...
• Drug use patterns and health problems among people who use drugs in Guinea-Bissau (2022) : a cross-sectional survey using respondent-driven sampling 

  Scheibe, Andrew; Teixeira, Andreia; Djaló, Mamadu Aliu; Pereira, Miriam Nascimento; Ribeiro Barreto, Kátia; Ba, Ibrahim; Bird, Lucia; Eligh, Jason (Elsevier, 2024-12)

  BACKGROUND : Little data exists on the use of cocaine, methamphetamine, tramadol and heroin or related health conditions in Guinea Bissau. We aimed to estimate drug use practices and the prevalence of selected blood-borne ...
• Poor health behaviour in medical students at a South African university: a cross-sectional survey study 

  Celie, Bert; Laubscher, Ria; Bac, Martin; Schwellnus, Marianne; Nolte, Kim; Wood, Paola Silvia; Camacho, Tanya Chantelle de Sousa; Basu, Debashis; Borresen, Jill (MDPI, 2024-07)

  BACKGROUND : Personal health behaviours and lifestyle habits of health professionals influence their counselling practices related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). There are limited data on the prevalence of unhealthy ...
• The war on drugs is a war on us : young people who use drugs and the fight for harm reduction in the Global South 

  Stowe, M.J.; Gatonye, Rita; Maharjan, Ishwor; Kehinde, Seyi; Arya, Sidharth; Valderrábano, Jorge H.; McBride, Angela; Scheibein, Florian; Igonya, Emmy K.; Fast, Danya (BMC, 2024-02)

  In the Global South, young people who use drugs (YPWUD) are exposed to multiple interconnected social and health harms, with many low- and middle-income countries enforcing racist, prohibitionist-based drug policies that ...
• HIV and sexual risk behaviours by 18-25-year old youth at Nyandeni municipality in the Eastern Cape 

  Mntonintshi-Mketo, Lorraine N.; Netangaheni, Thinavhuyo Robert; Lefoka, Moganki H. (AOSIS, 2024-08)

  BACKGROUND: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in South Africa is among the worst in the world; in 2017, 38% of new infections were among young people aged 15–24 years. Estimates for HIV infection in 2020 ...
• The socio‑demographic profile of family physician graduates of blended‑learning courses in India 

  Velavan, Jachin; Marcus, Tessa S. (Wolters Kluwer Medknow, 2024-08)

  CONTEXT: India’s lean cadre of 250,000 general practitioners and 30,000 government doctors has limited options to update themselves. Since 2006, Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore has run blended‑learning programs ...
• Reaching for 90:90:90 in correctional facilities in South Africa and Zambia : virtual cross-section of coverage of HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy during universal test and treat implementation 

  Hoffmann, Christopher J.; Herce, Michael E.; Chimoyi, Lucy; Smith, Helene J.; Tlali, Mpho; Olivier, Cobus J.; Topp, Stephanie M.; Muyoyeta, Monde; Reid, Stewart E.; Hausler, Harry; Charalambous, Salome; Fielding, Katherine (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2024-08)

  BACKGROUND : People in correctional settings are a key population for HIV epidemic control. We sought to demonstrate scale-up of universal test and treat in correctional facilities in South Africa and Zambia through a ...
• Direct-acting antiviral therapies for hepatitis C infection : global registration, reimbursement, and restrictions 

  Marshall, Alison D.; Willing, Alex R.; Kairouz, Abe; Cunningham, Evan B.; Wheeler, Alice; O'Brien, Nicholas; Perera, Vidura; Ward, John W.; Hiebert, Lindsey; Degenhardt, Louisa; Hajarizadeh, Behzad; Colledge, Samantha; Hickman, Matthew; Jawad, Danielle; Lazarus, Jeffrey V.; Matthews, Gail V.; Scheibe, Andrew; Vickerman, Peter; Dore, Gregory J.; Grebely, Jason; Global HCV and HIV Treatment Restrictions Group (Elsevier, 2024-04)

  Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have delivered high response rates (>95%) and simplified the management of HCV treatment, permitting non-specialists to manage patients without advanced ...
• Assessing cardiac safety among clients receiving methadone as part of opioid agonist maintenance therapy (OAMT) in Durban, South Africa 

  Prakaschandra, Dorcas Rosaley; Scheibe, Andrew; Marks, Monique; Naidoo, Datshana Prakesh (Taylor and Francis, 2023)

  BACKGROUND : Methadone is a recommended medication for opioid agonist maintenance therapy (OAMT). However, methadone can have cardiac side effects. There is limited South African cardiac safety data on methadone. OBJECTIVE ...
• TB preventive therapy preferences among children and adolescents 

  Strauss, M.; Wademan, D.T.; Mcinziba, A.; Hoddinott, G.; Rafique, M.; Jola, L.N.; Streicher, C.; Du Preez, K.; Osman, M.; Boffa, J.; Hausler, Harry; Hesseling, A.C.; Hirsch-Moverman, Y. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2023-07)

  BACKGROUND : TB preventive therapy (TPT) is critical for ending TB, yet implementation remains poor. With new global guidelines expanding TPT eligibility and regimens, we aimed to understand TPT preferences among ...
• The role of clinical associates in South Africa as a health workforce : a scoping review 

  Ngcobo, Sanele; Bust, Lynn; Couper, Ian; Chu, Kathryn (AOSIS, 2024-05)

  BACKGROUNG: South Africa’s health care system grapples with persistent challenges, including health care provider shortages and disparities in distribution. In response, the government introduced clinical associates ...
• Development of practical emergency simulation training in primary health care : lessons learnt 

  Eales, Owen; Kruger, Annelet (AOSIS, 2024-05)

  Emergency care in the primary health care setting is often sub-optimal leading to physician stress and adverse patient outcomes. Formal training opportunities in the management of emergency management are limited in ...
• Mastering your fellowship : Part 2, 2023 

  Naidoo, Mergan; Von Pressentin, Klaus B.; Ras, Tasleem; Musonda, Joyce Sikwese (AOSIS, 2023-04-24)

  No abstract available.
• Polysubstance use profiles and HIV viremia in a South African cohort of female sex workers : a latent class analysis 

  Rosen, Joseph G.; Knox, Justin R.; Rucinski, Katherine B.; Mcingana, Mfezi; Mulumba, Ntambue; Comins, Carly A.; Shipp, Lillian; Makama, Siyanda; Beckham, S. Wilson; Hausler, Harry; Baral, Stefan D.; Schwartz, Sheree R. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2024-03)

  BACKGROUND : Given intersecting social and structural factors, female sex workers (FSW) exhibit elevated risk of HIV and substance use. However, there is limited study of how distinct substance use typologies influence ...
• ‘I went for rehab many times and it never worked, but the harm reduction process has given me renewed hope’. Perceptions on the effectiveness of harm reduction and community-based opioid substitution therapy 

  Nyashanu, Tichaenzana; Scheibe, Andrew; Visser, Maretha (Wiley, 2024-07)

  ISSUE ADDRESSED : The accessibility of opioid substitution therapy (OST), one of the recommended treatments for opioid dependence, remains low. This study sought to explore the perceived effectiveness of OST from ...
• Opioid use and HIV treatment services experiences among male criminal justice‑involved persons in South Africa : a qualitative study 

  An, Yangxi; Hoffmann, Christopher J.; Bhoora, Urvisha; Ndini, Pretty; Moyo, Derrick; Steiner, Laura; Tshuma, Sukholuhle; Mabuto, Tonderai; Hugo, J.F.M. (Jannie); Owczarzak, Jill; Marcus, Tessa S. (BMC, 2023-07-21)

  BACKGROUND : Opioid use disorder (OUD) is overrepresented among people with criminal justice involvement; HIV is a common comorbidity in this population. This study aimed to examine how formerly incarcerated men living with ...
• The 1/4/6x24 campaign to cure tuberculosis quickly 

  McKenna, Lindsay; Frick, Mike; Angami, Ketholelie; Dubula, Vuyiseka; Furin, Jennifer; Harrington, Mark; Hausler, Harry; Heitkamp, Petra; Herrera, Rosa; Lynch, Sharonann; Mitnick, Carole D.; Moses, Gloriah Kerubo; Ndjeka, Norbert; Nyang'wa, Bern-Thomas; Palazuelos, Lindsay; Ulysse, Patrick; Pai, Madhukar (Springer, 2023-01)

  The “right of everyone to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications,” also known as the right to science, is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law. ...

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