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Browsing Health Sciences by Author "Jackson, Debra"
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Ramraj, Trisha; Jackson, Debra; Dinh, Thu-Ha; Olorunju, Steve; Lombard, Carl; Sherman, Gayle; Puren, Adrian; Ramokolo, Vundli; Noveve, Nobuntu; Singh, Yages; Magasana, Vuyolwethu; Bhardwaj, Sanjana; Cheyip, Mireille; Mogashoa, Mary; Pillay, Yogan; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (Elsevier, 2018-04)PURPOSE : Adolescent females aged 15–19 account for 62% of new HIV infections and give birth to 16 million infants annually. We quantify the risk of early mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV among adolescents ...
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Fatti, Geoffrey; Jackson, Debra; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Shaikh, Najma; Eley, Brian; Nachega, Jean B.; Grimwood, Ashraf (Wiley Open Access, 2018-02-28)INTRODUCTION : Adolescents and youth receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa have high attrition and inadequate ART outcomes, and evaluations of interventions improving ART outcomes amongst adolescents ...
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Ngandu, Nobubelo Kwanele; Jackson, Debra; Lombard, Carl; Nsibande, Duduzile Faith; Dinh, Thu-Ha; Magasana, Vuyolwethu; Mogashoa, Mary; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : Since 2001 the South African guidelines to improve child health and prevent vertical HIV transmission recommended frequent infant follow-up with HIV testing at 18 months postpartum. We sought to understand ...
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Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Singh, Yagespari; Jackson, Debra; Mukungunugwa, Solomon; Wafula, Rose; Eliya, Michael; Ng’ambi, Wingston Felix; Nabitaka, Linda; Chirinda, Witness; Bhardwaj, Sanjana; Essajee, Shaffiq; Hayashi, Chika; Pillay, Yogan (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)Vertical transmission of HIV can occur during pregnancy, delivery, or through breast feeding. The main driver of vertical transmission is a high maternal viral load. Between 2002 and 2016, low and middle income ...
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Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Singh, Yagespari; Jackson, Debra; Pillay, Yogan; Bhardwaj, Sanjana; Chirinda, Witness; Hayashi, Chika; Essajee, Shaffiq; Idele, Priscilla (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)Ameena Goga and colleagues argue that more realistic targets are needed to maintain momentum on reducing vertical transmission in countries with a high HIV prevalence.
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Fatti, Geoffrey; Shaikh, Najma; Jackson, Debra; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Nachega, Jean B.; Eley, Brian; Grimwood, Ashraf (Public Library of Science, 2017-07-27)BACKGROUND : Young Southern African women have the highest HIV incidence globally. Pregnancy doubles the risk of HIV acquisition further, and maternal HIV acquisition contributes significantly to the paediatric HIV burden. ...
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Singh, Yages; Jackson, Debra; Bhardwaj, Sanjana; Titus, Natasha; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : Although the use of technology viz. mobile phones, personalised digital assistants, smartphones, notebook and tablets to monitor health and health care (mHealth) is mushrooming, only small, localised studies ...
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Hunt, Gillian M.; Ledwaba, Johanna; Salimo, Anna; Kalimashe, Monalisa; Dinh, Thu-Ha; Jackson, Debra; Sherman, Gayle; Puren, Adrian; Ngandu, Nobubelo Kwanele; Lombard, Carl; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : South Africa (SA) has expanded efforts to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) to less than 2% at six weeks after birth and to less than 5% at 18 months postpartum by 2016. Despite improved an ...
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Larsen, Anna; Cheyip, Mireille; Aynalem, Getahun; Dinh, Thu–ha; Jackson, Debra; Ngandu, Nobubelo Kwanele; Chirinda, Witness; Mogashoa, Mary; Kindra, Gupreet; Lombard, Carl; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2017-12)BACKGROUND : Achieving World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for postnatal care (PNC) within the first few weeks of life is vital to eliminating early mother–to–child transmission of HIV (MTCT) and improving ...
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Mathivha, Elelwani; Olorunju, Steve; Jackson, Debra; Dinh, Thu-Ha; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : Loss to follow-up after a positive infant HIV diagnosis negates the potential benefits of robust policies recommending immediate triple antiretroviral therapy initiation in HIV positive infants. Whilst the ...
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Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Dinh, Thu-Ha; Essajee, Shaffiq; Chirinda, Witness; Larsen, Anna; Mogashoa, Mary; Jackson, Debra; Cheyip, Mireille; Ngandu, Nobubelo Kwanele; Modi, Surbhi; Bhardwaj, Sanjana; Chirwa, Esnat; Pillay, Yogan; Mahy, Mary (BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : The 2016 ‘Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free’ global agenda, builds on the 2011-2015 ‘Global Plan’. It prioritises 22 countries where 90% of the world’s HIV-positive pregnant women live and aims to eliminate ...
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