SABSSM VI proposed embedded SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Study....
The purpose of the project is to develop a policy brief for transgender women in living or affected by HIV/STI and TB in South Africa.....
The overall aim is to synthesize the existing evidence about barriers to uptake of cervical cancer screening services in low- and middle-income countr....
The primary objective of the survey is:
??? To determine the extent of COVID-19 virus infection in the general population and age-specific infection p....
The COVID-19 pandemic reached South Africa in March - the month in which World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is commemorated. The 24th of March is dedicated t....
South African (SA) national HIV seroprevalence estimates are of crucial policy relevance in the country, and for the worldwide HIV response. However, ....
In South Africa, HIV is increasingly becoming a chronic disease as a result of advances in HIV treatment and prevention in the last three decades. Thi....
The provision of good quality education in public sector schools in South Africa is intrinsically linked to the health,
wellbeing and productivity of ....
Although efforts to address the burden of tuberculosis (TB) have yielded notable progress, the disease remains a major health problem in South Africa ....
South Africa has high burdens of HIV, TB and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB, rifampicin-resistance). Treatment outcome data for HIV-infected versus uninfect....
A study in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape illustrated the difficulty of retaining patients on drug-resistant TB treatment, a tendency that poses a si....
A community based drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) program has been incrementally implemented in Khayelitsha, a high HIV and TB burden community in....
Previous studies have shown that the burden of TB disease in South Africa may mirror the high burden of the adult epidemic, although systematic report....
South Africa is one of the 22 high tuberculosis burden countries that contribute 80 % of the global
tuberculosis cases. Tuberculosis is infectious and....
This article presents key findings from the 2012 HIV prevalence, incidence and behaviour survey conducted in South Africa and explores trends in the H....
Age-disparate sex has long been considered a factor that increases HIV risk for young women in South Africa.
However, recent studies from specific reg....
To assess changes and equity in antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in Kenya and South Africa. The authors analysed national population-based household s....
A cross-sectional, population-based household survey was conducted using a multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling approach. The study design w....
The 2017 National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey is the fifth wave in a series of national cross-sectional surveys that....
Oral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the form of tenofovir-disoproxil-fumarate/emtricitabine is being implemented in selected sites in South Africa.....
Poor-quality tuberculosis (TB) care is now a larger barrier to reducing mortality than poor access. South Africa (SA) has one of the highest TB burden....
Studies utilising Standardised Patients ( SP) to evaluate quality of tuberculosis care have become increasingly common in high burden countries howeve....
Measuring progress towards the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 90-90-90
treatment targets is key to assessing progress towards tur....
HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) testing was included in the 2017 South African national HIV household survey. We describe the prevalence of HIVDR by drug ....
As with other antimicrobial agents, widespread use of life saving antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for the management of infection with HIV comes with the r....
We investigated HIV prevalence and associated factors among men- 15 years in South Africa using data from a 2017 nationwide cross-sectional survey. HI....
As we approach the fourth decade of the HIV pandemic, there are still glaring gaps in the evidence base regarding the mode of transmission, health, be....
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of mortality globally and particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Sex and gender interact with oth....
South Africa has a high infectious disease burden with overlapping Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics. People living w....
COVID-19 deaths had exceeded 5 million globally on Nov 22, 2021.1 As the world struggles to contain COVID-19, the HIV pandemic of more than 37 million....
Medicine prescribing practices are integral to quality of care for leading infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB). We describe prescribing prac....
This paper assesses the levels of antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence and mental health distress among study participants in a national behaviour....
Background South Africa has high burdens of tuberculosis (TB) and TB-HIV, yet the quality of patient care in the private sector is unknown. We describ....
In this paper, risk compensation among individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART), using the 2017 South African national survey on HIV, is explored. ....
Tuberculosis remains an important clinical and public health issue in South Africa, which has one of the
highest tuberculosis burdens in the world. We....
Acquisition of HIV among pregnant women has widespread public health implications. Despite improved maternal and child health outcomes including preve....