Psychosocial challenges impact patients’ ability to remain on antiretroviral therapy lifelong, magnified by disorganized health-systems and healthcare worker (HCW) attitudes. To address ...
Nelson AM, Lebelo K, Cassidy T, Duran LT, Mantangana N, et al.
2023-11-03 • PLOS One
2023-11-03 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND Despite the overall reduction in the HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) rate in South Africa, poor adherence and retention in care during breastfeeding contribute to ...
Nhemachena T, Späth C, Arendse KD, Lebelo K, Zokufa N, et al.
2023-01-26 • BMC Primary Care
2023-01-26 • BMC Primary Care
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The benefits of long-term adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are countered by interruptions in care or disengagement from care. Healthcare workers (HCW...
Venables E, Towriss C, Rini Z, Nxiba X, Cassidy T, et al.
2019-06-20 • PLOS One
2019-06-20 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND:
Globally, 37 million people are in need of lifelong antiretroviral treatment (ART). With the continual increase in the number of people living with HIV starting ART and ...
Wilkinson LS, Grimsrud A, Cassidy T, Orrell C, Voget J, et al.
2019-07-30 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2019-07-30 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND:
The antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence club (AC) differentiated service delivery model, where clinically stable ART patients receive their ART refills and psychosoci...
Cassidy T, Cornell M, Runeyi P, Dutyulwa T, Kilani C, et al.
2022-01-25 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2022-01-25 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
INTRODUCTION Youth living with HIV (YLWH) are less likely to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) and remain in care than older adults. It is important to identify effective strate...
Keene CM, Zokufa N, Venables E, Wilkinson LS, Hoffman R, et al.
2020-07-08 • BMJ Open
2020-07-08 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVE Longer intervals between routine clinic visits and medication refills are part of patient-centred, differentiated service delivery (DSD). They have been shown to improve pa...
Nelson AM, Cassidy T, Duran LT, Cox V, Wedderburn C, et al.
2022-01-14 • PLOS One
2022-01-14 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND Despite the reduction of HIV mother-to-child transmission, there are concerns regarding transmission rate in the breastfeeding period. We describe the routine uptake of 6 ...
Moore HA, Metcalf CJ, Cassidy T, Hacking D, Shroufi A, et al.
2019-05-02 • PLOS One
2019-05-02 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION: HIV self-testing (HIVST) offers a useful addition to HIV testing services and enables individuals to test privately. Despite recommendations to the contrary, repeat HIV...
Hacking D, Cassidy T, Ellman T, Steele SJ, Moore HA, et al.
2022-03-02 • AIDS and Behavior
2022-03-02 • AIDS and Behavior
In South Africa, where an estimated 34% of nearly 7-million HIV-positive people were not on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2019, innovative strategies to diagnose and link people to car...
Hacking D, Mgengwana-Mbakaza Z, Cassidy T, Runeyi P, Duran LT, et al.
2019-10-12 • Journal Medical Internet Research
2019-10-12 • Journal Medical Internet Research
Background: Youths in South Africa are poor utilizers of HIV health services. Medecins Sans Frontieres has been piloting youth-adapted services at a youth clinic in Khayelitsha, includin...
Duvivier H, Decroo T, Nelson AM, Cassidy T, Mbakaz Z, et al.
2020-07-08 • Reproductive Health
2020-07-08 • Reproductive Health
Background
The Post Natal Club (PNC) model assures comprehensive care, including HIV and Maternal and Child Health care, for postpartum women living with HIV and their infants durin...
Cassidy T, Grimsrud A, Keene CM, Lebelo K, Hayes H, et al.
2020-12-01 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2020-12-01 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
INTRODUCTION The antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence club (AC) model has supported clinically stable HIV patients’ retention with group ART refills and psychosocial support. Reduc...
Cassidy T, Cornell M, Makeleni B, Horsburgh CR, Trivino Duran L, et al.
2022-07-31 • AIDS and Behavior
2022-07-31 • AIDS and Behavior
Men have higher rates of attrition from antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs than women. In Khayelitsha, a high HIV prevalence area in South Africa, two public sector primary healthcare...
