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Changes over time in the proportion of advanced HIV disease in two high HIV prevalence settings in Ndhiwa (Kenya) and Eshowe (South Africa)

Chihana M, Conan N, Ohler L, Huerga H, Wanjala S,  et al.
2024-06-17 • Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
2024-06-17 • Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
BACKGROUND
The burden of advanced HIV disease remains a significant concern in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, the World Health Organization released recommendations to treat all people...
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Adolescents and young adults are the most undiagnosed of HIV and virally unsuppressed in Eastern and Southern Africa: Pooled analyses from five population-based surveys

Huerga H, Farhat JB, Maman D, Conan N, Van Cutsem G,  et al.
2023-12-22 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-12-22 • PLOS Global Public Health
Age and gender disparities within the HIV cascade of care are critical to focus interventions efficiently. We assessed gender-age groups at the highest probability of unfavorable outcome...
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Evidence of HIV incidence reduction in young women, but not in adolescent girls, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Mhlanga L, Welte A, Grebe E, Ohler L, Van Cutsem G,  et al.
2023-07-13 • IJID Regions
2023-07-13 • IJID Regions
OBJECTIVE
We estimated changes in the HIV incidence from 2013 to 2018 in Eshowe/Mbongolwane, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa where Médecins Sans Frontières is engaged in providing HIV te...
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HIV, sexual violence, and termination of pregnancy among adolescent and adult female sex workers in Malawi: A respondent-driven sampling study

Bossard C, Chihana ML, Nicholas S, Mauambeta D, Weinstein D,  et al.
2022-12-30 • PLOS One
2022-12-30 • PLOS One
Female Sex Workers (FSWs) are a hard-to-reach and understudied population, especially those who begin selling sex at a young age. In one of the most economically disadvantaged regions in...
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Two-fold increase in the HIV viral load suppression rate along with decreased incidence over six years in Ndhiwa sub-county, Kenya

Conan N, Badawi M, Chihana ML, Wanjala S, Kingwara L,  et al.
2021-10-12 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2021-10-12 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
BACKGROUND
HIV-positive individuals who maintain an undetectable viral load cannot transmit the virus to others. In 2012, an HIV population-based survey was conducted in Ndhiwa sub-c...
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Local discrepancies in measles vaccination opportunities: results of population-based surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa

Grout L, Conan N, Giner AJ, Hurtado N, Fermon F,  et al.
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
Background: The World Health Organization recommends African children receive two doses of measles containing vaccine (MCV) through routine programs or supplemental immunization activiti...
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Prevalence of TB and health-seeking behaviour

Conan N, Simons E, Ohler L, Mbatha M, van Custem G,  et al.
2022-05-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2022-05-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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What gaps remain in the HIV cascade of care? Results of a population-based survey in Nsanje District, Malawi

Conan N, Paye CP, Ortuno R, Chijuwa A, Chiwandira B,  et al.
2021-04-22 • PLOS One
2021-04-22 • PLOS One

Introduction
The Malawi Ministry of Health (MoH) has been in collaboration with Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) to increase...
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The HIV cascade of care among serodiscordant couples in four high HIV prevalence settings in sub-Saharan Africa

Chihana ML, Conan N, Ellman T, Poulet E, Garone DB,  et al.
2021-08-02 • South African Medical Journal
2021-08-02 • South African Medical Journal
BACKGROUND
HIV-serodiscordant couples are at high risk of HIV transmission. In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV-serodiscordant couples contribute ~30% of all new infections in the region.
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Successes and gaps in the HIV cascade of care of a high HIV prevalence setting in Zimbabwe: a population-based survey

Conan N, Coulborn R M, Simons E, Mapfumo A, Apollo T,  et al.
2020-09-24 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2020-09-24 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction: Gutu, a rural district in Zimbabwe, has been implementing comprehensive HIV care with the support of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 2011, decentralizing testing and t...
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Increase in HIV viral suppression in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Community-based cross sectional surveys 2018 and 2013. What remains to be done?

Conan N, Simons E, Chihana ML, Ohler L, FordKamara E,  et al.
2022-03-24 • PLOS One
2022-03-24 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
High coverage of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) increases viral suppression at population level and may reduce incidence. Médecins sans F...