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Enhancing tuberculosis (TB) case detection among hospitalized patients through lay health worker led screening: a before-and-after study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bulti AB, Dumicho AY, Shigayeva A, Van Cutsem G, Steele SJ,  et al.
2025-04-23 • Scientific Reports
2025-04-23 • Scientific Reports

Tuberculosis (TB) among hospitalized patients is underdiagnosed. This study assessed systematic TB-screenin...

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Enhancing tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis among hospitalized patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a before-and-after study of a lay health worker-driven intervention

Bulti AB, Dumicho AY, Shigayeva A, van Cutsem G, Steele SJ,  et al.
2024-03-08 • Scientific Reports
2024-03-08 • Scientific Reports
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis (TB) among hospitalized patients is underdiagnosed. This study assessed systematic TB-screening, followed by an enhanced TB-diagnostic package for hospitaliz...
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Facteurs associés à la létalité chez les patients hospitalisés pour le VIH avancé

Abdourahimi D, Yehadji D, Briskin E, Khine EM, Arias C,  et al.
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
CONTEXTE
Une unité soutenue par Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) qui prend en charge les patients avec un VIH avancé à l’Hôpital National de Donka, Conakry, Guinée.

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Stock-outs of antiretroviral and tuberculosis medicines in South Africa: A national cross-sectional survey

Hwang B, Shroufi A, Gils T, Steele SJ, Grimsrud A,  et al.
2019-03-12 • PLOS One
2019-03-12 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
HIV and TB programs have rapidly scaled-up over the past decade in Sub-Saharan Africa and uninterrupted supplies of those medicines are critical to their success. However,...
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A cluster randomized controlled trial of extending ART refill intervals to six-monthly for anti-retroviral adherence clubs

Wilkinson LS, Grimsrud A, Cassidy T, Orrell C, Voget J,  et al.
2019-07-30 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2019-07-30 • BMC Infectious Diseases
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The antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence club (AC) differentiated service delivery model, where clinically stable ART patients receive their ART refills and psychosoci...
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Cryptococcal antigen screening by lay cadres using a rapid test at the point of care: A feasibility study in rural Lesotho

Rick F, Niyibizi AA, Shroufi A, Onami K, Steele SJ,  et al.
2017-09-06 • PLOS One
2017-09-06 • PLOS One
Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the leading causes of death among people with HIV in Africa, primarily due to delayed presentation, poor availability and high cost of treatment. Routin...
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The epidemiology of rape and sexual violence in the platinum mining district of Rustenburg, South Africa: Prevalence, and factors associated with sexual violence

Steele SJ, Abrahams N, Duncan K, Woollett N, Hwang B,  et al.
2019-07-31 • PLOS One
2019-07-31 • PLOS One
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Estimates for the prevalence of rape and other forms of sexual violence (SV) vary in South Africa. This survey aimed to provide clarity by quantifying the prevalence of ...
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Investigating the addition of oral HIV self-tests among populations with high testing coverage - Do they add value? Lessons from a study in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Moore HA, Metcalf CJ, Cassidy T, Hacking D, Shroufi A,  et al.
2019-05-02 • PLOS One
2019-05-02 • PLOS One
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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...
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HIV self-testing among previously diagnosed HIV-positive people in Khayelitsha, South Africa: no evidence of harm but may facilitate re-engagement in ART care

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...
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DOT or SAT for Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis? A non-randomized comparison in a high HIV-prevalence setting

Mohr E, Daniels J, Beko B, Isaakidis P, Cox V,  et al.
2017-05-18 • PLOS One
2017-05-18 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Daily directly-observed therapy (DOT) is recommended for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) patients throughout treatment. We assessed the impact of self-administer...
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Delamanid for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective study from South Africa

Mohr E, Hughes J, Reuter A, Trivino Duran L, Ferlazzo G,  et al.
2018-05-03 • European Respiratory Journal
2018-05-03 • European Respiratory Journal
Experience with delamanid (Dlm) is limited, particularly among HIV-positive individuals. We describe early efficacy and safety data from a programmatic setting in South Africa. This was ...
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Missed opportunities for earlier diagnosis of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis despite access to Xpert(®) MTB/RIF

Mohr E, Daniels J, Muller O, Furin J, Chabalala B,  et al.
2017-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2017-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
OBJECTIVE
To assess the proportion of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) patients with potential earlier RR-TB diagnoses in Khayelitsha, South Africa.

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We c...
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The impact of lay counselors on HIV testing rates: Quasi-experimental evidence from lay counselor redeployment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hu J, Geldsetzer P, Steele SJ, Matthews P, Ortblad K,  et al.
2018-06-14 • AIDS
2018-06-14 • AIDS
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This study aimed to determine the causal effect of the number of lay counselors removed from a primary care clinic in rural South Africa on the number of clinic-based HIV ...
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Supervised Oral HIV Self-Testing is Accurate in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Martinez Perez G, Steele SJ, Govender I, Arellano G, Mkwamba A,  et al.
2016-05-11 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2016-05-11 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
To achieve UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, alternatives to conventional HIV testing models are necessary in South Africa to increase population awareness of their HIV status. One of the alterna...
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Removal of user fees and system strengthening improves access to maternity care, maternal and neonatal mortality in a district hospital in Lesotho

Steele SJ, Sugianto H, Baglione Q, Sedlimaier S, Niyibizi AA,  et al.
2018-10-26 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2018-10-26 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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Lesotho has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. While at primary health care (PHC) level maternity care is free, at hospital level co-payments are req...