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Kuria N, Reid AJ, Owiti P, Tweya H, Kibet CK, et al.

2018-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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To determine and compare, among three models of care, compliance with scheduled clinic appointments and adherence to antihypertensive medication of patients in an informal ...

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Gituma KS, Hussein S, Mwitari J, Kizito W, Edwards JK, et al.

2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal

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Mbokazi F, Coetzee M, Brooke B, Govere J, Reid A, et al.

2018-04-25 • Public Health Action

Background: The malaria vector Anopheles merus occurs in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. As its contribution to malaria transmission in South Africa has yet to be ascertained, a...

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Moudachirou R, van Cutsem G, Chuy RI, Tweya H, Senkoro M, et al.

2020-03-21 • Public Health Action

Setting: In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières set up decentralised community antiretroviral therapy (ART) refill centres ("poste de distribution communautaire", PODI) for the follow-up of s...

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Makombe SD, Jahn A, Tweya H, Chuka S, Yu JKL, et al.

2007-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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To assess the human resources impact of Malawis rapidly growing antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme and balance this against the survival benefit of health-care workers ...

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Keiser O, Tweya H, Boulle AM, Braitstein P, Schechter M, et al.

2009-09-10 • AIDS

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In high-income countries, viral load is routinely measured to detect failure of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and guide switching to second-line ART. Viral load monitoring ...

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Mbuli CW, Waqo E, Owiti P, Tweya H, Kizito W, et al.

2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal

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Addisu A, Adriaensen W, Balew A, Asfaw M, Diro EGJ, et al.

2019-02-08 • BMJ Global Health

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The international community has pledged through the Sustainable Development Goals to eliminate neglected tropical diseases by 2030.

Authors from 19 institut...

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Nganga M, Matendechero S, Kariuki L, Omondi W, Makworo N, et al.

2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal

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Soil-transmitted helminthiases cause a substantial yet under-appreciated public health burden. School age children harbour the heaviest burden. Infected children experienc...

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Owiti P, Kosgei RJ, Ogutu O, Kizito W, Edwards JK, et al.

2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal

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Harries AD, Suthar AB, Takarinda KC, Tweya H, Kyaw NTT, et al.

2016-09-15 • F1000Research

The international community has committed to ending the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical infections by 2030, and this bold stance deserves universal s...

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Makombe SD, Hochgesang M, Jahn A, Tweya H, Hedt BL, et al.

2008-04-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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As national antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes scale-up, it is essential that information is complete, timely and accurate for site monitoring and national planning. T...

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Azeze GA, Williams A, Tweya H, Obsa MS, Mokonnon TM, et al.

2020-09-03 • PLOS One

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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a traditional surgical modification of the female genitalia comprising all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external fe...

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Moomba K, Williams A, Savory T, Lumpa M, Chilembo P, et al.

2020-03-21 • Public Health Action

Setting: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinics in
five hospitals and five health centres in Lusaka, Zambia,
which transitioned from daily entry of paper-based data
re...

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Jacobs GP, Bhat PG, Owiti P, Edwards JK, Tweya H, et al.

2017-06-21 • Public Health Action

Setting: Health facilities providing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, care and treatment in Liberia. Objective: To evaluate individuals aged ⩾15 years who were tested, diagnos...

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Tayler-Smith K, Tweya H, Harries AD, Schoutene E, Jahn A

2010-06-01 • Malawi Medical Journal

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There is currently a dearth of knowledge on gender differences in mortality among patients on ART in Africa.

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Using data from the national ART monitori...

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Nganga M, Matendechero S, Kariuki L, Omondi W, Makworo N, et al.

2016-01-01 • East African Medical Journal

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Wesseh C, Najjemba R, Edwards JK, Owiti P, Tweya H, et al.

2017-06-21 • Public Health Action

Setting: All health facilities providing routine immunisation services in Liberia. Objective: To compare the number of routine facility-based and outreach immunisations and measles cases...

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Ramsay AR, Harries AD, Zachariah R, Bissel K, Hinderaker SG, et al.

2014-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Berheto TM, Hinderaker SG, Senkoro M, Tweya H, Deressa T, et al.

2018-07-20 • BMC Public Health

Ethiopia has achieved a high coverage of antiretroviral treatment (ART), but maintaining lifelong care is still a great challenge. Mental illnesses often co-exist with HIV/AIDS and may c...

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Compliance to follow up and adherence to medication in hypertensive patients in an urban informal settlement in Kenya: comparison of three models of care

Reporting on mental health illness (MHI) in Kenya: how well are we doing?

Changing distribution and abundance of the malaria vector Anopheles merus in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Retention and sustained viral suppression in HIV patients transferred to community refill centres in Kinshasa, DRC

A national survey of the impact of rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy on health-care workers in Malawi: effects on human resources and survival

Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: comparison of programmes with and without viral load monitoring

Trends of reported outpatient malaria cases to assess the Test, Treat and Track (T3) policy in Kenya

Neglected tropical diseases and the sustainable development goals: an urgent call for action from the front line

Burden of soil transmitted helminthiases in primary school children in Migori County, Kenya

Structured operational research and training in the public health sector: the Kenyan experience

Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by 2030: Is It Possible?

Assessing the quality of data aggregated by antiretroviral treatment clinics in Malawi

Changing prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation in Ethiopia: Data from the 2000, 2005 and 2016 national demographic health surveys

Effects of real-time electronic data entry on HIV programme data quality in Lusaka, Zambia

Did the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in Liberia Affect HIV Testing, Linkage to Care and ART Initiation?

Gender differences in retention and survival on antiretroviral therapy of HIV-1 infected adults in Malawi

Spatial distribution and co-infection with urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis among primary school children in Migori County, Kenya

Did the Ebola Outbreak Disrupt Immunisation Services? A Case Study from Liberia

The Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative for public health programmes

Body and mind: retention in antiretroviral treatment care is improved by mental health training of care providers in Ethiopia