Maryam Shahmanesh

Also affiliated with Africa Health Research Institute

MedicineHealth ProfessionsSocial SciencesImmunology and Microbiology

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0.592Author DataRank

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Prevalence of Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Population-Representative Sample of Young Adults in a High HIV Incidence Area in South Africa

Sexually Transmitted Diseases(2023)10.1097/olq.0000000000001871

Top 33%

0.592DataRank

Top 33%15 citations

Glory Chidumwa, Natsayi Chimbindi, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Jaco Dreyer, Theresa Smit +13 more

Papers

Driven by 58 papers — median percentile 33. Top paper: “Thetha Nami: participatory development of a peer-navigator intervention to deliver biosocial HIV prevention for adolescents and youth in rural South Africa”.

Thetha Nami: participatory development of a peer-navigator intervention to deliver biosocial HIV prevention for adolescents and youth in rural South Africa

BMC Public Health(2021)10.1186/s12889-021-11399-z

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78 citations

Nonhlanhla Okesola, Natsayi Chimbindi, Thembelihle Zuma, Sakhile Mdluli, Nondumiso Mthiyane +8 more

Effect of peer-distributed HIV self-test kits on demand for biomedical HIV prevention in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a three-armed cluster-randomised trial comparing social networks versus direct delivery

BMJ Global Health(2021)10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004574

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44 citations

Thobile Mthiyane, Carina Herbsst, Melissa Neuman, Oluwafemi Adeagbo, Paul Mee +14 more

Effectiveness of integrating HIV prevention within sexual reproductive health services with or without peer support among adolescents and young adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Isisekelo Sempilo): 2 × 2 factorial, open-label, randomised controlled trial

The Lancet HIV(2024)10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00119-x

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20 citations

Natsayi Chimbindi, Jacob Busang, Glory Chidumwa, Nondumiso Thandiwe Mthiyani, Carina Herbst +19 more

Prevalence of Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Population-Representative Sample of Young Adults in a High HIV Incidence Area in South Africa

Sexually Transmitted Diseases(2023)10.1097/olq.0000000000001871

Top 33%

0.592DataRank

Top 33%15 citations

Glory Chidumwa, Natsayi Chimbindi, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Jaco Dreyer, Theresa Smit +13 more

Isisekelo Sempilo study protocol for the effectiveness of HIV prevention embedded in sexual health with or without peer navigator support (Thetha Nami) to reduce prevalence of transmissible HIV amongst adolescents and young adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal: a 2 × 2 factorial randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health(2022)10.1186/s12889-022-12796-8

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24 citations

Natsayi Chimbindi, Carina Herbst, Nonhlanhla Okeselo, Jaco Dreyer, Thembelihle Zuma +13 more

Thetha Nami ngithethe nawe (Let’s Talk): a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of social mobilisation by peer navigators into community-based sexual health and HIV care, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), to reduce sexually transmissible HIV amongst young people in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BMC Public Health(2023)10.1186/s12889-023-16262-x

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29 citations

Thembelihle Zuma, Carina Herbst, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Natsayi Chimbindi, Jaco Dreyer +23 more

The impact of a conditional financial incentive on linkage to HIV care: Findings from the HITS cluster randomized clinical trial in rural South Africa

medRxiv(2024)10.1101/2024.03.15.24304278

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8 citations

Maxime Inghels, Thulile Mathenjwa, Maryam Shahmanesh, Janet Seeley, Phillippa Matthews +9 more

Person‐centred HIV care and prevention for youth in rural South Africa: preliminary implementation findings from Thetha Nami ngithethe nawe stepped‐wedge trial of peer‐navigator mobilization into mobile sexual health services

Journal of the International AIDS Society(2025)10.1002/jia2.70032

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3 citations

Nqobile Ngoma, Thembelihle Zuma, Carina Herbst, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Natsayi Chimbindi +13 more

Effect of a male-targeted digital decision support application aimed at increasing linkage to HIV care among men: Findings from the HITS cluster randomized clinical trial in rural South Africa

medRxiv(2024)10.1101/2024.03.15.24304373

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0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Maxime Inghels, Thulile Mathenjwa, Maryam Shahmanesh, Janet Seeley, Phillippa Matthews +11 more

Thetha Nami: Participatory development of a peer-navigator intervention to deliver biosocial HIV prevention for adolescents and young men and women in rural South Africa

Research Square(2020)10.21203/rs.3.rs-42209/v1

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4 citations

Nonhlanhla Okesola, Natsayi Chimbindi, Thembelihle Zuma, Sakhile Mdl, Nondumiso Mthiyane +8 more

Antiretroviral therapy based HIV prevention targeting young women who sell sex: a mixed method approach to understand the implementation of PrEP in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

AIDS Care(2021)10.1080/09540121.2021.1902933

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31 citations

Nondumiso Mthiyane, Thembelihle Zuma, Kathy Baisley, Deenan Pillay, Nuala McGrath +9 more

CD4+ T-Cell Count at Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in the “Treat-All” Era in Rural South Africa: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Clinical Infectious Diseases(2021)10.1093/cid/ciab650

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23 citations

Hae‐Young Kim, Kathy Petoumenos, Frank A. Post, Awachana Jiamsakul, Jan‐Walter De Neve +9 more

‘This is what is going to help me’: Developing a co-designed and theoretically informed harm reduction intervention for mobile youth in South Africa and Uganda

Global Public Health(2021)10.1080/17441692.2021.1953105

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21 citations

Chloe Lanyon, Edward Tumwesige, Allen Aswiime, Nothando Ngwenya, Vuyiswa Dlamini +3 more

Measuring transactional sex in different contexts: How do tools to measure this practice perform in rural South Africa?

African Journal of AIDS Research(2021)10.2989/16085906.2021.2012213

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8 citations

Kirsten Stoebenau, Natsayi Chimbindi, Thembelihle Zuma, Maryam Shahmanesh, Janet Seeley +2 more

Opportunities for technologically driven dialogical health communication for participatory interventions: Perspectives from male peer navigators in rural South Africa

Social Science & Medicine(2021)10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114539

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7 citations

Dumsani Gumede, Manono Luthuli, Zakhele Xulu, Laura Washington, Yandisa Sikweyiya +3 more

Thetha Nami : Participatory development of a peer-navigator intervention to deliver biosocial HIV prevention for adolescents and youth in rural South Africa

Research Square(2021)10.21203/rs.3.rs-42209/v2

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1 citations

Nonhlanhla Okesola, Natsayi Chimbindi, Thembelihle Zuma, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Oluwafemi Adeagbo +8 more

Process evaluation of peer-to-peer delivery of HIV self-testing and sexual health information to support HIV prevention among youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: qualitative analysis

BMJ Open(2022)10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048780

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80 citations

Janet Seeley, Dumsani Gumede, Sibongiseni Xulu, Nondumiso Dlamini, Manono Luthuli +14 more

The association of exposure to DREAMS on sexually acquiring or transmitting HIV amongst adolescent girls and young women living in rural South Africa

AIDS(2022)10.1097/qad.0000000000003156

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52 citations

Kathy Baisley, Natsayi Chimbindi, Thembelihle Zuma, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Jaco Dreyer +11 more

DREAMS impact on HIV status knowledge and sexual risk among cohorts of young women in Kenya and South Africa

AIDS(2022)10.1097/qad.0000000000003157

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42 citations

Sarah Mulwa, Faith Magut, Annabelle Gourlay, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Vivienne Kamire +9 more

Kidney function in tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-based oral pre-exposure prophylaxis users: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published literature and a multi-country meta-analysis of individual participant data

The Lancet HIV(2022)10.1016/s2352-3018(22)00004-2

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30 citations

Pedro Henrique Amparo da Costa Leite, Ronaldo Silva, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Christopher Akolo, Carlos F Cáceres +19 more

A socio-ecological approach to understanding experiences and perceptions of a multilevel HIV prevention intervention: The determined, resilient, empowered, AIDS-free, mentored, and safe (DREAMS) partnership in uMkhanyakude, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health(2022)10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100138

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17 citations

Janet Seeley, Siphesihle Hlongwane, Natsayi Chimbindi, Lorraine Sherr, Sian Floyd +3 more

Putting research ethics in context: Rethinking vulnerability and agency within a research ethics case study on HIV prevention for young girls in South Africa

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health(2022)10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100081

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8 citations

Janet Seeley, Natsayi Chimbindi, Thembelihle Zuma, Maureen Kelley, Maryam Shahmanesh +1 more

The sexual and reproductive health needs of school-going young people in the context of COVID-19 in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Journal of AIDS Research(2022)10.2989/16085906.2022.2095921

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13 citations

Ursula Ngema, Nothando Ngwenya, Andrew Gibbs, Candice Groenewald, Guy Harling +5 more

Interventions addressing the adolescent HIV continuum of care in South Africa: a systematic review and modified Delphi analysis

BMJ Open(2022)10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057797

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12 citations

Moherndran Archary, Thobekile Sibaya, Tatiana Vieira Ramos, Geri R. Donenberg, Maryam Shahmanesh +5 more

Can a conditional financial incentive (CFI) reduce socio-demographic inequalities in home-based HIV testing uptake? A secondary analysis of the HITS clinical trial intervention in rural South Africa

Social Science & Medicine(2022)10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115305

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5 citations

Hae‐Young Kim, Thulile Mathenjwa, Maryam Shahmanesh, Janet Seeley, Sally Wyke +7 more

A qualitative investigation of facilitators and barriers to DREAMS uptake among adolescents with grandparent caregivers in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

PLOS Global Public Health(2022)10.1371/journal.pgph.0000369

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3 citations

Anna Meyer-Weitz, Thembelihle Zuma, Maryam Shahmanesh, Janet Seeley, Dumile Gumede

Lateral flow test engineering and lessons learned from COVID-19

Nature Reviews Bioengineering(2023)10.1038/s44222-022-00007-3

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294 citations

Benjamin S. Miller, Nicole E. Weckman, Dounia Cherkaoui, Da Huang, Alyssa Thomas DeCruz +22 more

Predicted effects of the introduction of long-acting injectable cabotegravir pre-exposure prophylaxis in sub-Saharan Africa: a modelling study

The Lancet HIV(2023)10.1016/s2352-3018(22)00365-4

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64 citations

Loveleen Bansi‐Matharu, Valentina Cambiano, Dobromir Dimitrov, Anna Bershteyn, David van de Vijver +32 more

Social Categorisation and Social Identification: The Mediating Role of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Adolescents Living with HIV

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine(2023)10.1007/s12529-023-10205-x

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22 citations

Thandeka Smith, Maryam Shahmanesh, Christina Psaros, Chiedza Munikwa, Khethokuhle Nkosi +2 more

Impact of DREAMS interventions on experiences of violence among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from population-based cohort studies in Kenya and South Africa

PLOS Global Public Health(2023)10.1371/journal.pgph.0001818

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20 citations

Annabelle Gourlay, Sarah Mulwa, Faith Magut, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Benedict Orindi +7 more

Global elective breast- and colorectal cancer surgery performance backlogs, attributable mortality and implemented health system responses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review

PLOS Global Public Health(2023)10.1371/journal.pgph.0001413

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18 citations

Komal Bhatia, Maryam Shahmanesh, Sonia Haribhai

Population health impact, cost-effectiveness, and affordability of community-based HIV treatment and monitoring in South Africa: A health economics modelling study

PLOS Global Public Health(2023)10.1371/journal.pgph.0000610

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6 citations

Cara J. Bayer, D. Allen Roberts, Heidi van Rooyen, Alastair van Heerden, Maryam Shahmanesh +12 more

Evaluating use of mass-media communication intervention ‘MTV-Shuga’ on increased awareness and demand for HIV and sexual health services by adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: an observational study

BMJ Open(2023)10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062804

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9 citations

Nondumiso Mthiyane, Glory Chidumwa, Thembelihle Zuma, Jaco Dreyer, Isolde Birdthistle +12 more

Adaptation and pre-test of a shortened Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention focused on HIV for young men in rural South Africa

PLOS Global Public Health(2023)10.1371/journal.pgph.0001632

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3 citations

Dumsani Gumede, Oluwafemi Adeagbo, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Esnat Chirwa, Smanga Mkhwanazi +11 more

Thetha Nami ngithethe nawe (Let’s Talk): a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of social mobilisation by peer navigators into community-based sexual health and HIV care, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), to reduce sexually transmissible HIV amongst young people in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-2804513/v1

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1 citations

Thembelihle Zuma, Carina Herbst, Nonhlanhla Okeselo, Natsayi Chimbindi, Jaco Dreyer +23 more

A risk-differentiated, community-led intervention to strengthen uptake and engagement with HIV prevention and care cascades among female sex workers in Zimbabwe (AMETHIST): a cluster randomised trial

The Lancet Global Health(2024)10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00235-3

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25 citations

Fortunate Machingura, M. Sanni Ali, Sungai T. Chabata, Albert Takaruza, Jeffrey Dirawo +13 more

A mixed methods process evaluation: understanding the implementation and delivery of HIV prevention services integrated within sexual reproductive health (SRH) with or without peer support amongst adolescents and young adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Trials(2024)10.1186/s13063-024-08279-3

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5 citations

Jacob Busang, Sphesihle Hlongwane, Glory Chidumwa, Dumsani Gumede, Manono Luthuli +9 more

Population impacts of conditional financial incentives and a male‐targeted digital decision support application on the HIV treatment cascade in rural KwaZulu Natal: findings from the HITS cluster randomized clinical trial

Journal of the International AIDS Society(2024)10.1002/jia2.26248

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2 citations

Hae‐Young Kim, Thulile Mathenjwa, Maryam Shahmanesh, Janet Seeley, Sally Wyke +11 more

Uptake of multi-level HIV interventions and HIV-related behaviours among young people in rural South Africa

PLOS Global Public Health(2024)10.1371/journal.pgph.0003258

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3 citations

Maryam Shahmanesh, Andrew Copas, Natsayi Chimbindi, Jaco Dreyer, Thembelihle Zuma +8 more

Incident pregnancy and mental health among adolescent girls and young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: an observational cohort study

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth(2024)10.1080/02673843.2024.2371414

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2 citations

Natsayi Chimbindi, Thembelihle Zuma, Jaco Dreyer, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Janet Seeley +4 more

Looking for the future – Hope and adolescent risk behaviour in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Global Public Health(2024)10.1080/17441692.2024.2414818

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1 citations

Natsayi Chimbindi, Kathy Baisley, Thembelihle Zuma, Janet Seeley, Maryam Shahmanesh +1 more

Alcohol use and the pre-exposure prophylaxis continuum of care among men in rural South Africa

medRxiv(2024)10.1101/2024.03.23.24304770

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3 citations

Jacob Busang, Jaco Dreyer, Carina Herbst, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Natsayi Chimbindi +8 more

eYoung men’s experiences of violence and poverty and the relationship to sexually transmissible HIV: a cross sectional study from rural South Africa

medRxiv(2024)10.1101/2024.09.08.24313251

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1 citations

Esnat Chirwa, Guy Harling, Natsayi Chimbindi, Jaco Dreyer, Carina Herbst +11 more

HIV PrEP programmes as a framework for diagnosing and treating HBV infection in adolescents and young adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of Virus Eradication(2025)10.1016/j.jve.2025.100600

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1 citations

Jacob Busang, Jaco Dreyer, Thandeka Khoza, Marion Delphin, Nonhlanhla Okesola +9 more

Youth-Friendly Sexual Health Services and Peer Support for Improved Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Adolescents and Young Adults in South Africa: Results of a Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial

Sexually Transmitted Diseases(2025)10.1097/olq.0000000000002203

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1 citations

Jacob Busang, Natsayi Chimbindi, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Theresa Smit, Guy Harling +6 more

Finding knowledge: how youth identify their candidacy and sources of information regarding sexual and reproductive health in rural KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

BMC Public Health(2025)10.1186/s12889-025-22595-6

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1 citations

Siphesihle Hlongwane, Vuyiswa Nxumalo, Dumile Gumede, Maryam Shahmanesh, Janet Seeley +2 more

Alcohol Use and the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Continuum of Care Among Men in Rural South Africa: Results from a Longitudinal Study

AIDS and Behavior(2025)10.1007/s10461-025-04694-y

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0 citations

Jacob Busang, Jaco Dreyer, Carina Herbst, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Natsayi Chimbindi +8 more

Young Men's Experiences of Violence and Poverty and the Relationship With Sexually Transmissible HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study From Rural South Africa

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes(2025)10.1097/qai.0000000000003709

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Esnat Chirwa, Guy Harling, Natsayi Chimbindi, Jaco Dreyer, Carina Herbst +11 more

Access to primary healthcare during lockdown measures for COVID-19 in rural South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis

BMJ Open(2020)10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043763

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183 citations

John D. Kraemer, Mark J. Meyer, Guy Harling, Thobeka Mngomezulu, Patrick Gabela +11 more

The effect of multi-level HIV prevention interventions on common mental disorders among adolescents and young adults in rural South Africa

PLOS Global Public Health(2025)10.1371/journal.pgph.0005183

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Guy Harling, Andrew Copas, Bianca De Stavola, Natsayi Chimbindi, Lorraine Sherr +6 more

Directed and target focused multi‐sectoral adolescent HIV prevention: Insights from implementation of the ‘DREAMS Partnership’ in rural South Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society(2020)10.1002/jia2.25575

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74 citations

Isolde Birdthistle, Sian Floyd, Guy Harling, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Thembelihle Zuma +4 more

Young people’s experiences of sexual and reproductive health interventions in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth(2020)10.1080/02673843.2020.1831558

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55 citations

Janet Seeley, Sakhile Mdluli, Natsayi Chimbindi, Nuala McGrath, Sian Floyd +5 more

From the micro to the macro to improve health: microorganism ecology and society in teaching infectious disease epidemiology

The Lancet Infectious Diseases(2020)10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30136-5

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20 citations

Guy Harling, Cordelia Coltart, Heather Bailey, Carina King, Jo Gibbs +12 more

Protocol: Leveraging a demographic and health surveillance system for Covid-19 Surveillance in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Wellcome Open Research(2020)10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15949.1

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20 citations

Guy Harling, Anne Derache, Theresa Smit, Thandeka Khoza, Resign Gunda +18 more

Acceptability of a tablet-based application to support early HIV testing among men in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a mixed method study

AIDS Care(2020)10.1080/09540121.2020.1742867

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25 citations

Hae‐Young Kim, Frank Tanser, Sibongiseni Xulu, Nondumiso Dlamini, Velaphi Gumede +7 more

Protocol: Leveraging a demographic and health surveillance system for Covid-19 Surveillance in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Wellcome Open Research(2020)10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15949.2

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17 citations

Guy Harling, Anne Derache, Theresa Smit, Thandeka Khoza, Resign Gunda +18 more

“They have this not care – don’t care attitude:” A Mixed Methods Study Evaluating Community Readiness for Oral PrEP in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in a Rural Area of South Africa

AIDS Research and Therapy(2020)10.1186/s12981-020-00310-2

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38 citations

Natsayi Chimbindi, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Busisiwe Nkosi, Thembelihle Zuma, Kathy Baisley +7 more

Access to primary healthcare during lockdown measures for COVID-19 in rural South Africa: a longitudinal cohort study

medRxiv(2020)10.1101/2020.05.15.20103226

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48 citations

John D. Kraemer, Mark J. Meyer, Guy Harling, Thobeka Mngomezulu, Patrick Gabela +11 more

Maryam Shahmanesh

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