Infectious Diseases
- Novel Approaches to Postnatal Prophylaxis to Eliminate Vertical Transmission of HIV
Despite progress in providing antiretroviral therapy to pregnant women living with HIV, a substantial number of vertical transmissions continue to occur. Novel approaches leveraging modern potent, safe, and well-tolerated antiretroviral drugs are urgently needed.
- Preexposure Prophylaxis Among Pregnant and Lactating People in 18 PEPFAR-Supported Countries: A Review of HIV Strategies and Guidelines
The use of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a safe, efficacious method to prevent HIV infections among pregnant and lactating people (PLP) and their infants. Despite growing support for PrEP use among PLP and notable changes in national policies, many policy gaps persist.
- How Do Private Providers Unaffiliated With the Nigeria National TB Program Diagnose and Treat Drug-Susceptible TB Patients? A Cross-Sectional Study
Private providers unaffiliated with the National TB Program (NTP) in Nigeria are not diagnosing or treating drug-susceptible TB patients according to NTP guidelines, resulting in an urgent need to engage non-NTP providers and improve the quality of their TB services.
- Toward Meaningful Cultural Adaptation Across Implementation Stages: Lessons Learned From a Culturally Based HIV Stigma Intervention in Gaborone, Botswana
A culturally based stigma intervention for pregnant women living with HIV in Gaborone, Botswana highlights the importance of conceptualizing and formalizing cultural adaptation across all stages of implementation.
- Do Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome Have Cerebral Palsy?
As researchers and practitioners, we have an important role in educating families of children with brain damage caused by Zika virus infection on how a cerebral palsy diagnosis can empower them with more information and enable better access to care and intervention services.
- Crossing the Last Mile of TB Care in Rural Southern Madagascar: A Multistakeholder Initiative
Decentralizing TB care services by offering motorbike-based mobile clinics increased patient accessibility to TB care services in a remote district in Madagascar.
- Developing and Testing a Chatbot to Integrate HIV Education Into Family Planning Clinic Waiting Areas in Lusaka, Zambia
In response to the need to integrate HIV prevention content with FP counseling, a chatbot was developed and tested for use among FP clients in clinic waiting areas to leverage the time while they wait to see providers and guide them through a digital conversation on preventing both pregnancy and HIV.
- Willingness to Pay for HIV Prevention Commodities Among Key Population Groups in Nigeria
Exploring the willingness of certain population segments to pay for HIV commodities is the first step in developing strategies to maximize the use of free or subsidized products, increase access to products for key segments of the population, and ensure efficiency and sustainability of HIV prevention programming.
- Community Health Workers Improve HIV Disclosure Among HIV-Affected Sexual Partners in Rural Uganda: A Quasi-Experimental Study
HIV disclosure is critical to achieve positive HIV treatment and management outcomes. Community health worker–led mechanisms may be used to support disclosure among adults living with HIV in heterosexual relationships in rural settings.
- Bottlenecks and Solutions During Implementation of the DREAMS Program for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Namibia
We analyze implementation bottlenecks experienced in the DREAMS program in Namibia that can provide valuable insights and suggest ways to anticipate and overcome these challenges when managing HIV and gender-based violence prevention programs for adolescent girls and young women.