Publications Archives, 2013

Botswana

• Ledikwe JH, Reason LL, Burnett SM, Busang L, Bodika S, Lebelonyane R, Ludick S, Matshediso E, Mawandia S, Mmelesi M, Sento B, Semo B. Establishing a health information workforce: Innovation for low and middle income countries. Hum Resour Health. 2013 Jul 18;11(1).
• Ledikwe JH, Kejelepula M, Maupo K, Sebetso S, Thekiso M, Smith M, Mbayi B, Houghton N, Thankane K, O’Malley G, Semo B. Evaluation of a well-established task-shifting initiative: the lay counselor cadre in Botswana. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 9;8(4):e61601. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061601. Print 2013.

India

• Mahajan D, Ottilingam KR, Gurusamy M, Chokkalingam C. Barriers, facilitators and socio-demographic characteristics associated with condom usage amongst male HIV Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre attendees at the Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, and HIV tertiary care centre in Chennai. Ind J Community Health;2013;25(2):138-44.
• Mahajan D, Ottilingam KR, Gurusamy M, Chokkalingam C. Barriers, facilitators and socio-demographic characteristics associated with condom usage amongst male HIV Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre attendees at the Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, and HIV tertiary care centre in Chennai. Ind J Community Health;2013;25(2):138-44.
• Farsani TT, Kore S, Nadol P, Ramam M, Thierman S, Leslie K, Chandrasekar C, Sikhamani R, Manoharan G, Kubba A, Maurer T. Etiology and risk factors associated with a pruritic papular eruption in people living with HIV in India. J Int AIDS Soc. 2013 Sep 3;16(1):17325. doi: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.17325.
• Raja K, Chandrasekar C, Krishnarajasekhar OR, Manoharan G. Zero CD4 count: A case of discordant CD4 response in a patient with well suppressed viral load. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2013 Jul-Sep;31(3):298-302. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.115658.
• Solomon S, Balakrishnan P, Vignesh R, Waldrop G, Solomon SS, Murugavel KG, Kumarasamy N, Yepthomi T, Poongulali S, Swathirajan CR, Sreenivasan V, Chandrasekar C, Suriakumar J, Mahilmaran A, Manoharan G, Moore DA. A rapid and low-cost microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay for detecting TB and MDR-TB among individuals infected by HIV in South India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2013 Apr-Jun;31(2):130-7. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.115225.

Malawi

• Haddad L, Cwiak C, Jamieson D, Feldacker C, Tweya H, Hosseinipour M, Hoffman I, Bryant AG, Stuart GS, Noah I, Mulundila L, Samala B, Mayne P, Phiri S. Contraceptive adherence among HIV-infected women in Malawi: a randomized controlled trial of the copper intrauterine device and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate. Contraception. 2013 Dec;88(6):737-43. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.08.006. Epub 2013 Aug 23.
• Tweya H, Feldacker C, Estill J, Jahn A, Ng’ambi W, Ben-Smith A, Keiser O. Bokosi M, Egger M, Speight C, Gumulira J, Phiri S. Are They Really Lost? “True” Status and Reasons for Treatment Discontinuation among HIV Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy Considered Lost to Follow Up in Urban Malawi. PLoS One. 2013 Sept 26; 8(9):e75761. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075761. eCollection 2013.
• Stuck AE, Tenthani L, Egger M. Assessing population aging and disability in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Malawi? PLoS Med. 2013 May: 10(5).
• Johnson D, Feldacker C, Tweya H, Phiri S, Hosseinipour M. Factors associated with timely initiation of antiretroviral treatment in two HIV clinics in Lilongwe, Malawi. Int J STD AIDS. 2013 Jan;24(1):42-9. doi: 10.1177/0956462412472312. Epub 2013 March 6.
• Chimbwandira F, Mhango E, Makombe S, Midiani D, Mwansambo C, Njala J, Chirwa Z, Jahn A, Schouten E, Phelps B.R, Gieselman A, Holmes C, Maida A, Gupta S, Tippett Barr B.A, Modi S, Dale H, Aberle-Grasse J, Davis M, Bell D, Houston J. Impact of an Innovative Approach to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-Malawi, July 2011-September 2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Mar 1:62(8):148-51.
• Tweya H, Feldacker C, Phiri S, Ben-Smith A, Fenner L, Jahn A, Kalulu M, Weigel R, Kamba C, Banda R, Egger M, Keiser O. Comparison of treatment outcomes of new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients by HIV and antiretroviral status in a TB/HIV clinic, Malawi. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056248. Epub 2013 Feb 15.
• Tweya H, Feldacker C, Breeze E, Jahn A, Blake Haddad L, Ben-Smith A, Chaweza T and Phiri S. Incidence of Pregnancy Among Women Accessing Antiretroviral Therapy in Urban Malawi: A Retrospective Cohort Study. AIDS Behav. 2013 Feb; 17(2): 471-8. doi: 10.1007/s10461-012-0150-0.

General

• Sharma A, Chiliade P, Reyes EM, Thomas KK, Collens SR, Morales JR. Building a sustainable organizational capacity to deliver HIV programs in resource-constrained settings: stakeholder perspectives. Glob Health Action. 2013 Dec 13;6:22571.
• O’Malley G, Perdue T and Petracca F. A framework for outcome-level evaluation of in-service training of health care workers. Hum Resour Health. 2013 Oct 1, 11:50. doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-50.
• O’Malley G, Marseille E, Weaver MR. Cost-effectiveness analyses of training: a manager’s guide. Hum Resour Health. 2013 May 20;11(1):20. doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-20.
• Schouten E, Jahn A, Chimbwandira F, Harries A, Van Damme W. Is Option B+ the best choice? The Lancet, 2013 Jan. 381(9874):1272-1273.

 Presentations, 2013

• “Roll-out of universal antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women (‘Option B+’) in Malawi: factors influencing retention in care.” 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. June 3-July 3, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• 4th Annual CUGH Global Health Conference. March 14-16, 2013, Washington, D.C.