Search Results - "Albertus Schaap"

Who Accepts and Who Uses Community-Based Secondary Distribution HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) Kits? Findings From the Intervention Arm of a Cluster-Randomized Trial of HIVST Distribution Nested in Four HPTN 071 (PopART) Communities in Zambia by Hensen, Bernadette, Schaap, Albertus J., Mulubwa, Chama, Floyd, Sian, Shanaube, Kwame, Phiri, Mwelwa M., Bond, Virginia, Bwalya, Chiti, Simwinga, Musonda, Fidler, Sarah, Hayes, Richard, Mwinga, Alwyn, Ayles, Helen

“…BACKGROUND:HPTN 071 (PopART) was a community-randomized trial of a universal testing-and-treatment intervention on HIV incidence at population level in Zambia…”
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Depressive symptoms and HIV risk behaviours among adolescents enrolled in the HPTN071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa by Kwame Shanaube, Thomas Gachie, Graeme Hoddinott, Albertus Schaap, Sian Floyd, Tila Mainga, Virginia Bond, Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Helen Ayles

“…Background Mental health is a critical and neglected public health problem for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper we aim to determine the…”
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Towards 90-90: Findings after two years of the HPTN 071 (PopART) cluster-randomized trial of a universal testing-and-treatment intervention in Zambia by Floyd, Sian, Ayles, Helen, Schaap, Albertus, Shanaube, Kwame, MacLeod, David, Phiri, Mwelwa, Griffith, Sam, Bock, Peter, Beyers, Nulda, Fidler, Sarah, Hayes, Richard

“…HPTN071(PopART) is a 3-arm community-randomised study in 21 peri-urban/urban communities in Zambia and the Western Cape of South Africa, with high HIV…”
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Evaluation of COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing in Lesotho and Zambia by Bresser, Moniek, Erhardt, Rahel Milena, Shanaube, Kwame, Simwinga, Musonda, Mahlatsi, Palesa Agnes, Belus, Jennifer, Schaap, Albertus, Amstutz, Alain, Gachie, Thomas, Glass, Tracy Renée, Kangololo, Bxyn, 'Mota, John, Floyd, Sian, Katende, Bulemba, Klinkenberg, Eveline, Ayles, Helen, Reither, Klaus, Ruperez, Maria

“…The use of antigen rapid tests (Ag-RDTs) for self-testing is an important element of the COVID-19 control strategy and has been widely supported. However,…”
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The impact of an innovative community-based peer-led intervention on uptake and coverage of sexual and reproductive health services among adolescents and young people 15-24 years old: results from the Yathu Yathu cluster randomised trial by Phiri, Mwelwa Muleba, Schaap, Albertus, Hensen, Bernadette, Sigande, Lucheka, Simuyaba, Melvin, Mwenge, Lawrence, Zulu-Phiri, Rosemary, Mwape, Louis, Floyd, Sian, Fidler, Sarah, Hayes, Richard, Simwinga, Musonda, Ayles, Helen

“…The Yathu Yathu ("For Us, By Us") cluster-randomized trial (CRT) evaluated a peer-led community-based sexual and reproductive health(SRH) intervention…”
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Assessment of a screening tool to aid home-based identification of adolescents (aged 10-14) living with HIV in Zambia and South Africa: HPTN 071 (PopART) study by Chaila, Mwate Joseph, Mcleod, David, Vermund, Sten H, Mbolongwe-Thornicroft, Moomba, Mbewe, Madalitso, Mubekapi-Musadaidzwa, Constance, Harper, Abigail, Schaap, Albertus, Floyd, Sian, Hoddinott, Graeme, Hayes, Richard, Fidler, Sarah, Ayles, Helen, Shanaube, Kwame

“…The HPTN071 (PopART) for Youth (P-ART-Y) study evaluated the acceptability and uptake of a community-level combination HIV prevention package including…”
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Tuberculosis prevalence after 4 years of population-wide systematic TB symptom screening and universal testing and treatment for HIV in the HPTN 071 (PopART) community-randomised trial in Zambia and South Africa: A cross-sectional survey (TREATS) by Klinkenberg, Eveline, Floyd, Sian, Shanaube, Kwame, Mureithi, Linda, Gachie, Thomas, de Haas, Petra, Kosloff, Barry, Dodd, Peter J., Ruperez, Maria, Wapamesa, Chali, Burnett, James Michael, Kalisvaart, Nico, Kasese, Nkatya, Vermaak, Redwaan, Schaap, Albertus, Fidler, Sarah, Hayes, Richard, Ayles, Helen

“…Background Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence remains persistently high in many settings, with new or expanded interventions required to achieve substantial…”
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Pandemic burden in low-income settings and impact of limited and delayed interventions: A granular modelling analysis of COVID-19 in Kabwe, Zambia by Perez-Guzman, Pablo N., Chanda, Stephen Longa, Schaap, Albertus, Shanaube, Kwame, Baguelin, Marc, Nyangu, Sarah T., Kanyanga, Muzala Kapina, Walker, Patrick, Ayles, Helen, Chilengi, Roma, Verity, Robert, Hauck, Katharina, Knock, Edward S, Cori, Anne

“…•Equitable global pandemic preparedness requires evidence from all income settings.•We conducted a first-of-a-kind detailed modelling analysis of COVID-19 in a…”
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Community based distribution of oral HIV self-testing kits in Zambia: a cluster-randomised trial nested in four HPTN 071 (PopART) intervention communities by Mulubwa, Chama, Hensen, Bernadette, Phiri, Mwelwa M, Shanaube, Kwame, Schaap, Albertus J, Floyd, Sian, Phiri, Comfort R, Bwalya, Chiti, Bond, Virginia, Simwinga, Musonda, Mwenge, Lawrence, Fidler, Sarah, Hayes, Richard, Mwinga, Alwyn, Ayles, Helen

“…The HPTN 071 (PopART) cluster-randomised trial provided door-to-door HIV testing services to a large proportion of individuals residing in 21 intervention…”
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Depressive symptoms and HIV risk behaviours among adolescents enrolled in the HPTN071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa by Shanaube, Kwame, Gachie, Thomas, Hoddinott, Graeme, Schaap, Albertus, Floyd, Sian, Mainga, Tila, Bond, Virginia, Hayes, Richard, Fidler, Sarah, Ayles, Helen

“…Mental health is a critical and neglected public health problem for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper we aim to determine the prevalence of…”
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Prevalence of tuberculosis, HIV and respiratory symptoms in two Zambian communities: implications for tuberculosis control in the era of HIV by Ayles, Helen, Schaap, Albertus, Nota, Amos, Sismanidis, Charalambos, Tembwe, Ruth, De Haas, Petra, Muyoyeta, Monde, Beyers, Nulda

“…The Stop TB Partnership target for tuberculosis is to have reduced the prevalence of tuberculosis by 50% comparing 2015 to 1990. This target is challenging as…”
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Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa by Floyd, Sian, Klinkenberg, Eveline, de Haas, Petra, Kosloff, Barry, Gachie, Thomas, Dodd, Pete J, Ruperez, Maria, Wapamesa, Chali, Burnett, Michael J, Kalisvaart, Nico, Vermaak, Redwaan, Mainga, Tila, Schaap, Albertus, Fidler, Sarah, Mureithi, Linda, Shanaube, Kwame, Hayes, Richard, Ayles, Helen

“…ObjectivesPrevalence surveys remain the best way to assess the national tuberculosis (TB) burden in many countries. Challenges with using culture (the…”
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The burden and natural history of cardiac pathology at TB diagnosis in a high-HIV prevalence district in Zambia: protocol for the TB-Heart study by Scopazzini, Marcello S, Chansa, Pamela, Majonga, Edith D, Bual, Nina, Schaap, Albertus, Mateyo, Kondwelani J, Musukuma, Remmy, Mweemba, Veronica, Cheeba, Maina, Mwila, Chipili C, Sigande, Lucheka, Banda, Isabel, Ngulube, Joseph, Shanaube, Kwame, Zenner, Dominik, Ayles, Helen, Shah, Anoop S V

“…Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major cause of death across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In parallel, non-communicable disease and especially cardiovascular…”
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Field comparison of OraQuick ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 antibody test and two blood-based rapid HIV antibody tests in Zambia by Zachary, Dalila, Mwenge, Lawrence, Muyoyeta, Monde, Shanaube, Kwame, Schaap, Albertus, Bond, Virginia, Kosloff, Barry, de Haas, Petra, Ayles, Helen

“…Zambia's national HIV testing algorithm specifies use of two rapid blood based antibody assays, DetermineHIV-1/2 (Inverness Medical) and if positive then…”
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Factors associated with use of community-based, peer-led sexual and reproductive health services by adolescent boys and young men aged 18-24 in Lusaka, Zambia: A case control study nested in the Yathu Yathu trial by Phiri, Mwelwa M, Hensen, Bernadette, Sigande, Lucheka M, Floyd, Sian, Schaap, Albertus J, Simuyaba, Melvin, Mwenge, Lawrence, Zulu-Phiri, Rosemary, Mwape, Louis, Fidler, Sarah, Simwinga, Musonda, Hayes, Richard, Ayles, Helen M

“…Adolescents and young people (AYP) aged 15-24 years have the least access to facility-based sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, including HIV…”
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Implementation Research to Inform the Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Primary Health Care Facilities in High TB and HIV Settings in Resource Constrained Settings by Muyoyeta, Monde, Moyo, Maureen, Kasese, Nkatya, Ndhlovu, Mapopa, Milimo, Deborah, Mwanza, Winfridah, Kapata, Nathan, Schaap, Albertus, Godfrey Faussett, Peter, Ayles, Helen

“…The current cost of Xpert MTB RIF (Xpert) consumables is such that algorithms are needed to select which patients to prioritise for testing with Xpert. To…”
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Rates of viral suppression in a cohort of people with stable HIV from two community models of ART delivery versus facility-based HIV care in Lusaka, Zambia: a cluster-randomised, non-inferiority trial nested in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial by Limbada, Mohammed, Macleod, David, Situmbeko, Vasty, Muhau, Ellen, Shibwela, Osborn, Chiti, Bwalya, Floyd, Sian, Schaap, Albertus J, Hayes, Richard, Fidler, Sarah, Ayles, Helen, Hayes, Richard, Fidler, Sarah, Beyers, Nulda, Ayles, Helen, Bock, Peter, El-Sadr, Wafaa, Cohen, Myron, Bond, Virginia, Eshleman, Susan, Donnell, Deborah, Floyd, Sian, Hoddinott, Graeme, Macleod, Dave, Burns, David, Fraser, Christopher, Emel, Lynda, Noble, Heather, Cori, Anne, Sista, Niru, Griffith, Sam, Moore, Ayana, Headen, Tanette, White, Rhonda, Miller, Eric, Hargreaves, James, Hauck, Katharina, Thomas, Ranjeeta, Limbada, Mohammed, Bwalya, Justin, Mwinga, Alwyn, Pickles, Michael, Sabapathy, Kalpana, Schaap, Albertus J, Phiri, Mwelwa, Chiti, Bwalya, Mwenge, Lawrence, Dunbar, Rory, Shanaube, Kwame, Yang, Blia, Simwinga, Musonda, Smith, Peter C, Mandla, Nomtha, Makola, Nozizwe, Van Deventer, Anneen, Sakala, Ephraim, Jennings, Karen, Kosloff, Barry, Kanema, Sarah, Probert, Will, Kumar, Ramya, Silumesi, Andrew, Skalland, Tim, Yuhas, Krista

“…Non-facility-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery for people with stable HIV might increase sustainable ART coverage in low-income and middle-income…”
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Correction: Implementation Research to Inform the Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Primary Health Care Facilities in High TB and HIV Settings in Resource Constrained Settings by Muyoyeta, Monde, Moyo, Maureen, Kasese, Nkatya, Ndhlovu, Mapopa, Milimo, Deborah, Mwanza, Winfridah, Kapata, Nathan, Schaap, Albertus, Faussett, Peter Godfrey, Ayles, Helen

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Depressive symptoms and HIV risk behaviours among adolescents enrolled in the HPTN071 by Shanaube, Kwame, Gachie, Thomas, Hoddinott, Graeme, Schaap, Albertus, Floyd, Sian, Mainga, Tila, Bond, Virginia, Hayes, Richard, Fidler, Sarah, Ayles, Helen

“…Background Mental health is a critical and neglected public health problem for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper we aim to determine the…”
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Assessment of a screening tool to aid home-based identification of adolescents by Chaila, Mwate Joseph, Mcleod, David, Vermund, Sten H, Mbolongwe-Thornicroft, Moomba, Mbewe, Madalitso, Mubekapi-Musadaidzwa, Constance, Harper, Abigail, Schaap, Albertus, Floyd, Sian, Hoddinott, Graeme, Hayes, Richard, Fidler, Sarah, Ayles, Helen, Shanaube, Kwame

“…Introduction The HPTN071 (PopART) for Youth (P-ART-Y) study evaluated the acceptability and uptake of a community-level combination HIV prevention package…”
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