Search Results - "D. CHARLEBOIS, Edwin"
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Drought and intimate partner violence towards women in 19 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2011-2018: A population-based study
Published in PLoS medicine (01-03-2020)“…Drought has many known deleterious impacts on human health, but little is known about the relationship between drought and intimate partner violence (IPV). We…”
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Mobility and its Effects on HIV Acquisition and Treatment Engagement: Recent Theoretical and Empirical Advances
Published in Current HIV/AIDS reports (01-08-2019)“…Purpose of Review We reviewed literature across multiple disciplines to describe issues with the measurement of population mobility in HIV research and to…”
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"Hurdles on the path to 90-90-90 and beyond": Qualitative analysis of barriers to engagement in HIV care among individuals in rural East Africa in the context of test-and-treat
Published in PloS one (30-08-2018)“…Despite substantial progress, gaps in the HIV care cascade remain large: globally, while about 36.7 million people were living with HIV in 2015, 11.9 million…”
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HIV incidence after pre-exposure prophylaxis initiation among women and men at elevated HIV risk: A population-based study in rural Kenya and Uganda
Published in PLoS medicine (09-02-2021)“…Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective for HIV prevention, but data are limited on HIV incidence among PrEP users in generalized epidemic…”
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Improving care engagement for mobile people living with HIV in rural western Kenya
Published in PloS one (22-11-2023)“…Antiretroviral therapy (ART) assures major gains in health outcomes among people living with HIV, however, this benefit may not be realized by all due to care…”
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Dimensions of HIV-related stigma in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda at the start of a large HIV 'test and treat' trial
Published in PloS one (17-05-2021)“…HIV-related stigma is a frequently cited barrier to HIV testing and care engagement. A nuanced understanding of HIV-related stigma is critical for developing…”
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The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in rural East Africa: A population-based study
Published in PloS one (04-03-2020)“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be common among individuals living in sub-Saharan Africa due to the confluence of CKD risk factors and genetic predisposition…”
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Factors predictive of successful retention in care among HIV-infected men in a universal test-and-treat setting in Uganda and Kenya: A mixed methods analysis
Published in PloS one (23-01-2019)“…Previous research indicates clinical outcomes among HIV-infected men in sub-Saharan Africa are sub-optimal. The SEARCH test and treat trial (NCT01864603)…”
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Leveraging rapid community-based HIV testing campaigns for non-communicable diseases in rural Uganda
Published in PloS one (20-08-2012)“…The high burden of undiagnosed HIV in sub-Saharan Africa limits treatment and prevention efforts. Community-based HIV testing campaigns can address this…”
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Outcomes and costs of publicly funded patient navigation interventions to enhance HIV care continuum outcomes in the United States: A before-and-after study
Published in PLoS medicine (13-05-2021)“…In the United States, patients with HIV face significant barriers to linkage to and retention in care which impede the necessary steps toward achieving the…”
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Hypertension testing and treatment in Uganda and Kenya through the SEARCH study: An implementation fidelity and outcome evaluation
Published in PloS one (01-01-2020)“…Hypertension (HTN) is the single leading risk factor for human mortality worldwide, and more prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa than any other region [1]-although…”
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Characteristics of HIV seroconverters in the setting of universal test and treat: Results from the SEARCH trial in rural Uganda and Kenya
Published in PloS one (05-02-2021)“…Additional progress towards HIV epidemic control requires understanding who remains at risk of HIV infection in the context of high uptake of universal testing…”
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The age-specific burden and household and school-based predictors of child and adolescent tuberculosis infection in rural Uganda
Published in PloS one (29-01-2020)“…The age-specific epidemiology of child and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) is poorly understood, especially in rural areas of East Africa. We sought to…”
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Effect of a patient-centered hypertension delivery strategy on all-cause mortality: Secondary analysis of SEARCH, a community-randomized trial in rural Kenya and Uganda
Published in PLoS medicine (20-09-2021)“…Background Hypertension treatment reduces morbidity and mortality yet has not been broadly implemented in many low-resource settings, including sub-Saharan…”
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Sexual partnership concurrency and age disparities associated with sexually transmitted infection and risk behavior in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-07-2022)“…•Historically, young women in age-disparate relationships have elevated risk for HIV.•Partner age and concurrency were associated with NG/CT in women, but not…”
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Testing a social network approach to promote HIV self-testing and linkage to care among fishermen at Lake Victoria: study protocol for the Owete cluster randomized controlled trial
Published in Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine (06-06-2022)“…Nearly 50% of men living with HIV in many countries are unaware of their HIV status; men also have lower uptake of HIV treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis…”
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Uptake of community-based HIV testing during a multi-disease health campaign in rural Uganda
Published in PloS one (02-01-2014)“…The high burden of undiagnosed HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is a major obstacle for HIV prevention and treatment. Multi-disease, community health campaigns (CHCs)…”
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A hybrid mobile approach for population-wide HIV testing in rural east Africa: an observational study
Published in The lancet HIV (01-03-2016)“…Summary Background Despite large investments in HIV testing, only an estimated 45% of HIV-infected people in sub-Saharan Africa know their HIV status. Optimum…”
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Spatial overlap links seemingly unconnected genotype-matched TB cases in rural Uganda
Published in PloS one (13-02-2018)“…Incomplete understanding of TB transmission dynamics in high HIV prevalence settings remains an obstacle for prevention. Understanding where transmission…”
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Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy and risk of malaria in early childhood: A randomized controlled trial
Published in PLoS medicine (17-07-2018)“…Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (IPTp-DP) has been shown to reduce the burden of malaria…”
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