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Probabilistic Cause-of-Death Assignment Using Verbal Autopsies by McCormick, Tyler H., Li, Zehang Richard, Calvert, Clara, Crampin, Amelia C., Kahn, Kathleen, Clark, Samuel J.

“…In regions without complete-coverage civil registration and vital statistics systems there is uncertainty about even the most basic demographic indicators. In…”
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SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in a Rural and Urban Household Cohort during First and Second Waves of Infections, South Africa, July 2020–March 2021 by Kleynhans, Jackie, Tempia, Stefano, Wolter, Nicole, von Gottberg, Anne, Bhiman, Jinal N, Buys, Amelia, Moyes, Jocelyn, McMorrow, Meredith L, Kahn, Kathleen, Gomez- Olive, F. Xavier, Tollman, Stephen, Martinson, Neil A, Wafawanaka, Floidy, Lebina, Limakatso, Toit, Jacques du, Jassat, Waasila, Neti, Mzimasi, Brauer, Marieke, Cohen, Cheryl

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections may be underestimated because of limited access to testing. We measured SARS-CoV-2…”
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Young women's perceptions of transactional sex and sexual agency: a qualitative study in the context of rural South Africa by Ranganathan, Meghna, MacPhail, Catherine, Pettifor, Audrey, Kahn, Kathleen, Khoza, Nomhle, Twine, Rhian, Watts, Charlotte, Heise, Lori

“…Evidence shows that HIV prevalence among young women in sub-Saharan Africa increases almost five-fold between ages 15 and 24, with almost a quarter of young…”
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Assessing Changes in Household Socioeconomic Status in Rural South Africa, 2001–2013: A Distributional Analysis Using Household Asset Indicators by Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W., Houle, Brian, Collinson, Mark A., Kahn, Kathleen, Tollman, Stephen, Clark, Samuel

“…Understanding the distribution of socioeconomic status (SES) and its temporal dynamics within a population is critical to ensure that policies and…”
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Research capacity building—obligations for global health partners by Beran, David, Byass, Peter, Gbakima, Aiah, Kahn, Kathleen, Sankoh, Osman, Tollman, Stephen, Witham, Miles, Davies, Justine

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An integrated approach to processing WHO-2016 verbal autopsy data: the InterVA-5 model by Byass, Peter, Hussain-Alkhateeb, Laith, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Clark, Samuel, Davies, Justine, Fottrell, Edward, Bird, Jon, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa, Tollman, Stephen, Kahn, Kathleen, Schiöler, Linus, Petzold, Max

“…Verbal autopsy is an increasingly important methodology for assigning causes to otherwise uncertified deaths, which amount to around 50% of global mortality…”
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Child support grant expansion and cognitive function among women in rural South Africa: Findings from a natural experiment in the HAALSI cohort by Chakraborty, Rishika, Kobayashi, Lindsay C, Jock, Janet, Wing, Coady, Chen, Xiwei, Phillips, Meredith, Berkman, Lisa, Kahn, Kathleen, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson, Rosenberg, Molly

“…Cash transfers are a promising but understudied intervention that may protect cognitive function in adults. Although South Africa has a rapidly ageing…”
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COVID-19-related stigma within a rural South African community: A mixed methods analysis by Mashinini, Duduzile P, Kelly, Nicole K, Mataboge, Palesa, Hill, Frantasia, Nair, Harish, Palattiyil, George, Kahn, Kathleen, Pettifor, Audrey

“…Infectious disease-related stigma is a pervasive global issue that impedes disease control efforts by increasing reluctance to seek treatment or engagement in…”
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Exposure to Adversity and its Impact on Later Life Cognitive, Mental, and Physical Health by Jennings, Elyse A, Mall, Sumaya, Bassil, Darina T, Kahn, Kathleen

“…We aimed to assess later-life health responses to childhood and lifetime adversity in a cohort of rural, Black South African adults. We performed ordinary…”
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Rapidly shifting immunologic landscape and severity of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era in South Africa by Sun, Kaiyuan, Tempia, Stefano, Kleynhans, Jackie, von Gottberg, Anne, McMorrow, Meredith L., Wolter, Nicole, Bhiman, Jinal N., Moyes, Jocelyn, Carrim, Maimuna, Martinson, Neil A., Kahn, Kathleen, Lebina, Limakatso, du Toit, Jacques D., Mkhencele, Thulisa, Viboud, Cécile, Cohen, Cheryl

“…South Africa was among the first countries to detect the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. However, the size of its Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants (BA.1/2) wave…”
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Progression of the epidemiological transition in a rural South African setting: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt, 1993-2013 by Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W, Houle, Brian, Collinson, Mark A, Kahn, Kathleen, Gómez-Olivé, Francesc Xavier, Clark, Samuel J, Tollman, Stephen

“…Virtually all low- and middle-income countries are undergoing an epidemiological transition whose progression is more varied than experienced in high-income…”
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HIV self-testing: South African young adults' recommendations for ease of use, test kit contents, accessibility, and supportive resources by Ritchwood, Tiarney D, Selin, Amanda, Pettifor, Audrey, Lippman, Sheri A, Gilmore, Hailey, Kimaru, Linda, Hove, Jennifer, Wagner, Ryan, Twine, Rhian, Kahn, Kathleen

“…The uptake of HIV self-testing (HIVST) could address socio-structural barriers that prevent South African youth from utilizing the testing resources available…”
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The effect of a conditional cash transfer on HIV incidence in young women in rural South Africa (HPTN 068): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial by Pettifor, Audrey, Dr, MacPhail, Catherine, PhD, Hughes, James P, Prof, Selin, Amanda, MHS, Wang, Jing, MS, Gómez-Olivé, F Xavier, PhD, Eshleman, Susan H, Prof, Wagner, Ryan G, PhD, Mabuza, Wonderful, BSc, Khoza, Nomhle, MS, Suchindran, Chirayath, Prof, Mokoena, Immitrude, BS, Twine, Rhian, MPH, Andrew, Philip, RN, Townley, Ellen, MSN, Laeyendecker, Oliver, PhD, Agyei, Yaw, BS, Tollman, Stephen, Prof, Kahn, Kathleen, Prof

“…Summary Background Cash transfers have been proposed as an intervention to reduce HIV-infection risk for young women in sub-Saharan Africa. However, scarce…”
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Paradox of HIV stigma in an integrated chronic disease care in rural South Africa: Viewpoints of service users and providers by Ameh, Soter, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Gómez-Olivé, Francesc Xavier, Kahn, Kathleen, Tollman, Stephen M, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin

“…An integrated chronic disease management (ICDM) model was introduced by the National Department of Health in South Africa to tackle the dual burden of HIV/AIDS…”
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Severe influenza-associated respiratory infection in high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2011 by Cohen, Cheryl, Moyes, Jocelyn, Tempia, Stefano, Groom, Michelle, Walaza, Sibongile, Pretorius, Marthi, Dawood, Halima, Chhagan, Meera, Haffejee, Summaya, Variava, Ebrahim, Kahn, Kathleen, Tshangela, Akhona, von Gottberg, Anne, Wolter, Nicole, Cohen, Adam L, Kgokong, Babatyi, Venter, Marietjie, Madhi, Shabir A

“…Data on influenza epidemiology in HIV-infected persons are limited, particularly for sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV infection is widespread. We tested…”
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Examining the relationships between body image, eating attitudes, BMI, and physical activity in rural and urban South African young adult females using structural equation modeling by Prioreschi, Alessandra, Wrottesley, Stephanie V, Cohen, Emmanuel, Reddy, Ankita, Said-Mohamed, Rihlat, Twine, Rhian, Tollman, Stephen M, Kahn, Kathleen, Dunger, David B, Norris, Shane A

“…The persistence of food insecurity, malnutrition, increasing adiposity, and decreasing physical activity, heightens the need to understand relationships…”
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The impact of conditional cash transfers for HIV prevention on peer relationships: perspectives from female recipients and non-recipients in HPTN 068 by Ndimande-Khoza, Makhosazane Nomhle, Scorgie, Fiona, Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead, Selin, Amanda, Twine, Rhian, Kahn, Kathleen, Pettifor, Audrey, MacPhail, Catherine

“…CCTs are currently being explored for HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Southern Africa. However, little is known about how CCT…”
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Moving towards social inclusion: Engaging rural voices in priority setting for health by Tugendhaft, Aviva, Christofides, Nicola, Stacey, Nicholas, Kahn, Kathleen, Erzse, Agnes, Danis, Marion, Gold, Marthe, Hofman, Karen

“…Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in the context of limited resources will require prioritising the most vulnerable and ensuring health…”
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Incidence and transmission of respiratory syncytial virus in urban and rural South Africa, 2017-2018 by Cohen, Cheryl, Kleynhans, Jackie, Moyes, Jocelyn, McMorrow, Meredith L., Treurnicht, Florette K., Hellferscee, Orienka, Wolter, Nicole, Martinson, Neil A., Kahn, Kathleen, Lebina, Limakatso, Mothlaoleng, Katlego, Wafawanaka, Floidy, Gómez-Olivé, Francesc Xavier, Mkhencele, Thulisa, Mathunjwa, Azwifarwi, Carrim, Maimuna, Mathee, Angela, Piketh, Stuart, Language, Brigitte, von Gottberg, Anne, Tempia, Stefano

“…Data on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) incidence and household transmission are limited. To describe RSV incidence and transmission, we conducted a…”
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Risk factors for severe respiratory syncytial virus-associated respiratory tract infection in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2012 - 2018 by Moyes, Jocelyn, Tempia, Stefano, Walaza, Sibongile, Cohen, Adam L, Treurnicht, Florette, Hellferscee, Orienka, Wolter, Nicole, von Gottberg, Anne, Dawood, Halima, Variava, Ebrahim, Kahn, Kathleen, Madhi, Shabir A, Cohen, Cheryl

“…Identifying risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) will assist with targeting vaccine…”
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