Search Results - "Nonhlanhla Okesola"

Uptake of Home-Based HIV Testing, Linkage to Care, and Community Attitudes about ART in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Descriptive Results from the First Phase of the ANRS 12249 TasP Cluster-Randomised Trial by Iwuji, Collins C, Orne-Gliemann, Joanna, Larmarange, Joseph, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Tanser, Frank, Thiebaut, Rodolphe, Rekacewicz, Claire, Newell, Marie-Louise, Dabis, Francois

“…The 2015 WHO recommendation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all immediately following HIV diagnosis is partially based on the anticipated impact on HIV…”
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Thetha Nami: participatory development of a peer-navigator intervention to deliver biosocial HIV prevention for adolescents and youth in rural South Africa by Shahmanesh, Maryam, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Zuma, Thembelihle, Mdluli, Sakhile, Mthiyane, Nondumiso, Adeagbo, Oluwafemi, Dreyer, Jaco, Herbst, Carina, McGrath, Nuala, Harling, Guy, Sherr, Lorraine, Seeley, Janet

“…Despite effective biomedical tools, HIV remains the largest cause of morbidity/mortality in South Africa - especially among adolescents and young people. We…”
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Implementation and effectiveness of a linkage to HIV care intervention in rural South Africa (ANRS 12249 TasP trial) by Plazy, Mélanie, Diallo, Adama, Hlabisa, Thabile, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Iwuji, Collins, Herbst, Kobus, Boyer, Sylvie, Lert, France, McGrath, Nuala, Pillay, Deenan, Dabis, François, Larmarange, Joseph, Orne-Gliemann, Joanna

“…Timely linkage to care and ART initiation is critical to decrease the risks of HIV-related morbidity, mortality and HIV transmission, but is often challenging…”
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Process evaluation of peer-to-peer delivery of HIV self-testing and sexual health information to support HIV prevention among youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: qualitative analysis by Adeagbo, Oluwafemi Atanda, Seeley, Janet, Gumede, Dumsani, Xulu, Sibongiseni, Dlamini, Nondumiso, Luthuli, Manono, Dreyer, Jaco, Herbst, Carina, Cowan, F, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Hatzold, Karin, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Johnson, Cheryl, Harling, Guy, Subedar, Hasina, Sherr, Lorraine, McGrath, Nuala, Corbett, Liz, Shahmanesh, Maryam

“…ObjectivePeer-to-peer (PTP) HIV self-testing (HIVST) distribution models can increase uptake of HIV testing and potentially create demand for HIV treatment and…”
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Prevalence of Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Population-Representative Sample of Young Adults in a High HIV Incidence Area in South Africa by Jarolimova, Jana, Chidumwa, Glory, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Dreyer, Jaco, Smit, Theresa, Seeley, Janet, Harling, Guy, Copas, Andrew, Baisley, Kathy, Shahmanesh, Maryam, Herbst, Carina, McGrath, Nuala, Zuma, Thembelihle, Khoza, Thandeka, Behuhuma, Ngundu, Bassett, Ingrid V, Sherr, Lorraine

“…Recent population-representative estimates of sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence in high HIV burden areas in southern Africa are limited. We…”
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A mixed methods process evaluation: understanding the implementation and delivery of HIV prevention services integrated within sexual reproductive health (SRH) with or without peer support amongst adolescents and young adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Zuma, Thembelihle, Busang, Jacob, Hlongwane, Sphesihle, Chidumwa, Glory, Gumede, Dumsani, Luthuli, Manono, Dreyer, Jaco, Herbst, Carina, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Chimbindi, Natsayi, McGrath, Nuala, Sherr, Lorraine, Seeley, Janet, Shahmanesh, Maryam

“…Combination prevention interventions, when integrated with community-based support, have been shown to be particularly beneficial to adolescent and young…”
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Thetha Nami ngithethe nawe (Let's Talk): a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of social mobilisation by peer navigators into community-based sexual health and HIV care, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), to reduce sexually transmissible HIV amongst young people in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Busang, Jacob, Zuma, Thembelihle, Herbst, Carina, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Dreyer, Jaco, Mtshali, Nelisiwe, Smit, Theresa, Ngubane, Samkelisiwe, Hlongwane, Siphesihle, Gumede, Dumsani, Jalazi, Ashley, Mdluli, Simphiweyenkosi, Bird, Kristien, Msane, Sithembile, Danisa, Priscilla, Hanekom, Willem, Lebina, Limakatso, Behuhuma, Ngundu, Hendrickson, Cheryl, Miot, Jacqui, Seeley, Janet, Harling, Guy, Jarolimova, Jana, Sherr, Lorraine, Copas, Andrew, Baisley, Kathy, Shahmanesh, Maryam

“…Antiretroviral therapy (ART) through universal test and treat (UTT) and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) substantially reduces HIV-related mortality and…”
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Early ART Initiation Improves HIV Status Disclosure and Social Support in People Living with HIV, Linked to Care Within a Universal Test and Treat Program in Rural South Africa (ANRS 12249 TasP Trial) by Fiorentino, Marion, Nishimwe, Marie, Protopopescu, Camelia, Iwuji, Collins, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Spire, Bruno, Orne-Gliemann, Joanna, McGrath, Nuala, Pillay, Deenan, Dabis, François, Larmarange, Joseph, Boyer, Sylvie

“…We investigated the effect of early antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation on HIV status disclosure and social support in a cluster-randomized,…”
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Access to HIV care in the context of universal test and treat: challenges within the ANRS 12249 TasP cluster‐randomized trial in rural South Africa by Plazy, Mélanie, Farouki, Kamal El, Iwuji, Collins, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Orne‐Gliemann, Joanna, Larmarange, Joseph, Lert, France, Newell, Marie‐Louise, Dabis, François, Dray‐Spira, Rosemary

“…Introduction We aimed to quantify and identify associated factors of linkage to HIV care following home‐based HIV counselling and testing (HBHCT) in the…”
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Effect of peer-distributed HIV self-test kits on demand for biomedical HIV prevention in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a three-armed cluster-randomised trial comparing social networks versus direct delivery by Shahmanesh, Maryam, Mthiyane, T Nondumiso, Herbsst, Carina, Neuman, Melissa, Adeagbo, Oluwafemi, Mee, Paul, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Smit, Theresa, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Harling, Guy, McGrath, Nuala, Sherr, Lorraine, Seeley, Janet, Subedar, Hasina, Johnson, Cheryl, Hatzold, Karin, Terris-Prestholt, Fern, Cowan, Frances M, Corbett, Elizabeth Lucy

“…Study objectiveWe investigated two peer distribution models of HIV self-testing (HIVST) in HIV prevention demand creation compared with trained young community…”
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Adaptation and pre-test of a shortened Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention focused on HIV for young men in rural South Africa by Gibbs, Andrew, Gumede, Dumsani, Adeagbo, Oluwafemi, Sikweyiya, Yandisa, Chirwa, Esnat, Mkhwanazi, Smanga, Luthuli, Manono, Xulu, Zakhele, Herbst, Carina, Zuma, Thembelihle, Hlongwane, Siphesihle, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Dreyer, Jaco, Khaula, Sivuyile, Washington, Laura, Shahmanesh, Maryam

“…Men's engagement in HIV prevention and treatment is suboptimal, including in South Africa. We sought to address this through adapting an evidence-based…”
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The association of exposure to DREAMS on sexually acquiring or transmitting HIV amongst adolescent girls and young women living in rural South Africa by Mthiyane, Nondumiso, Baisley, Kathy, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Zuma, Thembelihle, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Dreyer, Jaco, Herbst, Carina, Smit, Theresa, Danaviah, Siva, McGrath, Nuala, Harling, Guy, Sherr, Lorraine, Seeley, Janet, Floyd, Sian, Birdthistle, Isolde, Shahmanesh, Maryam

“…We investigate how risk of sexually acquiring or transmitting HIV in adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) changed following the real-world implementation of…”
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Virological Outcomes of Second-line Protease Inhibitor–Based Treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in a High-Prevalence Rural South African Setting: A Competing-Risks Prospective Cohort Analysis by Collier, Dami, Iwuji, Collins, Derache, Anne, de Oliveira, Tulio, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Calmy, Alexandra, Dabis, Francois, Pillay, Deenan, Gupta, Ravindra K.

“…Background. Second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) based on ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors (bPIs) represents the only available option after…”
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Costs and economies of scale in repeated home-based HIV counselling and testing: Evidence from the ANRS 12249 Treatment as Prevention trial in South Africa by Bousmah, Marwân-al-Qays, Iwuji, Collins, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Orne-Gliemann, Joanna, Pillay, Deenan, Dabis, François, Larmarange, Joseph, Boyer, Sylvie

“…Universal HIV testing is now recommended in generalised HIV epidemic settings. Although home-based HIV counselling and testing (HB-HCT) has been shown to be…”
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Universal test and treat and the HIV epidemic in rural South Africa: a phase 4, open-label, community cluster randomised trial by Iwuji, Collins C, Orne-Gliemann, Joanna, Larmarange, Joseph, Balestre, Eric, Thiebaut, Rodolphe, Tanser, Frank, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Makowa, Thembisa, Dreyer, Jaco, Herbst, Kobus, McGrath, Nuala, Bärnighausen, Till, Boyer, Sylvie, De Oliveira, Tulio, Rekacewicz, Claire, Bazin, Brigitte, Newell, Marie-Louise, Pillay, Deenan, Dabis, François, Bärnighausen, Till, Herbst, Kobus, Iwuji, Collins, Makowa, Thembisa, Naidu, Kevi, Newell, Marie-Louise, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, de Oliveira, Tulio, Pillay, Deenan, Rochat, Tamsen, Tanser, Frank, Viljoen, Johannes, Zuma, Thembelihle, McGrath, Nuala, Balestre, Eric, Dabis, François, Karcher, Sophie, Orne-Gliemann, Joanna, Plazy, Melanie, Prague, Mélanie, Thiébaut, Rodolphe, Tiendrebeogo, Thierry, Boyer, Sylvie, Donfouet, Hermann, Gosset, Andrea, March, Laura, Protopopescu, Camelia, Spire, Bruno, Calmy, Alexandra, Larmarange, Joseph, Inghels, Maxime, Diallo, Hassimiou, Calvez, Vincent, Derache, Anne, Marcelin, Anne-Geneviève, Dray-Spira, Rosemary, Lert, France, El Farouki, Kamal, Lessells, Richard, Freedberg, Kenneth, Imrie, John, Chaix, Marie-Laure, Newell, Colin, Hontelez, Jan, Bazin, Brigitte, Rekacewicz, Claire

“…Universal antiretroviral therapy (ART), as per the 2015 WHO recommendations, might reduce population HIV incidence. We investigated the effect of universal…”
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Factors associated with antiretroviral treatment initiation amongst HIV-positive individuals linked to care within a universal test and treat programme: early findings of the ANRS 12249 TasP trial in rural South Africa by Boyer, Sylvie, Iwuji, Collins, Gosset, Andréa, Protopopescu, Camelia, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Plazy, Mélanie, Spire, Bruno, Orne-Gliemann, Joanna, McGrath, Nuala, Pillay, Deenan, Dabis, François, Larmarange, Joseph

“…Prompt uptake of antiretroviral treatment (ART) is essential to ensure the success of universal test and treat (UTT) strategies to prevent HIV transmission in…”
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Thetha Nami ngithethe nawe , to reduce sexually transmissible HIV amongst young people in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Busang, Jacob, Zuma, Thembelihle, Herbst, Carina, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Dreyer, Jaco, Mtshali, Nelisiwe, Smit, Theresa, Ngubane, Samkelisiwe, Hlongwane, Siphesihle, Gumede, Dumsani, Jalazi, Ashley, Mdluli, Simphiweyenkosi, Bird, Kristien, Msane, Sithembile, Danisa, Priscilla, Hanekom, Willem, Lebina, Limakatso, Behuhuma, Ngundu, Hendrickson, Cheryl, Miot, Jacqui, Seeley, Janet, Harling, Guy, Jarolimova, Jana, Sherr, Lorraine, Copas, Andrew, Baisley, Kathy, Shahmanesh, Maryam

“…Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) through universal test and treat (UTT) and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) substantially reduces HIV-related…”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of peer delivery HIV self-testing to support linkage to HIV prevention among young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a study protocol by Adeagbo, Oluwafemi Atanda, Mthiyane, Nondumiso, Herbst, Carina, Mee, Paul, Neuman, Melissa, Dreyer, Jaco, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Smit, Theresa, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Johnson, Cheryl, Hatzold, Karin, Seeley, Janet, Cowan, Frances, Corbett, Liz, Shahmanesh, Maryam

“…IntroductionA cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) to determine whether HIV self-testing (HIVST) delivered by peers either directly or through…”
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Effectiveness of integrating HIV prevention within sexual reproductive health services with or without peer support among adolescents and young adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Isisekelo Sempilo): 2 × 2 factorial, open-label, randomised controlled trial by Shahmanesh, Maryam, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Busang, Jacob, Chidumwa, Glory, Mthiyani, Nondumiso, Herbst, Carina, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Dreyer, Jaco, Zuma, Thembelihle, Luthuli, Manono, Gumede, Dumsani, Hlongwane, Siphesihle, Mdluli, Simphiwe, Msane, Sithembile, Smit, Theresa, Molina, Jean-Michel, Khoza, Thandeka, Behuhuma, Ngundu Osee, McGrath, Nuala, Seeley, Janet, Harling, Guy, Sherr, Lorraine, Copas, Andrew, Baisley, Kathy

“…Approximately 200 000 South Africans acquired HIV in 2021 despite the availability of universal HIV test and treat and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The aim…”
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Adaptation and pre-test of a shortened Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention focused on HIV for young men in rural South Africa by Andrew Gibbs, Dumsani Gumede, Oluwafemi Adeagbo, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Esnat Chirwa, Smanga Mkhwanazi, Manono Luthuli, Zakhele Xulu, Carina Herbst, Thembelihle Zuma, Siphesihle Hlongwane, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Jaco Dreyer, Sivuyile Khaula, Laura Washington, Maryam Shahmanesh

“…Men’s engagement in HIV prevention and treatment is suboptimal, including in South Africa. We sought to address this through adapting an evidence-based…”
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