List of works - Helen Rees

"Bitten By Shyness": Menstrual Hygiene Management, Sanitation, and the Quest for Privacy in South Africa.

scientific article published on 5 October 2015

"It Was Not My Aim to Sleep There": The Impact of Timing and Location of Sex on Adherence to Coitally-Dependent HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

"You must do the test to know your status": attitudes to HIV voluntary counseling and testing for adolescents among South African youth and parents

scientific article published on 26 July 2006

A case study of antenatal syphilis screening in South Africa: successes and challenges

scientific article published in January 2002

A community-based study to examine the effect of a youth HIV prevention intervention on young people aged 15-24 in South Africa: results of the baseline survey

scientific article published on October 2005

A prospective study of the effect of pregnancy on CD4 counts and plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations of antiretroviral-naive HIV-1-infected women

scientific article published on February 2014

A tale of two countries: rethinking sexual risk for HIV among young people in South Africa and the United States

scientific article

Acyclovir Prophylaxis Reduces the Incidence of Herpes Zoster Among HIV-Infected Individuals: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article

Addressing the Achilles' heel in the HIV care continuum for the success of a test-and-treat strategy to achieve an AIDS-free generation.

scientific article

Advancing STI priorities in the SDG era: priorities for action

scientific article published on 16 January 2018

Age-specific risk scores do not improve HIV-1 prediction among women in South Africa

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

Antiretrovirals for safer conception for HIV-negative women and their HIV-1-infected male partners: how safe and how available?

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

Are targeted HIV prevention activities cost-effective in high prevalence settings? Results from a sexually transmitted infection treatment project for sex workers in Johannesburg, South Africa

scientific article published on October 2006

At the Heart of the Problem: Health in Johannesburg's Inner-City

scientific article

Birth outcomes in South African women receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective observational study

scientific article

Bone mineral density in young women aged 19-24 after 4-5 years of exclusive and mixed use of hormonal contraception

scientific article published on 19 March 2009

COVID-19 in Africa: care and protection for frontline healthcare workers

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Challenge of evaluating a national HIV prevention programme: the case of loveLife, South Africa

scientific article published on 27 February 2007

Characteristics of HIV-1 discordant couples enrolled in a trial of HSV-2 suppression to reduce HIV-1 transmission: the partners study

scientific article

Collateral benefits: how the practical application of Good Participatory Practice can strengthen HIV research in sub-Saharan Africa

article

Comparisons of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Variants in Blood and Genital Fluids near the Time of Male-to-Female Transmission

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Concordance of self-reported hormonal contraceptive use and presence of exogenous hormones in serum among African women

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

Concurrent sexual partnerships and human immunodeficiency virus risk among South African youth

scientific article published on June 2011

Consistent condom use in South African youth's most recent sexual relationships

scientific article published on 29 January 2008

Continued high risk sexual behavior following diagnosis with acute HIV infection in South Africa and Malawi: implications for prevention

scientific article

Contraception use and pregnancy among 15-24 year old South African women: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey

scientific article

Contraceptive implants and efavirenz-based ART: friend or foe?

scientific article

Contraceptive method and pregnancy incidence among women in HIV-1-serodiscordant partnerships ⬇️

scientific article published on February 20, 2012

Controlling the HIV epidemic with antiretrovirals: IAPAC consensus statement on treatment as prevention and preexposure prophylaxis

scientific article published on May 2013

Cost-effectiveness of tenofovir gel in urban South Africa: model projections of HIV impact and threshold product prices

scientific article published on 09 January 2014

DMPA and HIV: why we need a trial

scientific article

Daily acyclovir for HIV-1 disease progression in people dually infected with HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus type 2: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

scientific article

Detection of raised FSH levels among older women using depomedroxyprogesterone acetate and norethisterone enanthate

scientific article published in November 2003

Dual protection in sexually active women.

scientific article published on November 2003

ECHO: context and limitations - Authors' reply

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Early Coital Debut and Associated HIV Risk Factors Among Young Women and Men in South Africa

article

Early coital debut and associated HIV risk factors among young women and men in South Africa

scientific article published in June 2009

Efavirenz conceptions and regimen management in a prospective cohort of women on antiretroviral therapy

scientific article

Effect of Condom Use on Per-act HSV-2 Transmission Risk in HIV-1, HSV-2-discordant Couples

scientific article

Effectiveness of COL-1492, a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel, on HIV-1 transmission in female sex workers: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on September 2002

Effectiveness of hormonal contraception in HIV-infected women using antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published on November 2015

Effects of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, copper intrauterine devices, and levonorgestrel implants on early HIV disease progression

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Enhancing global control of alcohol to reduce unsafe sex and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 17 November 2009

Estimating the Population Size of Female Sex Workers in Three South African Cities: Results and Recommendations From the 2013-2014 South Africa Health Monitoring Survey and Stakeholder Consensus

scientific article published on 07 August 2018

Estimating the impact of plasma HIV-1 RNA reductions on heterosexual HIV-1 transmission risk

scientific article

Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian emergencies

scientific article published on 7 February 2013

Factors associated with self-efficacy for condom use and sexual negotiation among South african youth

scientific article

Field evaluation of Standard Diagnostics' Bioline HIV/Syphilis Duo test among female sex workers in Johannesburg, South Africa

scientific article published on 6 May 2016

Geographic distribution of human immunodeficiency virus in South Africa.

scientific article published on December 2007

Growing inequities in maternal health in South Africa: a comparison of serial national household surveys

scientific article

Guidelines to support HIV-affected individuals and couples to achieve pregnancy safely: Update 2018.

scientific article

HIV and sexual behavior among young people: the South African paradox

scientific article published in October 2008

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and early antiretroviral treatment among female sex workers in South Africa: Results from a prospective observational demonstration project.

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

HIV prevalence and risk in long-distance truck drivers in South Africa: a national cross-sectional survey

scientific article published on 18 December 2013

HIV retesting in pregnant women in South Africa: Outcomes of a quality improvement project targeting health systems' weaknesses

article

HPV vaccines to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts: an update

scientific article published on March 2014

Heterosexual anal intercourse increases risk of HIV infection among young South African men.

scientific article

Hidden harms: women's narratives of intimate partner violence in a microbicide trial, South Africa

scientific article published on 22 March 2014

High HIV incidence or poor test performance?

article

High incidence of unplanned pregnancy after antiretroviral therapy initiation: findings from a prospective cohort study in South Africa

scientific article

High pregnancy intentions and missed opportunities for patient-provider communication about fertility in a South African cohort of HIV-positive women on antiretroviral therapy

scientific article

Highly efficient HIV transmission to young women in South Africa

scientific article

Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition: an individual participant data meta-analysis

scientific article

Hormonal contraceptive use and risk of HIV-1 disease progression

scientific article published on January 2013

How much demand for New HIV prevention technologies can we really expect? Results from a discrete choice experiment in South Africa

scientific article published on 30 December 2013

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Introduction in South Africa: Implementation Lessons From an Evaluation of the National School-Based Vaccination Campaign

scholarly article by Sinead Delany-Moretlwe et al published 24 August 2018 in Global health, science and practice

Identifying acute HIV infection--a major new public health challenge

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Impact of aciclovir on genital and plasma HIV-1 RNA in HSV-2/HIV-1 co-infected women: a randomized placebo-controlled trial in South Africa

scientific article

Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Wellbeing in South Africa

article

Inclusion of pregnant women in antiretroviral drug research: what is needed to move forwards?

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Increased Access to Antiretroviral Therapy Is Associated with Reduced Maternal Mortality in Johannesburg, South Africa: An Audit from 2003-2012

scientific article

Increased risk of HIV-1 transmission in pregnancy: a prospective study among African HIV-1-serodiscordant couples

scientific article

Injectable and oral contraceptives and risk of HIV acquisition in women: an analysis of data from the MDP301 trial

scientific article

Injectable progestin contraceptive use and risk of HIV infection in a South African family planning cohort

scientific article published on 5 April 2007

Integrating Cervical Cancer Screening Into Safer Conception Services to Improve Women's Health Outcomes: A Pilot Study at a Primary Care Clinic in South Africa.

article

Intersection of HIV and Reproductive Health

scientific article

Investing in the future: lessons learnt from communicating the results of HSV/ HIV intervention trials in South Africa

scientific article

Keep them in school: the importance of education as a protective factor against HIV infection among young South African women

scientific article published on 09 July 2008

Local and foreign authorship of maternal health interventional research in low- and middle-income countries: systematic mapping of publications 2000-2012.

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Low Receipt and Uptake of Safer Conception Messages in Routine HIV Care: Findings From a Prospective Cohort of Women Living With HIV in South Africa

scientific article published on 5 February 2016

Managing men: women's dilemmas about overt and covert use of barrier methods for HIV prevention.

scientific article published in June 2009

Mapping of research on maternal health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a review of 2292 publications between 2000 and 2012

scientific article

Model-estimated effectiveness of single dose 9-valent HPV vaccination for HIV-positive and HIV-negative females in South Africa.

scientific article published on 8 June 2018

Optimal uses of antiretrovirals for prevention in HIV-1 serodiscordant heterosexual couples in South Africa: a modelling study

scientific article

Orphanhood and Completion of Compulsory School Education Among Young People in South Africa: Findings From a National Representative Survey

article

PRO2000 vaginal gel for prevention of HIV-1 infection (Microbicides Development Programme 301): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group trial

scientific article

Path to impact: A report from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation convening on maternal immunization in resource-limited settings; Berlin - January 29-30, 2015.

scientific article published on 24 August 2015

Perspectives on the methods of a large systematic mapping of maternal health interventions

scientific article published on 25 August 2016

Planning for HIV preexposure prophylaxis introduction: lessons learned from contraception

scientific article

Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: Ready for prime time in South Africa? ⬇️

scientific article published on May 29, 2013

Pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis: a systematic review

scientific article

Predictors of condom use among young adults in South Africa: the Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit National Youth Survey.

scientific article

Predictors of dual method use for pregnancy and HIV prevention among adolescent South African women

scientific article published on 2 March 2007

Pregnancy and infant outcomes among women using the dapivirine vaginal ring in early pregnancy

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Prevalence of morbidity associated with abortion before and after legalisation in South Africa

scientific article

Prevalence of parental death among young people in South Africa and risk for HIV infection

scientific article published in January 2007

Rationale and design of a multi-center, open-label, randomised clinical trial comparing HIV incidence and contraceptive benefits in women using three commonly-used contraceptive methods (the ECHO study)

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Rationale and design of a multi-center, open-label, randomised clinical trial comparing HIV incidence and contraceptive benefits in women using three commonly-used contraceptive methods (the ECHO study)

Response to letters from Jewkes, Parker and Colvin, and Potterat et al

article

Safety and efficacy of initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy in an integrated antenatal and HIV clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa

scientific article

Safety of a silicone elastomer vaginal ring as potential microbicide delivery method in African women: A Phase 1 randomized trial.

scientific article

Safety, tolerability, and systemic absorption of dapivirine vaginal microbicide gel in healthy, HIV-negative women

scientific article published in July 2009

Severe acute maternal morbidity: a pilot study of a definition for a near‐miss ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1998

Sexual and reproductive health outcomes among female sex workers in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa: Recommendations for public health programmes

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Sexual power and HIV risk, South Africa

scientific article published in November 2004

Sexual violence and reproductive health outcomes among South African female youths: a contextual analysis.

scientific article

Sexually transmitted infections among women randomised to depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device or a levonorgestrel implant

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Short-course antiretroviral therapy in primary HIV infection

scientific article

Targeting and vaccine durability are key for population-level impact and cost-effectiveness of a pox-protein HIV vaccine regimen in South Africa

scientific article published on 16 March 2019

Temporary discontinuation: a compliance issue in injectable users ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2001

Tenofovir 1% vaginal gel for prevention of HIV-1 infection in women in South Africa (FACTS-001): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

The Authors reply

article

The Cape Town Declaration on Vaccines 2012: Unlocking the full potential of vaccines in Africa

scientific article published on 14 June 2016

The MET receptor tyrosine kinase contributes to invasive tumour growth in rhabdomyosarcomas

scientific article published on September 2006

The global roadmap for advancing development of vaccines against sexually transmitted infections: Update and next steps.

scientific article published on 19 April 2016

The impact of age on the epidemiology of incomplete abortions in South Africa after legislative change

scientific article

The importance of context: model projections on how microbicide impact could be affected by the underlying epidemiologic and behavioral situation in 2 African settings

scientific article published on June 2006

The medical proof doesn't get much better than VMMC.

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

The science of Durban, AIDS 2016

scientific article published on June 2017

Transformation of HIV from pandemic to low-endemic levels: a public health approach to combination prevention.

scientific article

Treatment And Prevention for female Sex workers in South Africa: protocol for the TAPS Demonstration Project

scientific article published on 26 September 2016

Use of hormonal contraceptives and risk of HIV-1 transmission: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 3 October 2011

Use of injectable progestin contraception and risk of STI among South African women

scientific article

Using HPV vaccination for promotion of an adolescent package of care: opportunity and perspectives

scientific article

Using IBBS Survey Data and Stakeholder Consensus to Estimate Population Size of Female Sex Workers in Three South African Cities: Results and Recommendations From the 2013-14 South Africa Health Monitoring Survey (Preprint)

scholarly article published 26 February 2018

Using surrogate vaccines to assess feasibility and acceptability of future HIV vaccine trials in men: a randomised trial in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa

scientific article published on 04 July 2017

Vaccines against sexually transmitted infections: the way forward

scientific article published on 28 January 2014

Virological remission after antiretroviral therapy interruption in female African HIV seroconverters

article

Vulnerability of women in southern Africa to infection with HIV: biological determinants and priority health sector interventions

scientific article

When are declines in condom use while using PrEP a concern? Modelling insights from a Hillbrow, South Africa case study

scientific article published on September 2017

Young peopleʼs sexual health in South Africa: HIV prevalence and sexual behaviors from a nationally representative household survey

article

List of works by Helen Rees

"Bitten By Shyness": Menstrual Hygiene Management, Sanitation, and the Quest for Privacy in South Africa.

"It Was Not My Aim to Sleep There": The Impact of Timing and Location of Sex on Adherence to Coitally-Dependent HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis

"You must do the test to know your status": attitudes to HIV voluntary counseling and testing for adolescents among South African youth and parents

A case study of antenatal syphilis screening in South Africa: successes and challenges

A community-based study to examine the effect of a youth HIV prevention intervention on young people aged 15-24 in South Africa: results of the baseline survey

A prospective study of the effect of pregnancy on CD4 counts and plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations of antiretroviral-naive HIV-1-infected women

A tale of two countries: rethinking sexual risk for HIV among young people in South Africa and the United States

Acyclovir Prophylaxis Reduces the Incidence of Herpes Zoster Among HIV-Infected Individuals: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Addressing the Achilles' heel in the HIV care continuum for the success of a test-and-treat strategy to achieve an AIDS-free generation.

Advancing STI priorities in the SDG era: priorities for action

Age-specific risk scores do not improve HIV-1 prediction among women in South Africa

Antiretrovirals for safer conception for HIV-negative women and their HIV-1-infected male partners: how safe and how available?

Are targeted HIV prevention activities cost-effective in high prevalence settings? Results from a sexually transmitted infection treatment project for sex workers in Johannesburg, South Africa

At the Heart of the Problem: Health in Johannesburg's Inner-City

Birth outcomes in South African women receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective observational study

Bone mineral density in young women aged 19-24 after 4-5 years of exclusive and mixed use of hormonal contraception

COVID-19 in Africa: care and protection for frontline healthcare workers

Challenge of evaluating a national HIV prevention programme: the case of loveLife, South Africa

Characteristics of HIV-1 discordant couples enrolled in a trial of HSV-2 suppression to reduce HIV-1 transmission: the partners study

Collateral benefits: how the practical application of Good Participatory Practice can strengthen HIV research in sub-Saharan Africa

Comparisons of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Variants in Blood and Genital Fluids near the Time of Male-to-Female Transmission

Concordance of self-reported hormonal contraceptive use and presence of exogenous hormones in serum among African women

Concurrent sexual partnerships and human immunodeficiency virus risk among South African youth

Consistent condom use in South African youth's most recent sexual relationships

Continued high risk sexual behavior following diagnosis with acute HIV infection in South Africa and Malawi: implications for prevention

Contraception use and pregnancy among 15-24 year old South African women: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey

Contraceptive implants and efavirenz-based ART: friend or foe?

Contraceptive method and pregnancy incidence among women in HIV-1-serodiscordant partnerships ⬇️

Controlling the HIV epidemic with antiretrovirals: IAPAC consensus statement on treatment as prevention and preexposure prophylaxis

Cost-effectiveness of tenofovir gel in urban South Africa: model projections of HIV impact and threshold product prices

DMPA and HIV: why we need a trial

Daily acyclovir for HIV-1 disease progression in people dually infected with HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus type 2: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

Detection of raised FSH levels among older women using depomedroxyprogesterone acetate and norethisterone enanthate

Dual protection in sexually active women.

ECHO: context and limitations - Authors' reply

Early Coital Debut and Associated HIV Risk Factors Among Young Women and Men in South Africa

Early coital debut and associated HIV risk factors among young women and men in South Africa

Efavirenz conceptions and regimen management in a prospective cohort of women on antiretroviral therapy

Effect of Condom Use on Per-act HSV-2 Transmission Risk in HIV-1, HSV-2-discordant Couples

Effectiveness of COL-1492, a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel, on HIV-1 transmission in female sex workers: a randomised controlled trial

Effectiveness of hormonal contraception in HIV-infected women using antiretroviral therapy

Effects of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, copper intrauterine devices, and levonorgestrel implants on early HIV disease progression

Enhancing global control of alcohol to reduce unsafe sex and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Estimating the Population Size of Female Sex Workers in Three South African Cities: Results and Recommendations From the 2013-2014 South Africa Health Monitoring Survey and Stakeholder Consensus

Estimating the impact of plasma HIV-1 RNA reductions on heterosexual HIV-1 transmission risk

Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian emergencies

Factors associated with self-efficacy for condom use and sexual negotiation among South african youth

Field evaluation of Standard Diagnostics' Bioline HIV/Syphilis Duo test among female sex workers in Johannesburg, South Africa

Geographic distribution of human immunodeficiency virus in South Africa.

Growing inequities in maternal health in South Africa: a comparison of serial national household surveys

Guidelines to support HIV-affected individuals and couples to achieve pregnancy safely: Update 2018.

HIV and sexual behavior among young people: the South African paradox

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and early antiretroviral treatment among female sex workers in South Africa: Results from a prospective observational demonstration project.

HIV prevalence and risk in long-distance truck drivers in South Africa: a national cross-sectional survey

HIV retesting in pregnant women in South Africa: Outcomes of a quality improvement project targeting health systems' weaknesses

HPV vaccines to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts: an update

Heterosexual anal intercourse increases risk of HIV infection among young South African men.

Hidden harms: women's narratives of intimate partner violence in a microbicide trial, South Africa

High HIV incidence or poor test performance?

High incidence of unplanned pregnancy after antiretroviral therapy initiation: findings from a prospective cohort study in South Africa

High pregnancy intentions and missed opportunities for patient-provider communication about fertility in a South African cohort of HIV-positive women on antiretroviral therapy

Highly efficient HIV transmission to young women in South Africa

Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Hormonal contraceptive use and risk of HIV-1 disease progression

How much demand for New HIV prevention technologies can we really expect? Results from a discrete choice experiment in South Africa

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Introduction in South Africa: Implementation Lessons From an Evaluation of the National School-Based Vaccination Campaign

Identifying acute HIV infection--a major new public health challenge

Impact of aciclovir on genital and plasma HIV-1 RNA in HSV-2/HIV-1 co-infected women: a randomized placebo-controlled trial in South Africa

Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Wellbeing in South Africa

Inclusion of pregnant women in antiretroviral drug research: what is needed to move forwards?

Increased Access to Antiretroviral Therapy Is Associated with Reduced Maternal Mortality in Johannesburg, South Africa: An Audit from 2003-2012

Increased risk of HIV-1 transmission in pregnancy: a prospective study among African HIV-1-serodiscordant couples

Injectable and oral contraceptives and risk of HIV acquisition in women: an analysis of data from the MDP301 trial

Injectable progestin contraceptive use and risk of HIV infection in a South African family planning cohort

Integrating Cervical Cancer Screening Into Safer Conception Services to Improve Women's Health Outcomes: A Pilot Study at a Primary Care Clinic in South Africa.

Intersection of HIV and Reproductive Health

Investing in the future: lessons learnt from communicating the results of HSV/ HIV intervention trials in South Africa

Keep them in school: the importance of education as a protective factor against HIV infection among young South African women

Local and foreign authorship of maternal health interventional research in low- and middle-income countries: systematic mapping of publications 2000-2012.