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"But there are no snakes in the wood": risk mapping as an outcome measure in evaluating complex interventions

scientific article published on 07 March 2007

"I don't feel shy because I will be among others who are just like me…": The role of support groups for children perinatally infected with HIV in Zimbabwe

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"Well, not me, but other women do not register because..."- Barriers to seeking antenatal care in the context of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among Zimbabwean women: a mixed-methods study.

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

"You are wasting our drugs": health service barriers to HIV treatment for sex workers in Zimbabwe

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'How poor are you?' -- a comparison of four questionnaire delivery modes for assessing socio-economic position in rural zimbabwe

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'Simulation-based learning in psychiatry for undergraduates at the University of Zimbabwe medical school'.

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90-90-90 by 2020? Estimation and projection of the adult HIV epidemic and ART programme in Zimbabwe - 2017 to 2020

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A novel tool to assess community norms and attitudes to multiple and concurrent sexual partnering in rural Zimbabwe: participatory attitudinal ranking

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A post-trial assessment of factors influencing study drug adherence in a randomized biomedical HIV-1 prevention trial

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A randomised placebo-controlled trial to explore the effect of suppressive therapy with acyclovir on genital shedding of HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus type 2 among Zimbabwean sex workers

scientific article published on 6 August 2008

A study comparing sexually transmitted infections and HIV among ex-red-light district and non-red-light district sex workers after the demolition of Baina red-light district

scientific article published on October 2009

AIDS among older children and adolescents in Southern Africa: projecting the time course and magnitude of the epidemic

scientific article

Acceptability and challenges of implementing voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) in rural Zimbabwe: evidence from the Regai Dzive Shiri Project

scientific article published in January 2010

Acceptability of early infant male circumcision as an HIV prevention intervention in Zimbabwe: a qualitative perspective

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Acyclovir achieves a lower concentration in African HIV-seronegative, herpes simplex virus 2-seropositive women than in non-African populations

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Adolescent reproductive health interventions

scientific article published in October 2002

Aetiology of vaginal discharge, urethral discharge, and genital ulcer in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-regression

scientific article published in May 2024

Aetiology of vaginal discharge, urethral discharge, and genital ulcer in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-regression

scientific article published on 9 November 2023

An assessment of the Zimbabwe ministry of health and child welfare provider initiated HIV testing and counselling programme

scientific article

An evaluation of near patient tests for detecting herpes simplex virus type-2 antibody

scientific article published in October 2000

An evidence based approach to testing for antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2

scientific article published on December 2002

Applying user preferences to optimize the contribution of HIV self-testing to reaching the "first 90" target of UNAIDS Fast-track strategy: results from discrete choice experiments in Zimbabwe

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Assessing Bias in Population Size Estimates Among Hidden Populations When Using the Service Multiplier Method Combined With Respondent-Driven Sampling Surveys: Survey Study

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Association between HSV-2 and HIV-1 viral load in semen, cervico-vaginal secretions and genital ulcers of Thai men and women

scientific article published in October 2006

Association of genital shedding of herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV-1 among sex workers in rural Zimbabwe

scientific article published on January 2006

Barriers and motivators to voluntary medical male circumcision uptake among different age groups of men in Zimbabwe: results from a mixed methods study

scientific article

Building mental health workforce capacity through training and retention of psychiatrists in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on August 2014

Can HIV recent infection surveillance help us better understand where primary prevention efforts should be targeted? Results of three pilots integrating a recent infection testing algorithm into routine programme activities in Kenya and Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Causes of acute hospitalization in adolescence: burden and spectrum of HIV-related morbidity in a country with an early-onset and severe HIV epidemic: a prospective survey

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Change over time (2007-2009) in HIV preventive behaviours, evidence from two serial population-based surveys in rural Zimbabwe

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Changes Over Time in HIV Prevalence and Sexual Behaviour Among Young Female Sex-Workers in 14 Sites in Zimbabwe, 2013-2016

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Chronic cough and its association with TB-HIV co-infection: factors affecting help-seeking behaviour in Harare, Zimbabwe

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Clinical and virologic efficacy of herpes simplex virus type 2 suppression by acyclovir in a multicontinent clinical trial

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Cohort analysis of programme data to estimate HIV incidence and uptake of HIV-related services among female sex workers in Zimbabwe, 2009-14.

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Combination HIV prevention for female sex workers: what is the evidence?

scientific article published on 22 July 2014

Comparative Cost of Early Infant Male Circumcision by Nurse-Midwives and Doctors in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Competition is not necessarily a barrier to community mobilisation among sex workers: an intervention planning assessment from Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 16 August 2015

Condom use among young women who sell sex in Zimbabwe: a prevention cascade analysis to identify gaps in HIV prevention programming

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Contraception for adolescents

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Contraceptive practices, sexual and reproductive health needs of HIV-positive and negative female sex workers in Goa, India.

scientific article published on 27 October 2010

Cost-per-diagnosis as a metric for monitoring cost-effectiveness of HIV testing programmes in low-income settings in southern Africa: health economic and modelling analysis

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Costs of facility-based HIV testing in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Dengue encephalitis in a Swedish traveller returning from Thailand

scientific article

Developing complex interventions for rigorous evaluation--a case study from rural Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 20 May 2004

Devising a female sex work typology using data from Karnataka, India

scientific article

Difference in prevalence of common mental disorder as measured using four questionnaire delivery methods among young people in rural Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 19 March 2009

Do behavioural differences help to explain variations in HIV prevalence in adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa?

scientific article published on 16 March 2010

Does trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis for HIV induce bacterial resistance to other antibiotic classes? Results of a systematic review

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Economic cost analysis of door-to-door community-based distribution of HIV self-test kits in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

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Economy, migrant labour and sex work: interplay of HIV epidemic drivers in Zimbabwe over three decades

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Effect of aciclovir on HIV-1 acquisition in herpes simplex virus 2 seropositive women and men who have sex with men: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on June 2008

Effect of acyclovir on HIV-1 set point among herpes simplex virus type 2-seropositive persons during early HIV-1 infection

scientific article

Effect of non-monetary incentives on uptake of couples' counselling and testing among clients attending mobile HIV services in rural Zimbabwe: a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on September 2017

Effectiveness of interventions for the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in female sex workers in resource poor setting: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 11 February 2008

Engagement in HIV Care Among Young Female Sex Workers in Zimbabwe

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Engagement with HIV prevention treatment and care among female sex workers in Zimbabwe: a respondent driven sampling survey

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Enhancing psychosocial support for HIV positive adolescents in Harare, Zimbabwe

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Estimating the Cost of Early Infant Male Circumcision in Zimbabwe: Results From a Randomized Noninferiority Trial of AccuCirc Device Versus Mogen Clamp

scientific article published in August 2015

Evaluating a multi-component, community-based program to improve adherence and retention in care among adolescents living with HIV in Zimbabwe: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Evaluating interventions for HIV prevention in Africa

scientific article published on February 2003

Evaluating the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on early childhood development in paediatric HIV care and treatment programmes: a randomised controlled trial

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Evaluating the impact of DREAMS on HIV incidence among young women who sell sex: protocol for a non-randomised study in Zimbabwe.

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Evaluating the impact of the DREAMS partnership to reduce HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women in four settings: a study protocol

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Evidence-based medicine: an overview.

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Exploring the Association Between Mobility and Access to HIV Services Among Female Sex Workers in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Facility-based delivery in the context of Zimbabwe's HIV epidemic--missed opportunities for improving engagement with care: a community-based serosurvey.

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Factors associated with parental non-adoption of infant male circumcision for HIV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and thematic synthesis

scientific article

Field evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of an oral fluid rapid test for HIV, tested at point-of-service sites in rural Zimbabwe

scientific article

Finger Prick Dried Blood Spots for HIV Viral Load Measurement in Field Conditions in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Food insecurity is a barrier to prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 25 April 2015

Generating evidence to narrow the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: Rationale, overview and methods of AFFIRM

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Good news for retention of women on option B+ in Malawi.

scientific article

Good news for sex workers in Zimbabwe: how a court order improved safety in the absence of decriminalization

scientific article published on May 2017

HIV in adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on July 2009

HIV prevention while the bulldozers roll: exploring the effect of the demolition of Goa's red-light area

scientific article published in August 2009

HIV risk among young women who sell sex by whether they identify as sex workers: analysis of respondent-driven sampling surveys, Zimbabwe, 2017

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

HIV testing and assessment of risk of other sexually transmitted diseases

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HSV-2 specific serology shouldnot be offered routinely to antenatal patients

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

High prevalence of affective disorders among adolescents living in Rural Zimbabwe

scientific article

Horseshoe kidney obstructing catheterisation of both umbilical arteries

scientific article published on 01 August 1980

How Can Programs Better Support Female Sex Workers to Avoid HIV Infection in Zimbabwe? A Prevention Cascade Analysis

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How can we help people to choose a method of contraception? The case for contraceptive decision aids

scientific article published on October 2009

How to improve the validity of sexual behaviour reporting: systematic review of questionnaire delivery modes in developing countries

scientific article published in March 2010

How you ask really matters: randomised comparison of four sexual behaviour questionnaire delivery modes in Zimbabwean youth

scientific article published on 13 October 2010

Implementation and Operational Research: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial of AccuCirc Device Versus Mogen Clamp for Early Infant Male Circumcision in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on August 2015

Implementation and Operational Research: Cohort Analysis of Program Data to Estimate HIV Incidence and Uptake of HIV-Related Services Among Female Sex Workers in Zimbabwe, 2009-2014.

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Implementation and Operational Research: Uptake of Services and Behaviors in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Cascade in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on June 2015

Improving psychiatric education and research capacity in Zimbabwe.

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Improving young people's access to reproductive health care in rural Zimbabwe

scientific article published on April 2003

Increased risk of HIV-infection among school-attending orphans in rural Zimbabwe.

scientific article published on February 2010

Inpatient health care utilization for patients with HIV and AIDS in the Edinburgh City Hospital

scientific article published in May 1994

Is sexual contact with sex workers important in driving the HIV epidemic among men in rural Zimbabwe?

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Is the PrePex device an alternative for surgical male circumcision in adolescents ages 13-17 years? Findings from routine service delivery during active surveillance in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Manuscript title: Facilitators and barriers to cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among HIV exposed babies: a qualitative study from Harare, Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 15 August 2015

Maternal Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection, syphilis and risk of intra-partum transmission of HIV-1: results of a case control study

scientific article published on January 2008

Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) in Zimbabwe: Outcomes and Challenges.

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Medical Education Partnership Initiative in Zimbabwe: partnerships for transformation.

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Mobility and sex work: why, where, when? A typology of female-sex-worker mobility in Zimbabwe

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Monoclonal antibody blocking tests for the detection of HSV-1-and HSV-2-specific humoral responses: comparison with Western blot assay

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Option A improved HIV-free infant survival and mother to child HIV transmission at 9-18 months in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 06 April 2016

Overlapping HIV and sex-work stigma among female sex workers recruited to 14 respondent-driven sampling surveys across Zimbabwe, 2013.

scientific article published on 21 December 2016

PARTNER NOTIFICATION TECHNIQUES

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Perception of risk of vertically acquired HIV infection and acceptability of provider-initiated testing and counseling among adolescents in Zimbabwe

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Perspectives of Parents and Health Care Workers on Early Infant Male Circumcision Conducted Using Devices: Qualitative Findings From Harare, Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Population-level impact of Zimbabwe's National Behavioural Change Programme

scientific article published on December 2014

Positive attitudes to pediatric HIV testing: findings from a nationally representative survey from Zimbabwe

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Postpartum maternal mental health is associated with cognitive development of HIV-exposed infants in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 30 May 2018

Poverty, food insufficiency and HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young rural Zimbabwean women

scientific article published on 27 January 2015

PrEP implementation research in Africa: what is new?

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

Pre-exposure prophylaxis in Southern Africa: feasible or not?

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Preferences for linkage to HIV care services following a reactive self-test: discrete choice experiments in Malawi and Zambia

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Pregnancy, contraceptive use, and HIV acquisition in HPTN 039: relevance for HIV prevention trials among African women

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Prevalence and correlates of probable common mental disorders in a population with high prevalence of HIV in Zimbabwe

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Prevalence and factors associated with knowledge of and willingness for male circumcision in rural Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 23 February 2011

Preventing HIV among young people: research priorities for the future

scientific article published on July 2013

Problem-solving therapy for depression and common mental disorders in Zimbabwe: piloting a task-shifting primary mental health care intervention in a population with a high prevalence of people living with HIV

scientific article

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

scientific article published in 2022

Promise and pitfalls of pre-exposure prophylaxis for female sex workers

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Protocol for the evaluation of the population-level impact of Zimbabwe's prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission program option B+: a community based serial cross-sectional study

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Providing comprehensive health services for young key populations: needs, barriers and gaps

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Psychological interventions for Common Mental Disorders for People Living With HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: systematic review

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Re-reading of OraQuick HIV-1/2 rapid antibody test results: quality assurance implications for HIV self-testing programmes

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Reaching young women who sell sex: Methods and results of social mapping to describe and identify young women for DREAMS impact evaluation in Zimbabwe.

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Safety and Acceptability of the PrePex Device When Used in Routine Male Circumcision Service Delivery During Active Surveillance in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on June 2016

Safety, Acceptability, and Feasibility of Early Infant Male Circumcision Conducted by Nurse-Midwives Using the AccuCirc Device: Results of a Field Study in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Sample Size Calculations for Population Size Estimation Studies Using Multiplier Methods With Respondent-Driven Sampling Surveys

scientific article published on 14 September 2017

Scaling up peer-led community-based differentiated support for adolescents living with HIV: keeping the needs of youth peer supporters in mind to sustain success

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

School based HIV prevention in Zimbabwe: feasibility and acceptability of evaluation trials using biological outcomes

scientific article published on August 2002

Seroepidemiological study of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 in Brazil, Estonia, India, Morocco, and Sri Lanka.

scientific article published on August 2003

Sharing clinical trial data.

scientific article published in June 2016

Southern Africa consortium for research excellence (SACORE): successes and challenges.

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Statistical design and analysis plan for an impact evaluation of an HIV treatment and prevention intervention for female sex workers in Zimbabwe: a study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Strategies to promote the meaningful involvement of sex workers in HIV prevention and care

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Strengthening the scale-up and uptake of effective interventions for sex workers for population impact in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Subdermal implantable contraceptives versus other forms of reversible contraceptives or other implants as effective methods for preventing pregnancy

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Suicidal behavior among female sex workers in Goa, India: the silent epidemic

scientific article published on 14 May 2009

Survey of children accessing HIV services in a high prevalence setting: time for adolescents to count?

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Tailored combination prevention packages and PrEP for young key populations

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Targeted combination prevention to support female sex workers in Zimbabwe accessing and adhering to antiretrovirals for treatment and prevention of HIV (SAPPH-IRe): a cluster-randomised trial

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Targeting elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission efforts using geospatial analysis of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Zimbabwe.

scientific article published on 27 April 2016

The Female Sex Work Industry in a District of India in the Context of HIV Prevention

scientific article published on 30 December 2012

The HIV Care Cascade Among Female Sex Workers in Zimbabwe: Results of a Population-Based Survey From the Sisters Antiretroviral Therapy Programme for Prevention of HIV, an Integrated Response (SAPPH-IRe) Trial

scientific article published on December 2016

The Regai Dzive Shiri Project: a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a multi-component community-based HIV prevention intervention for rural youth in Zimbabwe--study design and baseline results

scientific article published on 5 September 2008

The Regai Dzive Shiri project: results of a randomized trial of an HIV prevention intervention for youth

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The appropriateness of core group interventions using presumptive periodic treatment among rural Zimbabwean women who exchange sex for gifts or money.

scientific article published on February 2005

The burden and determinants of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in a population-based sample of female sex workers in Goa, India

scientific article published on 06 August 2008

The burden of infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2: seroprevalence study in Estonia

scholarly article by Anneli Uusküla et al published 1 January 2004 in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

The development of a multi-criteria decision analysis aid to help with contraceptive choices: My Contraception Tool

scientific article published on 21 November 2013

The effect of mobility on HIV-related healthcare access and use for female sex workers: A systematic review

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The female sex work typology in India in the context of HIV/AIDS.

scientific article published on 20 April 2009

The impact and cost-effectiveness of community-based HIV self-testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a health economic and modelling analysis

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The magnitude of loss to follow-up of HIV-exposed infants along the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission continuum of care: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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The spectrum of chest infections in HIV positive patients in Edinburgh

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Triple jeopardy: adolescent experiences of sex work and migration in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 3 May 2014

Underage and underserved: reaching young women who sell sex in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on January 2016

Undiagnosed HIV infection among adolescents seeking primary health care in Zimbabwe

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Unintended pregnancy and subsequent postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive use in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 26 November 2018

Unmet need for family planning, contraceptive failure, and unintended pregnancy among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in Zimbabwe

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Unpacking early infant male circumcision decision-making using qualitative findings from Zimbabwe

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Use of data from various sources to evaluate and improve the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Zimbabwe: a data integration exercise

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Use of zidovudine for drug misusers infected with human immunodeficiency virus

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Value of bacteriological screening of urine samples from HIV infected patients

scientific article published in September 1992

What is 'sex' exactly? Using cognitive interviewing to improve the validity of sexual behaviour reporting among young people in rural Zimbabwe

scientific article published in August 2008

“My story”—HIV positive adolescents tell their story through film

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