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List of works by Basia Zaba

"Driving the devil away": qualitative insights into miraculous cures for AIDS in a rural Tanzanian ward

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"He was no longer listening to me": A qualitative study in six Sub-Saharan African countries exploring next-of-kin perspectives on caring following the death of a relative from AIDS

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"Just like fever": a qualitative study on the impact of antiretroviral provision on the normalisation of HIV in rural Tanzania and its implications for prevention

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"Women's bodies are shops": beliefs about transactional sex and implications for understanding gender power and HIV prevention in Tanzania

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'I wanted to safeguard the baby': a qualitative study to understand the experiences of Option B+ for pregnant women and the potential implications for 'test-and-treat' in four sub-Saharan African settings

scientific article published on July 2017

'Side effects' are 'central effects' that challenge retention in HIV treatment programmes in six sub-Saharan African countries: a multicountry qualitative study

scientific article published on July 2017

A comparative analysis of national HIV policies in six African countries with generalized epidemics

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Adjusting HIV prevalence for survey non-response using mortality rates: an application of the method using surveillance data from Rural South Africa

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Adjusting the HIV prevalence for non-respondents using mortality rates in an open cohort in northwest Tanzania

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Adult mortality and probable cause of death in rural northern Malawi in the era of HIV treatment

scientific article published in August 2012

Age-specific mortality patterns in HIV-infected individuals: a comparative analysis of African community study data

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Antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence about need, uptake and impact from community-based cohort studies

scientific article published on August 2012

Antiretroviral therapy uptake and coverage in four HIV community cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article (publication date: August 2012)

Antiretroviral treatment coverage in a rural district in Tanzania--a modeling study using empirical data

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Barriers to accessing antiretroviral therapy in Kisesa, Tanzania: a qualitative study of early rural referrals to the national program

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Barriers to sustaining antiretroviral treatment in Kisesa, Tanzania: a follow-up study to understand attrition from the antiretroviral program

scientific article published on March 2009

Challenges with routine data sources for PMTCT programme monitoring in East Africa: insights from Tanzania

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Changes in Fertility at the Population Level in the Era of ART in Rural Malawi

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Child mortality in rural Malawi: HIV closes the survival gap between the socio-economic strata

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Child survival in relation to mother's HIV infection and survival: evidence from a Ugandan cohort study

scientific article published on August 2003

Children Who Acquire HIV Infection Perinatally Are at Higher Risk of Early Death than Those Acquiring Infection through Breastmilk: A Meta-Analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on February 23, 2012

Contraceptive Dynamics in Rural Northern Malawi: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

scientific article published on September 2015

Data Resource Profile: Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA Network).

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Deciphering the complex distribution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtypes among different cohorts in Northern Tanzania

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Demographic and socioeconomic impact of AIDS: taking stock of the empirical evidence

scientific article published on June 2004

Do accurate HIV and antiretroviral therapy knowledge, and previous testing experiences increase the uptake of HIV voluntary counselling and testing? Results from a cohort study in rural Tanzania

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Does the Spectrum model accurately predict trends in adult mortality? Evaluation of model estimates using empirical data from a rural HIV community cohort study in North-Western Tanzania

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Doubts, denial and divine intervention: understanding delayed attendance and poor retention rates at a HIV treatment programme in rural Tanzania

scientific article published on May 2009

Effect of HIV infection on pregnancy-related mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: secondary analyses of pooled community-based data from the network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA).

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Estimating 'net' HIV-related mortality and the importance of background mortality rates

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Estimating incidence from prevalence in generalised HIV epidemics: methods and validation

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Estimating the need for antiretroviral treatment and an assessment of a simplified HIV/AIDS case definition in rural Malawi

scientific article published on November 2007

Estimating the net effect of HIV on child mortality in African populations affected by generalized HIV epidemics

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Factors associated with uptake of services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a community cohort in rural Tanzania

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From HIV diagnosis to treatment: evaluation of a referral system to promote and monitor access to antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania

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From policy to practice: exploring the implementation of antiretroviral therapy access and retention policies between 2013 and 2016 in six sub-Saharan African countries

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

HIV and mortality of mothers and children: evidence from cohort studies in Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi

scientific article published on May 2005

HIV impact on mother and child mortality in rural Tanzania

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HIV policy implementation in two health and demographic surveillance sites in Uganda: findings from a national policy review, health facility surveys and key informant interviews

scientific article published on 05 April 2017

HIV prevalence and incidence in rural Tanzania: results from 10 years of follow-up in an open-cohort study

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HIV testing experiences and their implications for patient engagement with HIV care and treatment on the eve of 'test and treat': findings from a multicountry qualitative study

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Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Magu HDSS)

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How have ART treatment programmes changed the patterns of excess mortality in people living with HIV? Estimates from four countries in East and Southern Africa

scientific article published on 22 April 2014

How many people can we support?

scientific article published in Nature

Identifying gaps in HIV policy and practice along the HIV care continuum: evidence from a national policy review and health facility surveys in urban and rural Kenya

scientific article published on November 2017

Identifying gaps in HIV service delivery across the diagnosis-to-treatment cascade: findings from health facility surveys in six sub-Saharan countries

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Immunological failure of first-line and switch to second-line antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected persons in Tanzania: analysis of routinely collected national data

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Impact of linkage quality on inferences drawn from analyses using data with high rates of linkage errors in rural Tanzania

scholarly article by Christopher Rentsch et al published 10 December 2018 in BMC Medical Research Methodology

Individual, household and community factors associated with HIV test refusal in rural Malawi

scientific article published on 6 October 2008

InterVA-4 as a public health tool for measuring HIV/AIDS mortality: a validation study from five African countries

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Is the risk of HIV acquisition increased during and immediately after pregnancy? A secondary analysis of pooled HIV community-based studies from the ALPHA network

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Limits of growth

scientific article published in Nature

Low rates of repeat HIV testing despite increased availability of antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania: findings from 2003-2010.

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Maternal HIV status associated with under-five mortality in rural Northern Malawi: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published in January 2015

Measurement of condom use as a risk factor for HIV infection

scientific article published on November 2003

Measuring HIV-related mortality in the first decade of anti-retroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on December 2014

Measuring causes of adult mortality in rural northern Malawi over a decade of change

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Measuring the Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy Roll-Out on Population Level Fertility in Three African Countries

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Mobility and HIV in Tanzanian couples: both mobile persons and their partners show increased risk

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Mortality trends in the era of antiretroviral therapy: evidence from the Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA).

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Net survival of perinatally and postnatally HIV-infected children: a pooled analysis of individual data from sub-Saharan Africa

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Parent-child communication about sexual and reproductive health in rural Tanzania: Implications for young people's sexual health interventions

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Parental control and monitoring of young people's sexual behaviour in rural North-Western Tanzania: implications for sexual and reproductive health interventions

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Point-of-contact Interactive Record Linkage (PIRL): A software tool to prospectively link demographic surveillance and health facility data

Point-of-contact Interactive Record Linkage (PIRL): A software tool to prospectively link demographic surveillance and health facility data

Point-of-contact interactive record linkage (PIRL) between demographic surveillance and health facility data in rural Tanzania

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Population-level adult mortality following the expansion of antiretroviral therapy in Rakai, Uganda

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

Population-level effect of HIV on adult mortality and early evidence of reversal after introduction of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi

scientific article published on May 2008

Population-level reduction in adult mortality after extension of free anti-retroviral therapy provision into rural areas in northern Malawi

scientific article published on 19 October 2010

Postpartum Contraception in Northern Tanzania: Patterns of Use, Relationship to Antenatal Intentions, and Impact of Antenatal Counseling

scientific article published in December 2015

Postpartum uptake of contraception in rural northern Malawi: A prospective study

scientific article published on 27 May 2016

Profile: the Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance System

scientific article (publication date: June 2012)

Reflections on the global burden of disease 2010 estimates

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Relative patterns of sexual activity and fertility among HIV positive and negative women-Evidence from 46 DHS

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Reliability of reporting of HIV status and antiretroviral therapy usage during verbal autopsies: a large prospective study in rural Malawi

scientific article published on 09 June 2016

Reproductive behaviour and HIV status of antenatal clients in northern Tanzania: opportunities for family planning and preventing mother-to-child transmission integration

scientific article published on November 2009

Response to commentary titled "Global family planning metrics--time for new definitions".

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Risk factors for service use and trends in coverage of different HIV testing and counselling models in northwest Tanzania between 2003 and 2010.

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Routine feedback of test results to participants in clinic- and survey-based surveillance of HIV.

scientific article published on 16 March 2015

Secretive females or swaggering males? An assessment of the quality of sexual partnership reporting in rural Tanzania

scientific article published on July 2004

Separation of spouses due to travel and living apart raises HIV risk in Tanzanian couples

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Sexual behaviour change in countries with generalised HIV epidemics? Evidence from population-based cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on April 2009

Should data from demographic surveillance systems be made more widely available to researchers?

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Socio-economic change and parent-child relationships: implications for parental control and HIV prevention among young people in rural North Western Tanzania

scientific article published in June 2011

Strong association between in-migration and HIV prevalence in urban sub-Saharan Africa

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Survival after HIV infection in the pre-antiretroviral therapy era in a rural Tanzanian cohort

scientific article published on November 2007

Sustained 10-year gain in adult life expectancy following antiretroviral therapy roll-out in rural Malawi: July 2005 to June 2014.

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

The Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA): Data on mortality, by HIV status and stage on the HIV care continuum, among the general population in seven longitudinal studies between 1989 and 2014

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The association between HIV and fertility in a cohort study in rural Tanzania.

scientific article published on April 2003

The contribution of HIV to fertility decline in rural Zimbabwe, 1985-2000.

scientific article published on January 2003

The development and validation of dried blood spots for external quality assurance of syphilis serology

scientific article published on 26 February 2013

The effect of antiretroviral therapy provision on all-cause, AIDS and non-AIDS mortality at the population level--a comparative analysis of data from four settings in Southern and East Africa

scientific article published in August 2012

The effects of HIV on fertility by infection duration: evidence from African population cohorts before ART availability: Fertility by duration of HIV infection

scientific article published on 20 October 2016

The effects of HIV on fertility by infection duration: evidence from African population cohorts before antiretroviral treatment availability

scientific article published on April 2017

The effects of high HIV prevalence on orphanhood and living arrangements of children in Malawi, Tanzania, and South Africa

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The empirical evidence for the impact of HIV on adult mortality in the developing world: data from serological studies

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The impact of antenatal HIV diagnosis on postpartum childbearing desires in northern Tanzania: a mixed methods study

scientific article published on December 2012

The impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult mortality in rural Tanzania

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The impact of voluntary counselling and testing services on sexual behaviour change and HIV incidence: observations from a cohort study in rural Tanzania

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The long-term impact of HIV and orphanhood on the mortality and physical well-being of children in rural Malawi

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The long-term social and economic impact of HIV on the spouses of infected individuals in northern Malawi

scientific article published on 22 February 2008

The rebellious man: Next-of-kin accounts of the death of a male relative on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 28 January 2019

The role of behavioral data in HIV surveillance

scientific article published in May 2005

The trade-off between accuracy and accessibility of syphilis screening assays

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Time for fair trade in research data

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Time from HIV seroconversion to death: a collaborative analysis of eight studies in six low and middle-income countries before highly active antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published on November 2007

Transmission of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa and effect of elimination of unsafe injections

scientific article published on February 2004

Trends in HIV & syphilis prevalence and correlates of HIV infection: results from cross-sectional surveys among women attending ante-natal clinics in Northern Tanzania

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Trends in HIV and sexual behaviour in a longitudinal study in a rural population in Tanzania, 1994-2000.

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Trends in the burden of HIV mortality after roll-out of antiretroviral therapy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: an observational community cohort study

scientific article published on 09 December 2016

Trends in the uptake of voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in rural Tanzania in the context of the scale up of antiretroviral therapy ⬇️

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Tuberculosis mortality and the male survival deficit in rural South Africa: An observational community cohort study

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Understanding the relationship between couple dynamics and engagement with HIV care services: insights from a qualitative study in Eastern and Southern Africa

scientific article published on July 2017

Understanding why people participate in HIV surveillance

scientific article published on May 2015

Uptake of HIV voluntary counselling and testing services in rural Tanzania: implications for effective HIV prevention and equitable access to treatment

scientific article published on March 2008

Uptake of prevention of mother-to-child-transmission using Option B+ in northern rural Malawi: a retrospective cohort study

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Uptake of services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a community cohort in rural Tanzania from 2005 to 2012.

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

Use of antenatal clinic surveillance to assess the effect of sexual behavior on HIV prevalence in young women in Karonga district, Malawi

scientific article published on June 2008

Use of data from HIV counselling and testing services for HIV surveillance in Africa

scientific article published in February 2007

Using HIV-attributable mortality to assess the impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult mortality in rural Tanzania

scientific article published on 20 March 2014

Using age-specific mortality of HIV infected persons to predict anti-retroviral treatment need: a comparative analysis of data from five African population-based cohort studies

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Using patient-held records to evaluate contraceptive use in Malawi

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Using vignettes in qualitative research to explore barriers and facilitating factors to the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services in rural Tanzania: a critical analysis

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Withholding access to research data – Authors' reply

scientific article published in The Lancet

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