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List of works by Frieda Behets

A phase III equivalence trial of azithromycin versus benzathine penicillin for treatment of early syphilis

scientific article published in June 2010

A visual dosing aid for first-line pediatric antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings

scientific article published on 20 November 2008

AIDS care and treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa: implementation ethics

scientific article published on May 2006

Age-specific and sex-specific weight gain norms to monitor antiretroviral therapy in children in low-income and middle-income countries

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Antenatal and delivery services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: care‐seeking and experiences reported by women in a household‐based survey

scientific article published on August 22, 2013

Anti-retroviral therapy reduces incident tuberculosis in HIV-infected children

scientific article published on 15 May 2009

Assessing the effect of HIV counselling and testing on HIV acquisition among South African youth

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Association between knowing someone who died of AIDS and behavior change among South African youth

scientific article published on 6 November 2007

Association between pregnancy at enrollment into HIV care and loss to care among women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006-2013.

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Barriers to and facilitators of adherence to pediatric antiretroviral therapy in a sub-Saharan setting: insights from a qualitative study

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Barriers to the use of modern contraceptives and implications for woman-controlled prevention of sexually transmitted infections in Madagascar

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Baseline assessment of collaborative tuberculosis/HIV activities in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published on July 2008

Bed net ownership, use and perceptions among women seeking antenatal care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): opportunities for improved maternal and child health

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Breastfeeding Support Offered at Delivery is Associated with Higher Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding at 6 Weeks Postpartum Among HIV Exposed Infants: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Computed CD4 percentage as a low-cost method for determining pediatric antiretroviral treatment eligibility

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Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Retention in PMTCT Services by Mitigating the Negative Effect of Not Having Money to Come to the Clinic

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Conditional Cash Transfers to Increase Retention in PMTCT Care, Antiretroviral Adherence, and Postpartum Virological Suppression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on August 2016

Conditional cash transfers and uptake of and retention in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission care: a randomised controlled trial

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Conducting unlinked anonymous HIV surveillance in developing countries: ethical, epidemiological, and public health concerns

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Continuous quality improvement interventions to improve long-term outcomes of antiretroviral therapy in women who initiated therapy during pregnancy or breastfeeding in the Democratic Republic of Congo: design of an open-label, parallel, group rando

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Cost-effectiveness of adding bed net distribution for malaria prevention to antenatal services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

scientific article published in September 2009

Cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies for cervical infection among women at high risk in Madagascar

scientific article published on September 2007

Decreased condom breakage and slippage rates after counseling men at a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Jamaica

scientific article published on 20 February 2007

Desperately seeking targets: the ethics of routine HIV testing in low-income countries

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Does a choice of condoms impact sexually transmitted infection incidence? A randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published on January 2006

Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Mortality Among Infants Diagnosed With HIV in the First 12 Weeks of Life: Experiences From Kinshasa, DR Congo and Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published on 3 January 2017

Effect of consistent condom use on 6-month prevalence of bacterial vaginosis varies by baseline BV status

scientific article published on 12 February 2009

Effect of smoking history on outcome of patients diagnosed with TB and HIV.

scientific article published on 27 November 2014

Effect of treatment assignment on intravaginal cleansing in a randomized study of the diaphragm with candidate microbicide

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Effect on mortality and virological response of delaying antiretroviral therapy initiation in children receiving tuberculosis treatment

scientific article published on June 2010

Enhanced Molecular Typing ofTreponema pallidum: Geographical Distribution of Strain Types and Association with Neurosyphilis

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Epidemic History and Iatrogenic Transmission of Blood-borne Viruses in Mid-20th Century Kinshasa.

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Evaluation of azithromycin resistance in Treponema pallidum specimens from Madagascar

scientific article published on December 2009

Fertility desires, unmet need for family planning, and unwanted pregnancies among HIV-infected women in care in Kinshasa, DR Congo

scientific article published on 12 March 2015

Free distribution of insecticide treated bed nets to pregnant women in Kinshasa: an effective way to achieve 80% use by women and their newborns

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HIV testing and counseling leads to immediate consistent condom use among South African stable HIV-discordant couples

scientific article published on February 2013

HIV viral suppression among pregnant and breastfeeding women in routine care in the Kinshasa province: a baseline evaluation of participants in CQI-PMTCT study

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Hepatitis B infection among pregnant and post-partum women living with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy in Kinshasa, DR Congo: A cross-sectional study

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Heterogeneous and decreasing HIV prevalence among women seeking antenatal care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published on 7 May 2010

High completion of isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected children and adults in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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High-risk sexual behavior at social venues in Madagascar

scientific article published on August 2008

Human papillomavirus and cervical neoplasia among female sex workers in Madagascar

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Impact of WHO 2010 Guidelines on Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation among Patients with HIV-Associated Tuberculosis in Clinics with and without Onsite HIV Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published on 09 August 2016

Implementation and Operational Research: Decentralization Does Not Assure Optimal Delivery of PMTCT and HIV-Exposed Infant Services in a Low Prevalence Setting

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Implementation and Operational Research: Maternal Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Is Associated With Improved Retention of HIV-Exposed Infants in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published in July 2015

Increased risk of chlamydial and gonococcal infection in adolescent sex workers in Madagascar

scientific article published on July 2007

Infant feeding practices and determinants of poor breastfeeding behavior in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a descriptive study

scientific article published on October 2013

Initiating antiretroviral therapy when presenting with higher CD4 cell counts results in reduced loss to follow-up in a resource-limited setting

scientific article published on February 2013

Integration and task shifting for TB/HIV care and treatment in highly resource-scarce settings: one size may not fit all.

scientific article published in March 2014

Intimate partner violence and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: Evidence from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Migration, Multiple Sexual Partnerships, and Sexual Concurrency in the Garífuna Population of Honduras

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Mortality and associated factors after initiation of pediatric antiretroviral treatment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

scientific article published in January 2009

No sex for science? Formative research on the acceptability and feasibility of a true contraceptive efficacy clinical trial

scientific article published on 10 August 2011

Notifying partners of patients with early syphilis in Madagascar: case-finding effectiveness and public health implications

scientific article published on 15 July 2010

Patient retention from HIV diagnosis through one year on antiretroviral therapy at a primary health care clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa

scientific article published on February 2013

Patterns of Disclosure of HIV Status to Infected Children in a Sub-Saharan African Setting

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Perceived control over condom use among sex workers in Madagascar: a cohort study

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Perinatal Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 to Infants of Seropositive Women in Zaire

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Predicting mortality in HIV-infected children initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy in a resource-deprived setting

scientific article published on November 2014

Predictors of Serological Cure and Serofast State After Treatment in HIV-Negative Persons With Early Syphilis

scientific article published on October 12, 2011

Pregnancy among sex workers participating in a condom intervention trial highlights the need for dual protection

scientific article published on 22 June 2007

Promoting continuous use as a strategy for achieving adherence in a trial of the diaphragm with candidate microbicide

scientific article published on December 2009

Provider-Initiated HIV testing and counseling among patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Democratic Republic of Congo

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Pulmonary Sporothrix schenckii infection in a HIV positive child

scientific article published on 16 November 2005

Pulmonary cystic disease in HIV positive individuals in the Democratic Republic of Congo: three case reports

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Quantification of CD4 responses to combined antiretroviral therapy over 5 years among HIV-infected children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published on September 2012

Quantification of Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies in urine by ligase chain reaction

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Rapid Plasma Reagin Titer Variation in the 2 Weeks After Syphilis Therapy

scientific article published on August 1, 2012

Rate of Decline in Nontreponemal Antibody Titers and Seroreversion After Treatment of Early Syphilis

scientific article published on 28 November 2016

Reducing vertical HIV transmission in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: trends in HIV prevalence and service delivery.

scientific article published in May 2009

Response to Therapy Following Retreatment of Serofast Early Syphilis Patients With Benzathine Penicillin

scientific article published on November 1, 2012

Sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections in men living in rural Madagascar: implications for HIV transmission

scientific article published on March 2003

Simulated clients reveal programmatic factors that may influence contraceptive use in Kisumu, Kenya

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Step 10: the breastfeeding support paradox - Authors' reply

scientific article published in January 2016

Survival in women exposed to single-dose nevirapine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a stochastic model

scientific article published on 7 February 2007

Telling children they have HIV: lessons learned from findings of a qualitative study in sub-Saharan Africa

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Temporal changes in the outcomes of HIV-exposed infants in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo during a period of rapidly evolving guidelines for care (2007-2013).

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Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding programme to promote early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding in DR Congo: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Terms used for people living with HIV in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The Impact of Implementation Fidelity on Mortality Under a CD4-Stratified Timing Strategy for Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients With Tuberculosis

scientific article published on 18 March 2015

The cost-effectiveness of treating male trichomoniasis to avert HIV transmission in men seeking sexually transmitted disease care in Malawi

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The effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy on the survival of HIV-infected children in a resource-deprived setting: a cohort study

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The infant feeding choices and experiences of women living with HIV in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published on 25 July 2011

The need to focus on sex workers in generalized HIV epidemic settings

scientific article published on April 2011

The role of disclosure in relation to assent to participate in HIV-related research among HIV-infected youth: a formative study

scientific article published on 27 August 2009

The role of religion in HIV-positive women's disclosure experiences and coping strategies in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published on 10 January 2009

Training health care workers to promote HIV services for patients with tuberculosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article published on 17 March 2009

Unmet need for contraception among sex workers in Madagascar

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