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List of works by Miriam Taegtmeyer

"I think it is right": a qualitative exploration of the acceptability and desired future use of oral swab and finger-prick HIV self-tests by lay users in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

"I wanted evidence that my status had changed, so that is why I tested": experiences with HIV self-testing among female sex workers in Malawi

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

"Sometimes it is difficult for us to stand up and change this": an analysis of power within priority-setting for health following devolution in Kenya

scientific article published on 29 November 2018

"What took you so long?" The impact of PEPFAR on the expansion of HIV testing and counseling services in Africa

scientific article published on August 2012

'Do you trust those data?'-a mixed-methods study assessing the quality of data reported by community health workers in Kenya and Malawi

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

'I will choose when to test, where I want to test': investigating young people's preferences for HIV self-testing in Malawi and Zimbabwe

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'The phone is my boss and my helper' - A gender analysis of an mHealth intervention with Health Extension Workers in Southern Ethiopia

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A new tool to measure approaches to supervision from the perspective of community health workers: a prospective, longitudinal, validation study in seven countries

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A novel community health worker tool outperforms WHO clinical staging for assessment of antiretroviral therapy eligibility in a resource-limited setting

scientific article published on February 2014

A peer-led HIV counselling and testing programme for the deaf in Kenya

scientific article published in January 2009

A public health approach to addressing and preventing misdiagnosis in the scale-up of HIV rapid testing programmes

scientific article published on August 2017

A public health approach to addressing and preventing misdiagnosis in the scale-up of HIV rapid testing programmes

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A qualitative assessment of health extension workers' relationships with the community and health sector in Ethiopia: opportunities for enhancing maternal health performance

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A qualitative exploration of the human resource policy implications of voluntary counselling and testing scale-up in Kenya: applying a model for policy analysis

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Ability to understand and correctly follow HIV self-test kit instructions for use: applying the cognitive interview technique in Malawi and Zambia

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Acute presentations of HIV are still missed in low prevalence areas.

scientific article published on 21 January 2011

Antenatal testing for anaemia, HIV and syphilis in Indonesia - a health systems analysis of low coverage

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Applying an intersectionality lens to examine health for vulnerable individuals following devolution in Kenya

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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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Attracting female sex workers to HIV testing and counselling in Ethiopia: a qualitative study with sex workers in Addis Ababa

scientific article published on June 2015

Brucella melitensis prosthetic joint infection in a traveller returning to the UK from Thailand: Case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

Challenges in measurement of linkage following HIV self-testing: examples from the STAR Project

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Challenges in providing counselling to MSM in highly stigmatized contexts: results of a qualitative study from Kenya

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Cidofovir treatment of HIV-associated cytomegalovirus polyradiculopathy.

scientific article published in February 2006

Ciprofloxacin treatment of bacterial peritonitis associated with chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis caused by Neisseria cinerea.

scientific article published on August 2006

Close-to-community providers of health care: increasing evidence of how to bridge community and health systems

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Combined infection training-a pioneering collaborative approach to educating infection specialists

scientific article published on 3 July 2016

Cost-effectiveness of community-based practitioner programmes in Ethiopia, Indonesia and Kenya

scientific article published on 3 August 2015

Cramping and diarrhea in a 44-year-old man.

scientific article published on August 2015

Cytomegalovirus retinitis in the absence of HIV or immunosuppression.

scientific article published on September 2008

Decentralising and integrating HIV services in community-based health systems: a qualitative study of perceptions at macro, meso and micro levels of the health system.

scientific article published on 20 January 2017

Development of a Mobile Game to Influence Behavior Determinants of HIV Service Uptake Among Key Populations in the Philippines: User-Centered Design Process

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

Diagnostic accuracy of the WHO clinical staging system for defining eligibility for ART in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 June 2014

Discordance, Disclosure and Normative Gender Roles: Barriers to Couple Testing Within a Community-Level HIV Self-Testing Intervention in Urban Blantyre, Malawi.

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Does supportive supervision enhance community health worker motivation? A mixed-methods study in four African countries

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Dolutegravir versus efavirenz in women starting HIV therapy in late pregnancy (DolPHIN-2): an open-label, randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Dynamics and constraints of early infant diagnosis of HIV infection in Rural Kenya

scientific article published on January 2012

Enablers of adherence to clinic appointments for children attending an antiretroviral clinic in Northern Nigeria: Perspectives of caregivers and care providers

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Engendering health sector responses to sexual violence and HIV in Kenya: Results of a qualitative study

scientific article published in February 2008

Experiences and Perpetration of Recent Intimate Partner Violence Among Women and Men Living in an Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: A Secondary Data Analysis

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Exploring competing experiences and expectations of the revitalized community health worker programme in Mozambique: an equity analysis.

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Exploring perceptions of community health policy in Kenya and identifying implications for policy change.

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Exploring social harms during distribution of HIV self-testing kits using mixed-methods approaches in Malawi

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Feasibility and acceptability of point of care HIV testing in community outreach and GUM drop-in services in the North West of England: a programmatic evaluation

scientific article published in June 2011

Field accuracy of fourth-generation rapid diagnostic tests for acute HIV-1: a systematic review

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First experience of effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline for 18 months within an optimised regimen for XDR-TB.

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

From transmission to transition: lessons learnt from the Thai paediatric antiretroviral programme

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

HIV self-testing could "revolutionize testing in South Africa, but it has got to be done properly": perceptions of key stakeholders

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HIV voluntary counselling and testing for African communities in London: learning from experiences in Kenya

scientific article published on 02 October 2007

Health surveillance assistants as intermediates between the community and health sector in Malawi: exploring how relationships influence performance

scientific article published on 3 May 2016

Health system governance following devolution: comparing experiences of decentralisation in Kenya and Indonesia

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Healthcare equity analysis: applying the Tanahashi model of health service coverage to community health systems following devolution in Kenya

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How do gender relations affect the working lives of close to community health service providers? Empirical research, a review and conceptual framework

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How does context influence performance of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries? Evidence from the literature

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How equitable are community health worker programmes and which programme features influence equity of community health worker services? A systematic review.

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Antiretroviral Therapy and Markers of Lymphatic Filariasis Infection: A Cross-sectional Study in Rural Northern Malawi

scientific article published in 2015

Improving national data collection systems from voluntary counselling and testing centres in Kenya

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Improving the performance of community health workers in humanitarian emergencies: a realist evaluation protocol for the PIECES programme.

scientific article published on 16 August 2016

Increasing access to HIV counseling and testing through mobile services in Kenya: strategies, utilization, and cost-effectiveness

scientific article published on July 2010

Indicators of sustainable capacity building for health research: analysis of four African case studies

scientific article published on 28 March 2011

Inequalities in uptake of HIV testing despite scale-up

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Initial Accuracy of HIV Rapid Test Kits Stored in Suboptimal Conditions and Validity of Delayed Reading of Oral Fluid Tests.

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Integrated point-of-care testing (POCT) for HIV, syphilis, malaria and anaemia at antenatal facilities in western Kenya: a qualitative study exploring end-users' perspectives of appropriateness, acceptability and feasibility

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Integrated point-of-care testing (POCT) of HIV, syphilis, malaria and anaemia in antenatal clinics in western Kenya: A longitudinal implementation study

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Is quality affordable for community health systems? Costs of integrating quality improvement into close-to-community health programmes in five low-income and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Is the Philippines ready for HIV self-testing?

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Limits and opportunities to community health worker empowerment: A multi-country comparative study.

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Measuring sexual behaviour in Malawi: a triangulation of three data collection instruments.

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Opportunities for strengthening provider-initiated testing and counselling for HIV in Namibia

scientific article published on 16 March 2015

Optimising the benefits of community health workers' unique position between communities and the health sector: A comparative analysis of factors shaping relationships in four countries

scientific article published on 30 April 2016

Overcoming challenges to the implementation of antiretroviral therapy in Kenya

scientific article published on January 2002

Perceptions of the mental health impact of intimate partner violence and health service responses in Malawi

scientific article published on 12 September 2014

Performance of community health workers: situating their intermediary position within complex adaptive health systems

scientific article published on 2 September 2017

Performance of non-laboratory staff for diagnostic testing and specimen collection in HIV programs: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Piloting post-exposure prophylaxis in Kenya raises specific concerns for the management of childhood rape.

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Potential for abuse in the VCT counselling room: service provider's perceptions in Kenya

scientific article published on 13 August 2008

Priority setting for health in the context of devolution in Kenya: implications for health equity and community-based primary care.

scientific article published in July 2018

Programmatic evaluation of a combined antigen and antibody test for rapid HIV diagnosis in a community and sexual health clinic screening programme

scientific article published on 22 November 2011

Promoting female condoms in HIV voluntary counselling and testing centres in Kenya

scientific article published in November 2006

Public health approach to HIV treatment in resource-poor settings

scientific article published in September 2006

Randomised controlled clinical trial of increased dose and frequency of albendazole and ivermectin on Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial clearance in northern Malawi

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

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

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Realizing the potential for HIV self-testing

scientific article published in July 2014

Redressing the gender imbalance: a qualitative analysis of recruitment and retention in Mozambique's community health workforce

scientific article published on 24 May 2020

Regulation of HIV self-testing in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe: a qualitative study with key stakeholders

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Review Series: The Politics of TB: TB control services need tailoring for new arrivals, not vice versa

scientific article published in February 2008

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

scientific article published on 16 March 2015

Salaried and voluntary community health workers: exploring how incentives and expectation gaps influence motivation

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

Scale-up of voluntary HIV counseling and testing in Kenya

scientific article published in August 2006

Sexual violence legislation in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for strengthened medico-legal linkages

scientific article published on November 2009

Strengthening referral systems in community health programs: a qualitative study in two rural districts of Maputo Province, Mozambique

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Supervision of community health workers in Mozambique: a qualitative study of factors influencing motivation and programme implementation.

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Supportive supervision of close-to-community providers of health care: Findings from action research conducted in two counties in Kenya

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

The clinical impact of nucleic acid amplification tests on the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in a British hospital.

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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based lay distribution of HIV self-tests in increasing uptake of HIV testing among adults in rural Malawi and rural and peri-urban Zambia: protocol for STAR (self-testing for Africa) cluster rando

scientific article published on 6 November 2018

The value of the post-take ward round: are new working patterns compromising junior doctor education?

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Towards building equitable health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from case studies on operational research

scientific article published on 25 November 2009

Using gender analysis to build voluntary counselling and testing responses in Kenya.

scientific article published on 7 October 2005

Using mass media campaigns to promote voluntary counseling and HIV-testing services in Kenya

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Using research networks to generate trustworthy qualitative public health research findings from multiple contexts

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

What are the constraints and opportunities for HIVST scale-up in Africa? Evidence from Kenya, Malawi and South Africa

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What can volunteer co-providers contribute to health systems? The role of people living with HIV in the Thai paediatric HIV programme

scientific article published on 10 September 2014

What factors do make quality improvement work in primary health care? Experiences of maternal health quality improvement teams in three Puskesmas in Indonesia

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

What should the ideal HIV self-test look like? A usability study of test prototypes in unsupervised HIV self-testing in Kenya, Malawi, and South Africa.

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Which intervention design factors influence performance of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review

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Working with risk: Occupational safety issues among healthcare workers in Kenya

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