List of works - Mark Urassa

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

scientific article

"It is like that, we didn't understand each other": exploring the influence of patient-provider interactions on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV service use in rural Tanzania

scientific article

"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

scientific article

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

scientific article

'It is just the way it was in the past before I went to test': a qualitative study to explore responses to HIV prevention counselling in rural Tanzania

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article (publication date: August 2012)

Associations between gestational anthropometry, maternal HIV, and fetal and early infancy growth in a prospective rural/semi-rural Tanzanian cohort, 2012-13.

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

Changes in rapid HIV treatment initiation after national "treat all" policy adoption in 6 sub-Saharan African countries: Regression discontinuity analysis

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Cryptosporidium prevalence and risk factors among mothers and infants 0 to 6 months in rural and semi-rural Northwest Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

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

scientific article

Evaluation of knowledge levels amongst village AIDS committees after undergoing HIV educational sessions: results from a pilot study in rural Tanzania

scientific article

Exploring the relationship between population mobility and HIV risk: Evidence from Tanzania

scientific article published on 27 May 2016

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

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Health service use and household expenditure during terminal illness due to AIDS in rural Tanzania

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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

Impact of schistosome infection on long-term HIV/AIDS outcomes

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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

scientific article

Longitudinal analysis of mature breastmilk and serum immune composition among mixed HIV-status mothers and their infants

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

Non-disclosure of HIV testing history in population-based surveys: implications for estimating a UNAIDS 90-90-90 target

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

Physical activity and associated factors from a cross-sectional survey among adults in northern Tanzania

scientific article

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

scientific article published in December 2015

Prevalence,awareness and factors associated with hypertension in North West Tanzania

scientific article

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

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

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

scientific article

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

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

scientific article published on November 2007

The INDEPTH standard population for low- and middle-income countries, 2013

scientific article

The Incidence Patterns Model to Estimate the Distribution of New HIV Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: Development and Validation of a Mathematical Model

scientific article published in September 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 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 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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

Understanding the uneven spread of HIV within Africa: comparative study of biologic, behavioral, and contextual factors in rural populations in Tanzania and Zimbabwe

scientific article

Understanding why people participate in HIV surveillance

scientific article published on May 2015

Updates to the spectrum model to estimate key HIV indicators for adults and children

scientific article

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 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

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 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

scientific article

List of works by Mark Urassa

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

"It is like that, we didn't understand each other": exploring the influence of patient-provider interactions on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV service use in rural Tanzania

"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

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

'It is just the way it was in the past before I went to test': a qualitative study to explore responses to HIV prevention counselling in rural Tanzania

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

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

Associations between gestational anthropometry, maternal HIV, and fetal and early infancy growth in a prospective rural/semi-rural Tanzanian cohort, 2012-13.

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

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

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

Changes in rapid HIV treatment initiation after national "treat all" policy adoption in 6 sub-Saharan African countries: Regression discontinuity analysis

Cryptosporidium prevalence and risk factors among mothers and infants 0 to 6 months in rural and semi-rural Northwest Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

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

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

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

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

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

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

Evaluation of knowledge levels amongst village AIDS committees after undergoing HIV educational sessions: results from a pilot study in rural Tanzania

Exploring the relationship between population mobility and HIV risk: Evidence from Tanzania

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

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

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

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

HIV impact on mother and child mortality in rural Tanzania

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

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

Health service use and household expenditure during terminal illness due to AIDS in rural Tanzania

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

Impact of schistosome infection on long-term HIV/AIDS outcomes

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

Longitudinal analysis of mature breastmilk and serum immune composition among mixed HIV-status mothers and their infants

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

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

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

Non-disclosure of HIV testing history in population-based surveys: implications for estimating a UNAIDS 90-90-90 target

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

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

Physical activity and associated factors from a cross-sectional survey among adults in northern Tanzania

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

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

Prevalence,awareness and factors associated with hypertension in North West Tanzania

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

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

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

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

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

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

The INDEPTH standard population for low- and middle-income countries, 2013

The Incidence Patterns Model to Estimate the Distribution of New HIV Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: Development and Validation of a Mathematical Model

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult mortality in rural Tanzania

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

The role of behavioral data in HIV surveillance

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

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

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

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

Understanding the uneven spread of HIV within Africa: comparative study of biologic, behavioral, and contextual factors in rural populations in Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Understanding why people participate in HIV surveillance

Updates to the spectrum model to estimate key HIV indicators for adults and children

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

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

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

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