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List of works by Ruth M Bland

Barriers and facilitators to paediatric adherence to antiretroviral therapy in rural South Africa: a multi-stakeholder perspective

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Body fatness or anthropometry for assessment of unhealthy weight status? Comparison between methods in South African children and adolescents.

scientific article published on 4 October 2012

Body mass index, immune recovery and survival: an important but understudied relationship

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Breastfeeding and HIV transmission – Authors' reply

scientific article published in The Lancet

Breastfeeding knowledge among health workers in rural South Africa.

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Breastfeeding practices in an area of high HIV prevalence in rural South Africa.

scientific article published in January 2002

Breastfeeding, HIV exposure, childhood obesity, and prehypertension: A South African cohort study

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

Breastfeeding, HIV status and weights in South African children: a comparison of HIV-exposed and unexposed children

scientific article published in January 2010

Cell-free (RNA) and cell-associated (DNA) HIV-1 and postnatal transmission through breastfeeding

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Cohort Profile: The Siyakhula Cohort, rural South Africa

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Cohort profile: Hlabisa HIV treatment and care programme

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Cohort profile: mamanengane or the Africa centre vertical transmission study

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Communication about HIV and death: Maternal reports of primary school-aged children's questions after maternal HIV disclosure in rural South Africa.

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Communication with children and adolescents about the diagnosis of a life-threatening condition in their parent

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Communication with children and adolescents about the diagnosis of their own life-threatening condition

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Correction: Need for Timely Paediatric HIV Treatment within Primary Health Care in Rural South Africa.

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

Correction: Need for Timely Paediatric HIV Treatment within Primary Health Care in Rural South Africa.

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Countdown to 2015 for maternal, newborn, and child survival

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Cumulative exposure to cell-free HIV in breast milk, rather than feeding pattern per se, identifies postnatally infected infants

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Cytomegalovirus, and possibly Epstein-Barr virus, shedding in breast milk is associated with HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding

scientific article published on January 2015

Decline in early life mortality in a high HIV prevalence rural area of South Africa: evidence of HIV prevention or treatment impact?

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Differential profiles and inhibitory effect on rotavirus vaccines of nonantibody components in breast milk from mothers in developing and developed countries

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Disclosure of maternal HIV status to children: considerations for research and practice in sub-Saharan Africa

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Drug resistance in children at virological failure in a rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, cohort.

scientific article published on 20 January 2014

Duration, pattern of breastfeeding and postnatal transmission of HIV: pooled analysis of individual data from West and South African cohorts

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Elevated concentrations of milk β2-microglobulin are associated with increased risk of breastfeeding transmission of HIV-1 (Vertical Transmission Study).

scientific article published on 5 November 2013

Empowering parents for human immunodeficiency virus prevention: Health and sex education at home

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Evidence of long-lived founder virus in mother-to-child HIV transmission

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Exclusive Breastfeeding and Cognition, Executive Function, and Behavioural Disorders in Primary School-Aged Children in Rural South Africa: A Cohort Analysis

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Exclusive breast-feeding--a pipe dream?

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Exclusive breastfeeding, diarrhoeal morbidity and all-cause mortality in infants of HIV-infected and HIV uninfected mothers: an intervention cohort study in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Fever after meningococcal B immunisation: A case series

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with an incidental finding of low IgA

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From Alma-Ata to Agincourt: primary health care in AIDS.

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HIV status, breastfeeding modality at 5 months and postpartum maternal weight changes over 24 months in rural South Africa

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Health impact of catch-up growth in low-birth weight infants: systematic review, evidence appraisal, and meta-analysis

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Human resources needs for universal access to antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a time and motion study

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Impact of adherence to WHO infant feeding recommendations on later risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases: systematic review

scientific article published on 11 August 2015

Infant feeding, HIV transmission and mortality at 18 months: the need for appropriate choices by mothers and prioritization within programmes

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Inflammatory bowel disease in Scottish children

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Intervention to promote exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months of life in a high HIV prevalence area

scientific article published in April 2008

Living with HIV, disclosure patterns and partnerships a decade after the introduction of HIV programmes in rural South Africa

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Management of HIV-infected children in Africa: progress and challenges

scientific article published on 11 May 2011

Maternal HIV disclosure to HIV-uninfected children in rural South Africa: a pilot study of a family-based intervention.

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Maternal HIV disclosure to young HIV-uninfected children: an evaluation of a family-centred intervention in South Africa

scientific article published in July 2014

Maternal HIV infection associated with small-for-gestational age infants but not preterm births: evidence from rural South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published on March 21, 2012

Maternal and child psychological outcomes of HIV disclosure to young children in rural South Africa: the Amagugu intervention

scientific article published in June 2015

Maternal perceptions of acute respiratory infections in children under 5 in rural South Africa

scientific article published in May 2004

Maternal recall of exclusive breast feeding duration.

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Maximising opportunities for increased antiretroviral treatment in children in an existing HIV programme in rural South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Messages about dual contraception in areas of high HIV prevalence are not heeded.

scientific article published in March 2008

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life: an intervention cohort study

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Mothers’ and health workers’ perceptions of participation in a child-friendly health initiative in rural South Africa

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Need for timely paediatric HIV treatment within primary health care in rural South Africa

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Neurodevelopment in Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers by Infection and Treatment Status ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2012

Nutritional supplementation: the additional costs of managing children infected with HIV in resource‐constrained settings ⬇️

scientific article published on October 29, 2012

Objectively measured physical activity levels of children and adolescents in rural South Africa: high volume of physical activity at low intensity

scientific article published in January 2013

Pregnancy outcomes in HIV-infected and uninfected women in rural and urban South Africa

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Prevalence and risk factors for child mental disorders in a population-based cohort of HIV-exposed and unexposed African children aged 7-11 years.

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Preventing postnatal mother-to-child transmission of HIV: context matters

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Prolonged breastfeeding and HIV transmission

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Psychological morbidity and parenting stress in mothers of primary school children by timing of acquisition of HIV infection: a longitudinal cohort study in rural South Africa.

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Reply to Filteau

scientific article published in 2011

Risk factors for overweight and overfatness in rural South African children and adolescents

scientific article published on 4 March 2015

Scaling-up exclusive breastfeeding support programmes: the example of KwaZulu-Natal

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Short communication: CD4 counts of HIV-infected pregnant women and their infected children--implications for PMTCT and treatment programmes

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Shortcomings of adherence counselling provided to caregivers of children receiving antiretroviral therapy in rural South Africa

scientific article published on January 2016

Should pregnant women with unknown HIV status be offered rapid HIV testing in labour?

scientific article published on January 2016

Sociocultural influences on infant feeding decisions among HIV-infected women in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.

scientific article published in January 2005

Subclinical mastitis occurs frequently in association with dramatic changes in inflammatory/anti-inflammatory breast milk components

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Successful paediatric HIV treatment in rural primary care in Africa

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Suicide ideation, depression and HIV among pregnant women in rural South Africa

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Taking HIV Testing to Families: Designing a Family-Based Intervention to Facilitate HIV Testing, Disclosure, and Intergenerational Communication

scientific article published on 05 August 2016

The Amagugu Intervention: A Conceptual Framework for Increasing HIV Disclosure and Parent-Led Communication about Health among HIV-Infected Parents with HIV-Uninfected Primary School-Aged Children

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

The Amagugu intervention for disclosure of maternal HIV to uninfected primary school-aged children in South Africa: a randomised controlled trial

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The Amagugu intervention: a qualitative investigation into maternal experiences and perspectives of a maternal HIV disclosure support intervention in rural South Africa.

scientific article published in November 2017

The contribution of maternal HIV seroconversion during late pregnancy and breastfeeding to mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

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The effect of early initiation of antiretroviral treatment in infants on pediatric AIDS mortality in South Africa: a model-based analysis

scientific article published in May 2012

The effect of maternal and child early life factors on grade repetition among HIV exposed and unexposed children in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

The immune response to sub-clinical mastitis is impaired in HIV-infected women

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The prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme and infant feeding practices

scientific article published in February 2004

The use of non-prescribed medication in the first 3 months of life in rural South Africa

scientific article published in January 2004

Total energy expenditure in children with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.

scientific article published in July 2001

Towards a family-centered approach to HIV treatment and care for HIV-exposed children, their mothers and their families in poorly resourced settings

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Treating HIV-Infected Mothers Reduces under 5 Years of Age Mortality Rates to Levels Seen in Children of HIV-Uninfected Mothers in Rural South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Treating HIV-infected mothers reduces under 5 years of age mortality rates to levels seen in children of HIV-uninfected mothers in rural South Africa

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Tuberculosis in children at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow. January 1995-April 1998.

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Two commentaries on 'Impact of tuberculosis preventive therapy on tuberculosis and mortality in HIV-infected children'

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Universal antiretroviral therapy among pregnant and postpartum HIV-infected women would improve maternal health and decrease postnatal HIV transmission

scientific article published on May 2010

Use of dried blood spots for the determination of genetic variation of interleukin-10, killer immunoglobulin-like receptor and HLA class I genes

scientific article published on 22 November 2011

Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents

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Validating child vaccination status in a demographic surveillance system using data from a clinical cohort study: evidence from rural South Africa

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Vertically acquired paediatric HIV infection: the challenges of providing comprehensive packages of care in resource-limited settings.

scientific article published on 28 July 2008

Video observations of treatment administration to children on antiretroviral therapy in rural KwaZulu-Natal

scientific article published on January 2016

Women's morbidity and mortality in the first 2 years after delivery according to HIV status

scientific article published in November 2010

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