List of works by Mickey Chopra

"Nothing new": responses to the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in South Africa

scientific article published in October 2006

"Taking care of business": alcohol as currency in transactional sexual relationships among players in Cape Town, South Africa

scientific article published on 29 July 2010

30 years after Alma-Ata: has primary health care worked in countries?

scientific article published in September 2008

A global response to a global problem: the epidemic of overnutrition

scientific article published on January 2002

A landscape analysis of universal health coverage for mothers and children in South Asia.

scientific article

A longitudinal qualitative study of infant-feeding decision making and practices among HIV-positive women in South Africa.

scientific article

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals through mainstreaming nutrition: speaking with one voice.

scientific article published in August 2006

Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities

scientific article published on 24 August 2009

Addressing health systems strengthening through an health equity lens

scientific article

Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Alma-Ata 30 years on: revolutionary, relevant, and time to revitalise

scientific article

An effectiveness study of an integrated, community-based package for maternal, newborn, child and HIV care in South Africa: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on November 2011

An update on HIV and infant feeding issues in developed and developing countries

scientific article published on March 2009

Antenatal depression case finding by community health workers in South Africa: feasibility of a mobile phone application

scientific article

Antibiotic effectiveness and child survival

scientific article published on 17 November 2013

Building resilient health systems: a proposal for a resilience index

scientific article

Changes in risk behavior among HIV-positive patients during their first year of antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town South Africa

scientific article published on 10 October 2008

Child survival: a message of hope but a call for renewed commitment in UNICEF report

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Community-based prenatal screening for postpartum depression in a South African township

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Community-based situation analysis of maternal and neonatal care in South Africa to explore factors that impact utilization of maternal health services

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Costs of promoting exclusive breastfeeding at community level in three sites in South Africa

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

Countdown to 2015 and beyond: fulfilling the health agenda for women and children

scientific article published on 29 June 2014

Countdown to 2015 decade report (2000-10): taking stock of maternal, newborn, and child survival

scientific article published on June 2010

Countdown to 2015: a decade of tracking progress for maternal, newborn, and child survival

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Devolving countdown to countries: using global resources to support regional and national action.

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Diagnosis and counselling of patients with acute HIV infection in South Africa

scientific article published on 18 July 2010

Diarrhoea: why children are still dying and what can be done

scientific article published on 14 October 2009

Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners among HIV-infected men and women in Cape Town, South Africa

scientific article published in January 2012

Do improvements in outreach, clinical, and family and community-based services predict improvements in child survival? An analysis of serial cross-sectional national surveys

scientific article

Early cessation of breastfeeding amongst women in South Africa: an area needing urgent attention to improve child health

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Effect of home based HIV counselling and testing intervention in rural South Africa: cluster randomised trial

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

Effect of the HIV epidemic on infant feeding in South Africa: "When they see me coming with the tins they laugh at me".

scientific article published on 23 February 2006

Effects of policy options for human resources for health: an analysis of systematic reviews

scientific article

Ending of preventable deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea: an achievable goal

scientific article published on 12 April 2013

Estimating HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among high-risk heterosexual men with multiple sex partners: use of respondent-driven sampling

scientific article

Every death counts: use of mortality audit data for decision making to save the lives of mothers, babies, and children in South Africa

scientific article

Evidence-based priority setting for health care and research: tools to support policy in maternal, neonatal, and child health in Africa ⬇️

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Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on July 2011

Expanding access to antiretroviral therapy in sub-saharan Africa: avoiding the pitfalls and dangers, capitalizing on the opportunities

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Explaining household socio-economic related child health inequalities using multiple methods in three diverse settings in South Africa

scientific article

Factors related to HIV disclosure in 2 South African communities

scientific article published in October 2007

First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, South Africa

scientific article

Food insecurity and its association with co-occurring postnatal depression, hazardous drinking, and suicidality among women in peri-urban South Africa

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

From Apartheid to Globalisation: Health and Social Change in South Africa

article

From evidence to action to deliver a healthy start for the next generation

scientific article published on 19 May 2014

From joint thinking to joint action: a call to action on improving water, sanitation, and hygiene for maternal and newborn health

scientific article

Global and regional estimates of the morbidity due to type I diabetes among children aged 0-4 years: a systematic review and analysis

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Goodstart: a cluster randomised effectiveness trial of an integrated, community-based package for maternal and newborn care, with prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a South African township

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

HIV and infant feeding: issues in developed and developing countries

scientific article

HIV risk behaviours and their relationship to intimate partner violence (IPV) among men who have multiple female sexual partners in Cape Town, South Africa.

scientific article published in January 2011

Health systems performance assessment in the Bulletin

scientific article published in January 2009

High levels of risk behavior among people living with HIV Initiating and waiting to start antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town South Africa

scientific article

How changes in coverage affect equity in maternal and child health interventions in 35 Countdown to 2015 countries: an analysis of national surveys

scientific article published on 20 September 2012

How equitable is the scaling up of HIV service provision in South Africa?

scientific article

How much is not enough? Human resources requirements for primary health care: a case study from South Africa

scientific article published on January 2008

Implementing intermittent preventive treatment in infants

scientific article published in January 2010

Improving health aid for a better planet: The planning, monitoring and evaluation tool (PLANET).

scientific article

Improving the coverage of the PMTCT programme through a participatory quality improvement intervention in South Africa

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Improving the hospital management of malnourished children by participatory research

scientific article published on February 2004

Improving the prevention and management of chronic disease in low-income and middle-income countries: a priority for primary health care

scientific article published in September 2008

Infant feeding practices at routine PMTCT sites, South Africa: results of a prospective observational study amongst HIV exposed and unexposed infants - birth to 9 months

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Influences on healthcare-seeking during final illnesses of infants in under-resourced South African settings

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Key challenges to achieving health for all in an inequitable society: the case of South Africa.

scientific article published on 29 November 2005

Levels and trends in child mortality, 1990–2009 ⬇️

scientific article published on September 18, 2010

Making research matter: a civil society perspective on health research.

scientific article

Mass deworming in Ugandan children

scientific article published on July 2006

Micronutrient deficiencies and gender: social and economic costs

scientific article

Millennium Development Goals: background

scientific article published in February 2015

Missed Opportunities along the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Services Cascade in South Africa: Uptake, Determinants, and Attributable Risk (the SAPMTCTE).

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Missed opportunities for participation in prevention of mother to child transmission programmes: simplicity of nevirapine does not necessarily lead to optimal uptake, a qualitative study

scientific article

Moving ahead: what will a renewed Countdown to 2030 for Women and Children look like?

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Moving from vertical to integrated child health programmes: experiences from a multi-country assessment of the Child Health Days approach in Africa

scientific article published on 11 January 2010

Operational effectiveness and 36 week HIV-free survival in the South African programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.

scientific article published on February 2007

Operational effectiveness of guidelines on complete breast-feeding cessation to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV: results from a prospective observational cohort study at routine prevention of mother-to-child transmission sites, South Afri

scientific article published in April 2009

Operational effectiveness of single-dose nevirapine in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

scientific article published on June 2007

Optimizing community case management strategies to achieve equitable reduction of childhood pneumonia mortality: An application of Equitable Impact Sensitive Tool (EQUIST) in five low- and middle-income countries

scientific article

Pathways of care-seeking during fatal infant illnesses in under-resourced South African settings

scientific article published on December 2011

Patient experiences following acute HIV infection diagnosis and counseling in South Africa

scientific article

Preventing HIV transmission to children: quality of counselling of mothers in South Africa

scientific article published in March 2005

Preventing maternal and newborn deaths globally: using innovation and science to address challenges in implementing life-saving interventions

scientific article

Primary health care: making Alma-Ata a reality

scientific article published on September 2008

Priorities for research into human resources for health in low- and middle-income countries

scientific article

Punching above their weight: a network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy

Rapid assessment of infant feeding support to HIV-positive women accessing prevention of mother-to-child transmission services in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia

scientific article published on 30 April 2009

Reducing intrapartum-related deaths and disability: can the health system deliver?

scientific article published on October 2009

Responding to the crisis in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of nutrition

scientific article

Results of a multi-country exploratory survey of approaches and methods for IMCI case management training

scientific article

Risk factors for undernutrition of young children in a rural area of South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Saving the lives of South Africa's mothers, babies, and children: can the health system deliver?

scientific article published on 24 August 2009

Scaling up health promotion interventions in the era of HIV/AIDS: challenges for a rights based approach

scientific article

Scaling up integration: development and results of a participatory assessment of HIV/TB services, South Africa

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Setting health research priorities using the CHNRI method: VII. A review of the first 50 applications of the CHNRI method

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Setting implementation research priorities to reduce preterm births and stillbirths at the community level

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Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza

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Setting priorities in child health research investments for South Africa

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Setting priorities in global child health research investments: addressing values of stakeholders

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Setting priorities in global child health research investments: assessment of principles and practice

scientific article published on October 2007

Setting priorities in global child health research investments: guidelines for implementation of CHNRI method

scientific article published on December 2008

Setting priorities in global child health research investments: universal challenges and conceptual framework

scientific article published on June 2008

Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from childhood pneumonia by 2015.

scientific article

Social networks and concurrent sexual relationships--a qualitative study among men in an urban South African community

scientific article

Social, economic, political and health system and program determinants of child mortality reduction in China between 1990 and 2006: A systematic analysis

scientific article

Socioeconomic disparities in access to HIV/AIDS treatment programs in resource-limited settings

scientific article published in January 2009

Strategies to improve health coverage and narrow the equity gap in child survival, health, and nutrition

scientific article published on 20 September 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: how many lives could be saved with targeted health interventions?

scientific article

Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die?

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Supporting the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews

scientific article published on September 2008

Survey of iodine deficiency and intestinal parasitic infections in school-going children: Bie Province, Angola

scientific article published on 26 March 2010

The Contribution of Child Health Days to Improving Coverage of Periodic Interventions in Six African Countries ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

The Countdown for 2015: what lies ahead?

scientific article

The Effect of Community-Based Prevention and Care on Ebola Transmission in Sierra Leone.

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

The associations of voluntary counseling and testing acceptance and the perceived likelihood of being HIV-infected among men with multiple sex partners in a South African township

scientific article published on 13 February 2008

The case for launch of an international DNA-based birth cohort study

scientific article

The comparative cost-effectiveness of an equity-focused approach to child survival, health, and nutrition: a modelling approach.

scientific article published on 20 September 2012

The construction of an idealised urban masculinity among men with concurrent sexual partners in a South African township

scientific article

The failure of routine rapid HIV testing: a case study of improving low sensitivity in the field

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The feasibility of implementing a sexual risk reduction intervention in routine clinical practice at an ARV clinic in Cape Town: a case study

scientific article published in July 2011

The how: a message for the UN high-level meeting on NCDs

scientific article published in The Lancet

The use of mobile phones as a data collection tool: a report from a household survey in South Africa

scientific article

Tobacco and obesity epidemics: not so different after all?

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Trade and social determinants of health

scientific article published on 21 January 2009

Two key issues for the new WHO leadership

scientific article

Understanding the determinants of the complex interplay between cost-effectiveness and equitable impact in maternal and child mortality reduction

scientific article

Unequal weight: equity oriented policy responses to the global obesity epidemic

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Value of a mobile information system to improve quality of care by community health workers

scientific article published in January 2013

WHO guidelines for management of severe malnutrition in rural South African hospitals: effect on case fatality and the influence of operational factors

scientific article published on April 2004

WHO guidelines for severe malnutrition: are they feasible in rural African hospitals?

scientific article

What about health system strengthening and the internal brain drain?

scientific article published in February 2009

Who has been caring for the baby?

scientific article published on 19 May 2014

Why do families still not receive the child support grant in South Africa? A longitudinal analysis of a cohort of families across South Africa

scientific article

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