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A Cluster Randomised Trial to Determine the Efficacy of the "Feeding Buddies" Programme in Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates Among HIV-Infected Women in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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A Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial on the Effect of a "feeding buddy" Program on adherence to the Prevention of Mother-To-Child-Transmission Guidelines in a Rural Area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on August 2016

A comparison of death recording by health centres and civil registration in South Africans receiving antiretroviral treatment

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A decade of sustained geographic spread of HIV infections among women in Durban, South Africa.

scientific article published on 7 June 2019

Acceptability of a tablet-based application to support early HIV testing among men in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a mixed method study

scientific article published on 15 March 2020

Adult mortality and antiretroviral treatment roll-out in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on October 2009

Age in antiretroviral therapy programmes in South Africa: a retrospective, multicentre, observational cohort study

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Age-gaps in sexual partnerships: seeing beyond 'sugar daddies'.

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Ageing with HIV in South Africa

scientific article published on August 2011

Analysis of Viral Diversity in Relation to the Recency of HIV-1C Infection in Botswana

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Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality in Rural South Africa: A Comparison of Causal Modeling Approaches

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent HIV Acquisition in Serodiscordant Couples in a Hyperendemic Community in Rural South Africa

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Assessing the validity of respondents' reports of their partners' ages in a rural South African population-based cohort

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Association between internal migration and epidemic dynamics: an analysis of cause-specific mortality in Kenya and South Africa using health and demographic surveillance data

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CD4 count at antiretroviral therapy initiation and the risk of loss to follow-up: results from a multicentre cohort study

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Capturing the spatial variability of HIV epidemics in South Africa and Tanzania using routine healthcare facility data.

scientific article published on 11 July 2018

Cohort Profile: Africa Centre Demographic Information System (ACDIS) and population-based HIV survey

scientific article published on 12 November 2007

Cohort profile: the Hlabisa pregnancy cohort, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Community viral load as an index of HIV transmission potential

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Concentrated HIV subepidemics in generalized epidemic settings

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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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Determinants and spatial patterns of adult overweight and hypertension in a high HIV prevalence rural South African population

scientific article published on 18 September 2012

Determinants of time from HIV infection to linkage-to-care in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on March 2017

Development and Acceptability of a Tablet-Based App to Support Men to Link to HIV Care: Mixed Methods Approach

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Do age-disparate relationships drive HIV incidence in young women? Evidence from a population cohort in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Do gifts increase consent to home-based HIV testing? A difference-in-differences study in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on 10 December 2016

Does Incident Circumcision Lead to Risk Compensation? Evidence From a Population Cohort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Dramatic increase in HIV prevalence after scale-up of antiretroviral treatment

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Effect of ART scale-up and female migration intensity on risk of HIV acquisition: results from a population-based cohort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Effect of concurrent sexual partnerships on rate of new HIV infections in a high-prevalence, rural South African population: a cohort study

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Effect of eliminating CD4-count thresholds on HIV treatment initiation in South Africa: An empirical modeling study

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Effect of population viral load on prospective HIV incidence in a hyperendemic rural African community.

scientific article published in December 2017

Effect of the Number of Pregnancies on Mortality Risk in HIV-Infected Women: a Prospective Cohort Study in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Effect of timing of mother's death on child survival in a rural HIV hyper-endemic South African population

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Elimination of HIV in South Africa through expanded access to antiretroviral therapy: a model comparison study

scientific article (publication date: October 2013)

Evaluation of the impact of immediate versus WHO recommendations-guided antiretroviral therapy initiation on HIV incidence: the ANRS 12249 TasP (Treatment as Prevention) trial in Hlabisa sub-district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: study protocol for a

scientific article published on July 23, 2013

Failure to initiate HIV treatment in patients with high CD4 counts: evidence from demographic surveillance in rural South Africa

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

From HIV infection to therapeutic response: a population-based longitudinal HIV cascade-of-care study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

Genome-Wide Association Study of HIV Whole Genome Sequences Validated using Drug Resistance

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Global climate change and malaria

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Green environment and incident depression in South Africa: a geospatial analysis and mental health implications in a resource-limited setting

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Growth and Mortality Outcomes for Different Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Criteria in Children Ages 1-5 Years: A Causal Modeling Analysis

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HIV incidence in rural South Africa: comparison of estimates from longitudinal surveillance and cross-sectional cBED assay testing

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HIV infection and the transmission of tuberculosis

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

HIV seroconcordance among heterosexual couples in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based analysis

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

HIV status and participation in HIV surveillance in the era of antiretroviral treatment: a study of linked population-based and clinical data in rural South Africa

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HIV treatment cascade in migrants and mobile populations

scientific article published on 08 September 2015

Has the phasing out of stavudine in accordance with changes in WHO guidelines led to a decrease in single-drug substitutions in first-line antiretroviral therapy for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa?

scientific article published on 20 October 2016

Hiding in the shadows of the HIV epidemic: obesity and hypertension in a rural population with very high HIV prevalence in South Africa

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High HIV incidence in a community with high HIV prevalence in rural South Africa: findings from a prospective population-based study

scientific article published in January 2008

High coverage of ART associated with decline in risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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High percentage of undiagnosed HIV cases within a hyperendemic South African community: a population-based study

scientific article published on 24 November 2017

High rates of homicide in a rural South African population (2000-2008): findings from a population-based cohort study

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Human papillomavirus seropositivity and subsequent risk of HIV acquisition in rural South African women

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Identifying 'corridors of HIV transmission' in a severely affected rural South African population: a case for a shift toward targeted prevention strategies

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Impact of community piped water coverage on re-infection with urogenital schistosomiasis in rural South Africa

scientific article published on 17 March 2020

Impact of early antiretroviral therapy eligibility on HIV acquisition: Household-level evidence from rural South Africa

scientific article published on 13 January 2018

Impact of the scale-up of piped water on urogenital schistosomiasis infection in rural South Africa

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

In a study of a population cohort in South Africa, HIV patients on antiretrovirals had nearly full recovery of employment

scientific article published on July 2012

Incidence rate estimation, periodic testing and the limitations of the mid-point imputation approach

scientific article published on 9 August 2017

Increasing HIV-1 Drug Resistance Between 2010 and 2012 in Adults Participating in Population-Based HIV Surveillance in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

Innovations in health and demographic surveillance systems to establish the causal impacts of HIV policies

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Interventions to improve the performance of HIV health systems for treatment-as-prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: the experimental evidence

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Lack of a decline in HIV incidence in a rural community with high HIV prevalence in South Africa, 2003-2007.

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Levels of childhood vaccination coverage and the impact of maternal HIV status on child vaccination status in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa*.

scientific article published on 07 September 2009

Life expectancy trends in adults on antiretroviral treatment in South Africa

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Linkage to primary care after home-based blood pressure screening in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based cohort study

List randomization for eliciting HIV status and sexual behaviors in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a randomized experiment using known true values for validation.

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Localized spatial clustering of HIV infections in a widely disseminated rural South African epidemic

scientific article published on 04 March 2009

Mapping the spatial variability of HIV infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effective information for localized HIV prevention and control

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Mass HIV Treatment and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy: Demographic Surveillance in Rural South Africa

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

Measuring ventilation and modelling M. tuberculosis transmission in indoor congregate settings, rural KwaZulu-Natal

scientific article published on September 2016

Medication Side Effects and Retention in HIV Treatment: A Regression Discontinuity Study of Tenofovir Implementation in South Africa and Zambia

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Methodology for optimising location of new primary health care facilities in rural communities: a case study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on October 2006

Migration and first-year maternal mortality among HIV-positive postpartum women: A population-based longitudinal study in rural South Africa

scientific article published on 31 March 2020

Modelling HIV incidence and survival from age-specific seroprevalence after antiretroviral treatment scale-up in rural South Africa

scientific article published on September 2013

Modelling and understanding primary health care accessibility and utilization in rural South Africa: an exploration using a geographical information system

scientific article published on 29 March 2006

Optimal timing of antiretroviral treatment initiation in HIV-positive children and adolescents: a multiregional analysis from Southern Africa, West Africa and Europe

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

Outcomes of Infants Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in Southern Africa, 2004-2012.

scientific article published in August 2015

Partner Age-Disparity and HIV Incidence Risk for Older Women in Rural South Africa

scientific article published in July 2015

Plan Beta for tuberculosis: it's time to think seriously about poorly ventilated congregate settings

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Population and antenatal-based HIV prevalence estimates in a high contracepting female population in rural South Africa

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Population uptake of antiretroviral treatment through primary care in rural South Africa

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Population-level decline in BMI and systolic blood pressure following mass HIV treatment: Evidence from rural KwaZulu-Natal

scientific article published on 7 December 2016

Preventing unintended pregnancy and HIV transmission: effects of the HIV treatment cascade on contraceptive use and choice in rural KwaZulu-Natal

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Proximity to healthcare clinic and depression risk in South Africa: geospatial evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study

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Reducing CD4 Monitoring in Children on Antiretroviral Therapy With Virologic Suppression

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Reply to Cohen et al.

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Rethinking the role of the local community in HIV epidemic spread in sub-Saharan Africa: a proximate-determinants approach

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Role of concurrency in generalised HIV epidemics – Authors' reply

scientific article published in The Lancet

Sexual behaviour in a rural high HIV prevalence South African community: time trends in the antiretroviral treatment era

scientific article published on September 2013

Sexual partnership age pairings and risk of HIV acquisition in rural South Africa

scientific article published on 5 June 2017

Short communication: Prioritizing communities for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa

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Social Disequilibrium and the Risk of HIV Acquisition: A Multilevel Study in Rural KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

scientific article published on 10 March 2017

Social exposure to an antiretroviral treatment programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal

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Sources of social support and sexual behaviour advice for young adults in rural South Africa

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Space-time migration patterns and risk of HIV acquisition in rural South Africa

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

Space-time variations in child mortality in a rural South African population with high HIV prevalence (2000-2014).

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Spatial clustering of all-cause and HIV-related mortality in a rural South African population (2000-2006)

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Spatial structure of depression in South Africa: A longitudinal panel survey of a nationally representative sample of households

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Spatial-temporal dynamics and structural determinants of child and maternal mortality in a rural, high HIV burdened South African population, 2000-2014: a study protocol

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Starting a home and mobile HIV testing service in a rural area of South Africa

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Structural barriers to antiretroviral treatment: a study using population-based CD4 cell count and linked antiretroviral treatment programme data

scientific article published in The Lancet

Targeting the right interventions to the right people and places: the role of geospatial analysis in HIV program planning

scientific article published in May 2018

Temporal trends of population viral suppression in the context of Universal Test and Treat: the ANRS 12249 TasP trial in rural South Africa

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

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 Effect of HIV and the Modifying Effect of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) on Body Mass Index (BMI) and Blood Pressure Levels in Rural South Africa

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The causal effect of childhood measles vaccination on educational attainment: A mother fixed-effects study in rural South Africa

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The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the age composition of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on July 2012

The impact of continuous quality improvement on coverage of antenatal HIV care tests in rural South Africa: Results of a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled implementation trial

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

The impact of lay counselors on HIV testing rates: quasi-experimental evidence from lay counselor redeployment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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The impact of population dynamics on the population HIV care cascade: results from the ANRS 12249 Treatment as Prevention trial in rural KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)

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The impact of the 2013 WHO antiretroviral therapy guidelines on the feasibility of HIV population prevention trials

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The impact of the new WHO antiretroviral treatment guidelines on HIV epidemic dynamics and cost in South Africa

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The potential impact of RV144-like vaccines in rural South Africa: a study using the STDSIM microsimulation model

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The tuberculosis challenge in a rural South African HIV programme

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Time and Money: The True Costs of Health Care Utilization for Patients Receiving "Free" HIV/Tuberculosis Care and Treatment in Rural KwaZulu-Natal

scientific article published on October 2015

Treatment eligibility and retention in clinical HIV care: A regression discontinuity study in South Africa

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

Twelve-year mortality in adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in South Africa

scientific article published on September 2017

Universal test and treat and the HIV epidemic in rural South Africa: a phase 4, open-label, community cluster randomised trial

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Uptake of Home-Based HIV Testing, Linkage to Care, and Community Attitudes about ART in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Descriptive Results from the First Phase of the ANRS 12249 TasP Cluster-Randomised Trial

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Use of antiretroviral therapy in households and risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2004–12: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on April 2014

Validating five questions of antiretroviral nonadherence in a public-sector treatment program in rural South Africa

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What Should we do When HIV-Positive Children Fail First-Line Combination Antiretroviral Therapy? A Comparison of 4 ART Management Strategies

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