2024
Assessment of a screening tool to aid home-based identification of adolescents (aged 10–14) living with HIV in Zambia and South Africa: HPTN 071 (PopART) study
Chaila M, Mcleod D, Vermund S, Mbolongwe-Thornicroft M, Mbewe M, Mubekapi-Musadaidzwa C, Harper A, Schaap A, Floyd S, Hoddinott G, Hayes R, Fidler S, Ayles H, Shanaube K, Team O. Assessment of a screening tool to aid home-based identification of adolescents (aged 10–14) living with HIV in Zambia and South Africa: HPTN 071 (PopART) study. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0266573. PMID: 38363733, PMCID: PMC10871489, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsScreening toolUniversal testingCommunity HIV-care providersCombination HIV prevention packageHIV-care providersHIV-positiveHIV prevention packageRapid HIV testingHIV test resultsRapid HIV test resultsHistory of hospital admissionIdentification of adolescentsPopART interventionUndiagnosed HIVHIV testingPrevention packageDoor-to-doorPoor healthHIV interventionsCommunity settingsConsented adolescentsHospital admissionSelf-reportSouth AfricaPopART
2023
Brief Report: How Do We Reach Men? Offering HIV Testing in Evenings and Weekends in the HPTN 071 (PopART) Community-Based Trial in South Africa
Yang B, Sloot R, Floyd S, Awoniyi D, Griffith S, Ayles H, Fidler S, Hayes R, Vermund S, Bock P, team H. Brief Report: How Do We Reach Men? Offering HIV Testing in Evenings and Weekends in the HPTN 071 (PopART) Community-Based Trial in South Africa. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2023, 93: 300-304. PMID: 37001128, PMCID: PMC10313787, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV testingHousehold visitsWeekday shiftsNumber of menCommunity HIV care providersCommunity-based HIV testingHIV care providersHPTN 071 (PopART) trialUnknown HIV statusHigh-burden settingsAntiretroviral treatment coverageCommunity-based trialHigh-risk behaviorsCommunity-based servicesPopART interventionHIV statusHIV epidemicTreatment coverageCare providersLinear regression analysisStudy questionnaireMore menRecruitment of menVisitsWomen
2022
Projected outcomes of universal testing and treatment in a generalised HIV epidemic in Zambia and South Africa (the HPTN 071 [PopART] trial): a modelling study
Probert W, Sauter R, Pickles M, Cori A, Bell-Mandla N, Bwalya J, Abeler-Dörner L, Bock P, Donnell D, Floyd S, Macleod D, Piwowar-Manning E, Skalland T, Shanaube K, Wilson E, Yang B, Ayles H, Fidler S, Hayes R, Fraser C, Team H, Hayes R, Fidler S, Beyers N, Ayles H, Bock P, El-Sadr W, Cohen M, Eshleman S, Agyei Y, Piwowar-Manning E, Bond V, Hoddinott G, Donnell D, Floyd S, Wilson E, Emel L, Noble H, Macleod D, Burns D, Fraser C, Cori A, Sista N, Griffith S, Moore A, Headen T, White R, Miller E, Hargreaves J, Hauck K, Thomas R, Limbada M, Bwalya J, Pickles M, Sabapathy K, Schaap, Dunbar R, Shanaube K, Yang B, Simwinga M, Smith P, Vermund S, Mandla N, Makola N, van Deventer A, James A, Jennings K, Kruger J, Phiri M, Kosloff B, Mwenge L, Kanema S, Sauter R, Probert W, Kumar R, Sakala E, Silumesi A, Skalland T, Yuhas K. Projected outcomes of universal testing and treatment in a generalised HIV epidemic in Zambia and South Africa (the HPTN 071 [PopART] trial): a modelling study. The Lancet HIV 2022, 9: e771-e780. PMID: 36332654, PMCID: PMC9646978, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(22)00259-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard of careHome-based testingCluster-randomised trialHigh-prevalence communitiesHIV incidenceHIV epidemicNational guidelinesNational InstituteUniversal testingHIV care cascadeAntiretroviral therapy uptakeUS President's Emergency PlanGeneralised HIV epidemicPresident's Emergency PlanPopART interventionCare cascadeART eligibilityArm BTherapy uptakeTrial interventionTrial dataInfectious diseasesAIDS ReliefIntervention impactDrug abuse
2021
Community-based health workers implementing universal access to HIV testing and treatment: lessons from South Africa and Zambia—HPTN 071 (PopART)
Viljoen L, Mainga T, Casper R, Mubekapi-Muzadaidzwa C, Wademan D, Bond V, Pliakas T, Bwalya C, Stangl A, Phiri M, Yang B, Shanaube K, Bock P, Fidler S, Hayes R, Ayles H, Hargreaves J, Hoddinott G, Seeley J, Donnell D, Floyd S, Mandla N, Bwalya J, Sabapathy K, Eshleman S, Macleod D, Moore A, Vermund S, Hauck K, Shanaube K. Community-based health workers implementing universal access to HIV testing and treatment: lessons from South Africa and Zambia—HPTN 071 (PopART). Health Policy And Planning 2021, 36: 881-890. PMID: 33963387, PMCID: PMC8227454, DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czab019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based health workersHIV testingHealth workersHIV prevention packageHPTN 071 (PopART) trialHIV epidemic controlPopulation health benefitsPopART interventionCHW interventionPrevention packageTreatment servicesIntervention staffTrial outcomesBaseline quantitative dataReferral servicesCHW retentionHealth benefitsIntervention packageProcess evaluationEpidemic controlGroup discussionsInterventionTrialsKey informant interviewsEmotional support