Peer Reviewed Publications & Abstracts: HIV Case Finding
HIV CASE FINDING
ALL PUBLICATIONS By topic: PMTCT PEDIATRIC HIV ADOLESCENTS HIV CASE FINDING TUBERCULOSIS PSYCHOSOCIAL CANCER |
The Tingathe Surge: A multi-strategy approach to accelerate HIV case finding in Malawi
Simon K, Hartig M, Abrams EJ, Wetzel W, Ahmed S, Chester E, Chembezi C, Chavula B, Zinganda S, Kavuta E, Chikoti C, Beyene T, Nkhono Z, Kabwinja A, Nyirenda R, Kazembe PN, Kim MH. Public Health Action 2019. Enhancing an HIV index case testing passive referral model through a behavioral skills-building training for healthcare providers: a pre/post-assessment in Mangochi District
Tembo TA, Kim MH, Simon KR, Ahmed S, Beyene T, Wetzel E, Machika M, Chikoti C, Kammera W, Chibowa H, Nkhono Z, Kavita E, Kazembe PN, Rosenberg NE. J Int AIDS Soc 2019. The HIV diagnostic assistant—early findings from a novel HIV testing cadre in Malawi
Flick R, Simon K, Nyirenda R, Namachapa K,Kim, MH. AIDS. 2019 Jan 31. Family Testing: An Index Case Finding Strategy to Close the Gaps in Pediatric HIV Diagnosis
Simon KR, Flick RJ, Kim MH, Sabelli RA, Tembo T, Phelps BR, Rosenberg NE, Ahmed S. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Aug 15;78 Suppl 2:S88-S97. PMID: 29994830. Index case finding facilitates identification and linkage to care of children and young persons living with HIV/AIDS in Malawi
Ahmed S, Sabelli RA, Simon K, Rosenberg NE, Kavuta E, Harawa M, Dick S, Linzie F, Kazembe PN, Kim MH. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 Aug;22(8):1021-1029. Lost opportunities to identify and treat HIV-positive patients: results from a baseline assessment of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) in Malawi
Ahmed S, Schwarz M, Flick RJ, Rees CA, Harawa M, Simon K, Robison JA, Kazembe PN, Kim MH. Trop Med Int Health. 2016;21(4):479-485. Improved identification and enrolment into care of HIV-exposed and infected infants and children following a community health worker intervention in Lilongwe, Malawi
Ahmed S, Kim MH, Dave AC, Sabelli R, Kanjelo K, Preidis GA, Giordano TP, Chiao E, Hosseinipour M, Kazembe PN, Chimbwandira F, Abrams EJ. J Int AIDS Soc. 2015;18:19305. Linkage, initiation and retention of children in the antiretroviral therapy cascade: an overview
Phelps BR, Ahmed S, Amzel A, Diallo MO, Jacobs T, Kellerman SE, Kim MH, Sugandhi N, Tam M, Wilson-Jones M. AIDS. 2013;27 Suppl 2:S207-213. Routine inpatient provider-initiated HIV testing in Malawi, compared with client-initiated community-based testing, identifies younger children at higher risk of early mortality
Preidis GA, McCollum ED, Kamiyango W, Garbino A, Hosseinipour MC, Kazembe PN, Schutze GE, Kline MW. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013;63(1):e16-22. Beyond early infant diagnosis: case finding strategies for identification of HIV-infected infants and children
Ahmed S, Kim MH, Sugandhi N, Phelps BR, Sabelli R, Diallo MO, Young P, Duncan D, Kellerman SE. AIDS. 2013;27 Suppl 2:S235-245. Routine inpatient human immunodeficiency virus testing system increases access to pediatric human immunodeficiency virus care in sub-Saharan Africa
McCollum ED, Preidis GA, Golitko CL, Siwande LD, Mwansambo C, Kazembe PN, Hoffman I, Hosseinipour MC, Schutze GE, Kline MW. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011;30(5):e75-81. |
AbstractsScale-up of a passive referral model of HIV index case testing to accelerate case identification in Mangochi, Malawi
Tembo T, Simon K, Ahmed S, Beyene T, Wetzel E, Kabwinja A, Kammera W, Chibowa H, Chavula B, Nkhono Z, Kavuta E, Rosenberg N, Kazembe PN, Kim M. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2018; Amsterdam, Netherlands and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. The Surge: A targeted, multi-strategy approach to accelerate HIV case finding in Malawi
Simon K, Hartig M, Wetzel E, Chester E, Chembezi C, Kabwinja A, Nkhono Z, Kavuta E, Chavula B, Chikoti C, Beyene T, Nyirenda R, Zinkanda S, Abrams EJ, Kazembe PN, Ahmed S, Kim M. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2018; Amsterdam, Netherlands and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Increasing HIV testing uptake among key groups through targeted community outreach setting
Ng'ambi A, Tembo T, Chavula B, Kavuta E, Kawonga S, Beyene T, Kazembe PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Voluntary counselling and testing of family members of adults attending Chinsawa support group led to high HIV case identification in Balaka, Malawi
Phiri D, Tembo T, Kawonga S, Mbendala B, Kavuta E, Thomson H, Ulambo J, Beyene T, Simon K, Kazembe PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Screening index clients attending ART clinic to identify untested children at risk of HIV infection in Balaka, Malawi
Tembo T, Simon K, Phiri D, Ng’ambi A, Montandon M, Chitsonga N, Mpama K, Harawa M, Chilala S, Kavuta E, Kim M, Kazembe PNA, S. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: Interest Workshop; 2017; Lilongwe, Malawi. Does the deployment of HIV diagnostic assistants in Malawi improve early infant HIV diagnosis and enrolment to care?
Teferi B, Zolfo M, Midiani D, Mhango J, Simon K, Kizito W, Chu S, Peno W, Kumwenda J, Alemayehu A, Tweya H, Takarinda KC, Saeed A, Kumar A, Kim MH, Kazembe PN. In: European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health; 2017; Antwerp, Belgium. Provider-initiated testing and counseling: Is it still high yield? Yield of routine HIV testing in pediatric and adult inpatient wards in central and southern Malawi
Simon K, Montandon M, Kim M, Wetzel E, Sabelli R, Beyene T, Kavuta E, Chikoti C, Namachapa K, Kazembe PNA, S. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2017; Paris, France. Abstract Number: TUPED1222. Conducting targeted community HIV testing and counselling to increase identification of people living with HIV in Mangochi District, Malawi: A Pilot Program
Ng’ambi A, Tembo T, Simon K, Beyene T, Kazembe PN, Kim MH, Saeed A. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. Index case finding initiative facilitates identification and linkage to care of children and youth living with HIV/AIDS
Sabelli R, Kim M, Simon K, Kavuta E, Harawa M, Dick S, Linzie F, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Durban, South Africa. Abstract Number: TUPEE484. Yield of community health worker-driven intensified case finding for tuberculosis among HIV-positive patients in rural Malawi
Flick R, Simon K, Munthali A, Dimba A, Kim M, Kazembe P, Hosseinipour M, Ahmed S. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Durban, South Africa. Abstract Number: WEAB0204. Preparing for HTC scale-up: High-yield rapid assessment for placement of a pilot cadre of dedicated HTC counselors in Malawi
Flick R, Simon K, Kavuta E, Harawa M, Beyene T, Namachapa K, Kayuni C, Kazembe P, Kim M, Ahmed S. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Durban, South Africa. Abstract Number: THPEE491. Lost opportunities to identify and treat HIV-infected patients: results from a comprehensive study of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) in Malawi
Schwarz M, Flick R, Harawa M, Simon K, Kim M, Robison J, Ahmed S. In: Malawi College of Medicine 19th Annual Research Dissemination Conference; 2015; Lilongwe, Malawi. Utilizing Mapping Technology to Improve Identification, Enrollment, and Clinical Care for HIV-Infected Children and Families in Malawi
Rees C, Flick R, Kim M, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting Abstract; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. Yield of community health worker-driven intensified case finding for tuberculosis among HIV-positive in rural Malawi
Flick R, Simon K, Munthali A, Dimba A, Kim M, Kazembe P, Hosseinipour M, Ahmed S. In: Malawi College of Medicine 19th Annual Research Dissemination Conference; 2015; Lilongwe, Malawi. Lost opportunities to identify and treat HIV-positive patients: results from a baseline assessment of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling in Malawi
Ahmed S, Schwarz M, Flick R, Rees C, Harawa M, Simon K, Robison J, Kazembe P, Kim M. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. Active case finding: A comparison of home-based testing and health center based testing for identifying HIV-infected children in Lilongwe, Malawi
Ahmed S, Kim M, Dave A, Kanjelo K, El-Mallawany N, Kazembe P. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2013; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Abstract Number: A-581-0221-02438. The Tingathe program: community health workers improving case finding, enrolment, and care of HIV-exposed and infected children in Malawi
Ahmed S, Kanjelo K, Nanthuru D, Cox C, Kautzman M, Golitko C, El-Mallawany N, Kazembe P, Wanless S, Kline M, Kim M. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2011; Rome, Italy. Abstract Number: TUAD0105. Using Community Health Workers to Improve Identification, Enrollment into Care, and Outcomes for HIV-Exposed Infants at the Kawale Health Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi
Ahmed S, Kim M, Kanjelo K, Nanthuru D, Taimu T, Ndovie L, Mwasabi I, Msiska D, Bowa E, Kazembe P, Kline M. In: International AIDS Conference; 2010; Vienna, Austria. Abstract Number: WEPE0842. |