CareConekta: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a mobile health intervention to improve engagement in postpartum HIV care in South Africa
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South Africa has more HIV/AIDS patients than any other country and is home to the world’s largest antiretroviral program. According to the World Bank, as of 2018 the prevalence of HIV among South Africans ages 15 to 49 was 20.4%. Nearly one in three pregnant women attending antenatal care in South Africa is living with HIV.
As South Africans with HIV move around the country, there is a risk they will disengage from the health care system or otherwise become lost to follow-up care.
Childhood Status Epilepticus and Epilepsy Determinants of Outcome (SEED)
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Status epilepticus (SE) is the most common serious neurological emergency among children worldwide. In the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) of sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of childhood SE-associated mortality and morbidity appears to be especially high. However, the phenotypes of childhood SE, clinical predictors of SE-associated mortality and of SE-associated neurodevelopmental morbidity, and genomic predictors of SE, SE-associated mortality and neurodevelopmental morbidity have not been well-characterized in this region.
The South African National HIV Pregnancy Cohort: evaluating continuity of care among women living with HIV
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Project Details: NIH Reporter
Partners-based HIV Treatment for Sero-concordant Couples attending Antenatal Care
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Principal Investigator(s):
Carolyn Audet, Ph.D.
Population mobility and retention in HIV care among postpartum women in South Africa
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Principal Investigator(s):
Kate Clouse, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Bridging the Childhood Epilepsy Treatment Gap in Africa (BRIDGE)
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Principal Investigator: Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH
Avante: Towards Epidemic Control
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https://www.vumc.org/friends-in-global-health/avante
Principal Investigator(s):
William Wester, M.D., M.P.H.