Assessing the effects of the implementation of the WHO “Treat All” guidelines on treatment outcomes, service quality, and cost in Namibia
This technical report provides evidence on how the national rollout of the Treat All guidelines and decentralization of antiretroviral therapy (ART) services affected client-level treatment outcomes, quality of ART services, and treatment costs in Namibia.
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Lessons learned from the evaluation of the Asibonisane Community Responses program in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This report summarizes the findings from an evaluation, conducted by Project SOAR/Population Council and the MatCH Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand, of the five-year Asibonisane Community Responses program program in the eThekwini and Ugu Districts of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Integrating depression management into HIV care in Lilongwe, Malawi: Feasibility and impact
This report summarizes the evaluation findings of the implementation of a program that would integrate depression screening and management into HIV care at two public HIV clinics in Lilongwe, Malawi and its impact on HIV and mental health outcomes.
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HIV testing and treatment among adults working in the fishing sector, agricultural estates, and as market vendors in rural southern Malawi
Download BriefThis brief focuses on the findings from Project SOAR’s monitoring of the One Community (One-C) project in areas where it is operating in Malawi.
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Impulsiveness, depression, sexual behavior, and sexually transmitted infections and HIV-related outcomes among out-of-school adolescent girls and young women in rural southern Malawi
Download BriefThis brief summarizes findings from the Population Council's investigation of associations between impulsiveness, depression, sexual behavior, sexually transmitted infections, and HIV among out-of-school AGYW in Malawi.
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Optimizing maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes through use of multidisciplinary “IMPROVE” teams in Lesotho: Costing component
Download BriefThis brief describes the approach and key quantitative findings of the costing component of the IMPROVE intervention from the service provider perspective.
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Project YES! Youth engaging for success: report and training guides
Download Report │ Youth peer mentor pre-service training (Youth peer mentor guide or Facilitator guide) │ Youth peer mentor in-service training (Youth peer mentor guide or Facilitator guide)
This study examined the impact of Project YES!, a youth peer mentoring program, with well-trained youth employed at the clinic level, on improving viral suppression and reducing internalized stigma among HIV-positive AYA attending four HIV clinics in Ndola, Zambia.
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Characterizing the unmet HIV prevention needs and HIV risk vulnerabilities of adolescent girls and young women in Ethiopia
This report summarizes findings from an integrated HIV biobehavioral survey (IBBS) focused on out-of-school adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 15–24 years which assessed AGYW HIV risk vulnerability.
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Association between depression and HIV care engagement outcomes among patients newly initiating ART in Lilongwe, Malawi
Go to article on the AIDS and Behavior website
This article explores the association between depression at ART initiation and two critical outcomes-retention in HIV care and viral suppression from a study in Malawi.
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Examining the relationship between physical and sexual violence and psychosocial health in young people living with HIV in rural South Africa
Go to article on the Journal of the International AIDS Society website
This article summarizes a study that aimed to quantify the associations between physical and sexual violence and depressive symptoms in youth living with HIV in rural South Africa and explore the modification of these associations by key measures of psychosocial well-being.
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