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Daama A, Nalugoda F, Kankaka E, Kasango A, Nantume B, Kigozi G, et al.
PLoS One . 2024 Nov; 19(11):e0297240. PMID: 39570929
Introduction: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of heterosexual acquisition of HIV by 50%-60%. The Uganda Ministry of Health recommends abstinence of sex for 42 days after VMMC...
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Ssekubugu R, Ndyanabo A, Makumbi F, Ekstrom A, Beres L, Kigozi G, et al.
Glob Health Action . 2024 Nov; 17(1):2419160. PMID: 39529556
During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, we deployed a rapid, mobile phone-based survey to assess access and participation rates when using mobile phones to collect data on COVID-19 in Rakai, south-central...
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Young R, Ssekasanvu J, Kagaayi J, Ssekubugu R, Kigozi G, Reynolds S, et al.
Int J Epidemiol . 2024 Sep; 53(5). PMID: 39242079
Background: The impact of migration on HIV risk among non-migrating household members is poorly understood. We measured HIV incidence among non-migrants living in households with and without migrants in Uganda....
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Young R, Ssekasanvu J, Kagaayi J, Ssekubugu R, Kigozi G, Reynolds S, et al.
medRxiv . 2023 Oct; PMID: 37808671
Background: The impact of migration on HIV risk among non-migrating household members is poorly understood. We measured HIV incidence among non-migrants living in households with and without migrants in Uganda....
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Miller A, Pitpitan E, Kiene S, Raj A, Jain S, Zuniga M, et al.
AIDS Care . 2023 May; 35(9):1291-1298. PMID: 37170392
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been associated with delays throughout the HIV care continuum. This study explored prospective associations between experiences of past-year IPV and two HIV care outcomes in...
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Ssempijja V, Ssekubugu R, Kigozi G, Nakigozi G, Kagaayi J, Ekstrom A, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr . 2023 Mar; 93(2):143-153. PMID: 36889304
Background: We conducted a retrospective population-based study to describe longitudinal patterns of prevalence, incidence, discontinuation, resumption, and durability of substantial HIV risk behaviors (SHR) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) eligibility. Methods:...
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Ssempijja V, Nakigozi G, Ssekubugu R, Kagaayi J, Kigozi G, Nalugoda F, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr . 2022 Mar; 90(3):291-299. PMID: 35259129
Background: The utility of using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) eligibility assessments to identify eligibility in general populations has not been well studied in sub-Saharan Africa. We used the Rakai Community Cohort...
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Miller A, Pitpitan E, Kiene S, Raj A, Jain S, Zuniga M, et al.
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2021 Oct; 228:109005. PMID: 34600249
Background: Alcohol use is common among persons living with HIV (PWH) in Uganda and associated with poor HIV care outcomes; findings regarding the relationship between alcohol use and viral suppression...
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Wagman J, Nabukalu D, Miller A, J Wawer M, Ssekubugu R, Nakowooya H, et al.
PLoS One . 2020 Oct; 15(10):e0240796. PMID: 33125397
Introduction: Uganda has one of the highest rates of alcohol use in sub-Saharan Africa but prevalence and correlates of drinking are undocumented in the Rakai region, one of the earliest...
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Grabowski M, Lessler J, Bazaale J, Nabukalu D, Nankinga J, Nantume B, et al.
Nat Commun . 2020 Feb; 11(1):976. PMID: 32080169
HIV prevalence varies markedly throughout Africa, and it is often presumed areas of higher HIV prevalence (i.e., hotspots) serve as sources of infection to neighboring areas of lower prevalence. However,...