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Toska E, Campeau L, Cluver L, Orkin F, Berezin M, Sherr L, et al.
AIDS Behav . 2019 Nov; 24(3):903-913. PMID: 31748938
Exposure to sexual risk in early adolescence strongly predicts HIV infection, yet evidence for prevention in young adolescents is limited. We pooled data from two longitudinal South African surveys, with...
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Cluver L, Orkin F, Campeau L, Toska E, Webb D, Carlqvist A, et al.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health . 2019 Mar; 3(4):245-254. PMID: 30878118
Background: Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) face major challenges in achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for vulnerable adolescents. We aimed to test the UN Development Programme's proposed approach...
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Richter L, Orkin F, Roman G, Dahly D, Horta B, Bhargava S, et al.
J Nutr . 2018 Jul; 148(8):1364-1371. PMID: 30011008
Background: Early growth faltering accounts for one-third of child deaths, and adversely impacts the health and human capital of surviving children. Social as well as biological factors contribute to growth...
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Cluver L, Meinck F, Toska E, Orkin F, Hodes R, Sherr L
AIDS . 2018 Mar; 32(8):975-983. PMID: 29547438
Objectives: HIV-positive adolescents have low-ART adherence, with consequent increased risks of mortality, morbidity, and viral resistance. Despite high rates of violence against children in the Africa region, no known studies...
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Cluver L, Orkin F, Meinck F, Boyes M, Yakubovich A, Sherr L
PLoS One . 2016 Oct; 11(10):e0164808. PMID: 27749932
Background: The first policy action outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the implementation of national social protection systems. This study assesses whether social protection provision can impact 17...
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Cluver L, Orkin F, Yakubovich A, Sherr L
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr . 2016 Jan; 72(1):96-104. PMID: 26825176
Background: Social protection (ie, cash transfers, free schools, parental support) has potential for adolescent HIV prevention. We aimed to identify which social protection interventions are most effective and whether combined...
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Cluver L, Hodes R, Sherr L, Orkin F, Meinck F, Ken P, et al.
J Int AIDS Soc . 2015 Dec; 18(Suppl 6):20260. PMID: 26639115
Introduction: Advances in biomedical technologies provide potential for adolescent HIV prevention and HIV-positive survival. The UNAIDS 90-90-90 treatment targets provide a new roadmap for ending the HIV epidemic, principally through...
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Cluver L, Hodes R, Toska E, Kidia K, Orkin F, Sherr L, et al.
AIDS . 2015 Jun; 29 Suppl 1:S57-65. PMID: 26049539
Objectives: WHO guidelines recommend disclosure to HIV-positive children by school age in order to improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. However, quantitative evidence remains limited for adolescents. This study examines associations...
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Cluver L, Orkin F, Boyes M, Sherr L
AIDS . 2014 Jul; 28 Suppl 3:S389-97. PMID: 24991912
Objectives: It is not known whether cumulative 'cash plus care' interventions can reduce adolescent HIV-infection risks in sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigated whether parental AIDS and other environmental adversities increase...