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Challenges with routine data sources for PMTCT programme monitoring in East Africa: insights from Tanzania. (2015) Gourlay, Annabelle; Wringe, Alison; Todd, Jim; Michael, Denna; Reniers, Georges; Urassa, Mark; Njau, Prosper; Kajoka, Deborah; Lema, Levina; Zaba, Basia

After surgery: the effects of life-saving caesarean sections in Burkina Faso. (2015) Filippi, Véronique; Ganaba, Rasmané; Calvert, Clara; Murray, Susan F; Storeng, Katerini T

A Successful Failure: Missing the MDG4 Target for Under-Five Mortality in South Africa. (2015) Byass, Peter; Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W; Mee, Paul; Ngobeni, Sizzy; Silaule, Bernard; Gómez-Olivé, F Xavier; Collinson, Mark A; Tugendhaft, Aviva; Wagner, Ryan G; Twine, Rhian; Hofman, Karen; Tollman, Stephen M; Kahn, Kathleen

What students want: using a choice modelling approach to estimate student demand. (2015) Sheppard, Paula; Smith, Richard

School life expectancy and risk for tuberculosis in Europe. (2015) Machiyama, Kazuyo; Semenza, Jan C; Silverwood, RJ; Palmer, Melissa J; Lim, Tek-Ang; Manissero, Davide; Sandgren, Andreas; Ploubidis, George B

Childhood family disruption and adult height: is there a mediating role of puberty? (2015) Sheppard, Paula; Garcia, Justin R; Sear, Rebecca

Use of HIV counseling and testing and family planning services among postpartum women in Kenya: a multicentre, non-randomised trial. (2015) Kimani, James; Warren, Charlotte E; Abuya, Timothy; Ndwiga, Charity; Mayhew, Susannah; Vassall, Anna; Mutemwa, Richard; Askew, Ian

Associations between gestational anthropometry, maternal HIV, and fetal and early infancy growth in a prospective rural/semi-rural Tanzanian cohort, 2012-13. (2015) Wilkinson, Amanda L; Pedersen, Sarah H; Urassa, Mark; Michael, Denna; Todd, Jim; Kinung'hi, Safari; Changalucha, John; McDermid, Joann M

No evidence that polygynous marriage is a harmful cultural practice in northern Tanzania. (2015) Lawson, David W; James, Susan; Ngadaya, Esther; Ngowi, Bernard; Mfinanga, Sayoki GM; Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique

Effect of a mobile phone-based intervention on post-abortion contraception: a randomized controlled trial in Cambodia. (2015) Smith, Chris; Ngo, Thoai D; Gold, Judy; Edwards, Phil; Vannak, Uk; Sokhey, Ly; Machiyama, Kazuyo; Slaymaker, Emma; Warnock, Ruby; McCarthy, Ona; Free, Caroline

Sending children to school: rural livelihoods and parental investment in education in northern Tanzania. (2015) Hedges, Sophie; Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique; James, Susan; Lawson, David W

How does childhood socioeconomic hardship affect reproductive strategy? Pathways of development. (2015) Sheppard, Paula; Pearce, Mark S; Sear, Rebecca

Frequency of HIV-testing and factors associated with multiple lifetime HIV-testing among a rural population of Zambian men. (2015) Hensen, B; Lewis, JJ; Schaap, A; Tembo, M; Vera-Hernández, M; Mutale, W; Weiss, HA; Hargreaves, J; Stringer, Jsa; Ayles, H

Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Magu HDSS). (2015) Kishamawe, Coleman; Isingo, Raphael; Mtenga, Baltazar; Zaba, Basia; Todd, Jim; Clark, Benjamin; Changalucha, John; Urassa, Mark

Relationship between Receipt of a Social Protection Grant for a Child and Second Pregnancy Rates among South African Women: A Cohort Study. (2015) Rosenberg, Molly; Pettifor, Audrey; Nguyen, Nadia; Westreich, Daniel; Bor, Jacob; Bärnighausen, Till; Mee, Paul; Twine, Rhian; Tollman, Stephen; Kahn, Kathleen

Family planning use and fertility desires among women living with HIV in Kenya. (2015) Kimani, James; Warren, Charlotte; Abuya, Timothy; Mutemwa, Richard; Integra Initiative; Mayhew, Susannah; Askew, Ian

Is England closing the international gap in cancer survival? (2015) Walters, Sarah; Benitez-Majano, Sara; Muller, Patrick; Coleman, Michel P; Allemani, Claudia; Butler, John; Peake, Mick; Guren, Marianne Grønlie; Glimelius, Bengt; Bergström, Stefan; Påhlman, Lars; Rachet, Bernard

Using patient-held records to evaluate contraceptive use in Malawi. (2015) Dasgupta, Aisha Nz; Ngwalo, Ruth; Branson, Keith; Gondwe, Levie; Taulo, Frank; Ngwira, Bagrey; Zaba, Basia; Crampin, Amelia C

Risk factors for service use and trends in coverage of different HIV testing and counselling models in northwest Tanzania between 2003 and 2010. (2015) Cawley, Caoimhe; Wringe, Alison; Todd, Jim; Gourlay, Annabelle; Clark, Benjamin; Masesa, Clemens; Machemba, Richard; Reniers, Georges; Urassa, Mark; Zaba, Basia

Beyond the nuclear family: an evolutionary perspective on parenting. (2015) Sear, Rebecca

Competition is not necessarily a barrier to community mobilisation among sex workers: an intervention planning assessment from Zimbabwe. (2015) Mtetwa, Sibongile; Busza, Joanna; Davey, Calum; Wong-Gruenwald, Ramona; Cowan, Frances

The Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence: a proposal for enhancing biostatistics capacity for sub-Saharan Africa. (2015) Machekano, Rhoderick; Young, Taryn; Rusakaniko, Simbarashe; Musonda, Patrick; Sartorius, Ben; Todd, Jim; Fegan, Greg; Thabane, Lehana; Chikte, Usuf description

The Impact of a Community Awareness Strategy on Caregiver Treatment Seeking Behaviour and Use of Artemether-Lumefantrine for Febrile Children in Rural Kenya. (2015) Wasunna, Beatrice; Okiro, Emelda A; Webster, Jayne; Todd, Jim; Snow, Robert W; Jones, Caroline

Teenage Childbearing and Educational Attainment in South Africa. (2015) Timaeus, Ian M; Moultrie, Tom A

Correlates of previous couples' HIV counseling and testing uptake among married individuals in three HIV prevalence strata in Rakai, Uganda. (2015) Matovu, Joseph KB; Todd, Jim; Wanyenze, Rhoda K; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred; Serwadda, David

Factors associated with uptake of services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a community cohort in rural Tanzania. (2015) Gourlay, Annabelle; Wringe, Alison; Todd, Jim; Cawley, Caoimhe; Michael, Denna; Machemba, Richard; Reniers, Georges; Urassa, Mark; Zaba, Basia

Longitudinal analysis of mature breastmilk and serum immune composition among mixed HIV-status mothers and their infants. (2015) Pedersen, Sarah H; Wilkinson, Amanda L; Andreasen, Aura; Kinung'hi, Safari M; Urassa, Mark; Michael, Denna; Todd, Jim; Changalucha, John; McDermid, Joann M

" . . . I Should Maintain a Healthy Life Now and Not Just Live as I Please . . . ": Men's Health and Fatherhood in Rural South Africa. (2015) Hosegood, Victoria; Richter, Linda; Clarke, Lynda

Exploring the Feasibility of Service Integration in a Low-Income Setting: A Mixed Methods Investigation into Different Models of Reproductive Health and HIV Care in Swaziland. (2015) Church, Kathryn; Wringe, Alison; Lewin, Simon; Ploubidis, George B; Fakudze, Phelele; Integra Initiative; Mayhew, Susannah H

Access to and value of information to support good practice for staff in Kenyan hospitals. (2015) Muinga, Naomi; Sen, Barbara; Ayieko, Philip; Todd, Jim; English, Mike

A comparative analysis of national HIV policies in six African countries with generalized epidemics. (2015) Church, Kathryn; Kiweewa, Francis; Dasgupta, Aisha; Mwangome, Mary; Mpandaguta, Edith; Gómez-Olivé, Francesc Xavier; Oti, Samuel; Todd, Jim; Wringe, Alison; Geubbels, Eveline; Crampin, Amelia; Nakiyingi-Miiro, Jessica; Hayashi, Chika; Njage, Muthoni; Wagner, Ryan G; Ario, Alex Riolexus; Makombe, Simon D; Mugurungi, Owen; Zaba, Basia

Exploring sources of variability in adherence to guidelines across hospitals in low-income settings: a multi-level analysis of a cross-sectional survey of 22 hospitals. (2015) Gathara, David; English, Mike; van Hensbroek, Michael Boele; Todd, Jim; Allen, Elizabeth

Evolutionary contributions to the study of human fertility. (2015) Sear, Rebecca description

Immunological failure of first-line and switch to second-line antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected persons in Tanzania: analysis of routinely collected national data. (2015) Vanobberghen, Fiona M; Kilama, Bonita; Wringe, Alison; Ramadhani, Angela; Zaba, Basia; Mmbando, Donan; Todd, Jim

Moving towards routine evaluation of quality of inpatient pediatric care in Kenya. (2015) Gathara, David; Nyamai, Rachael; Were, Fred; Mogoa, Wycliffe; Karumbi, Jamlick; Kihuba, Elesban; Mwinga, Stephen; Aluvaala, Jalemba; Mulaku, Mercy; Kosgei, Rose; Todd, Jim; Allen, Elizabeth; English, Mike; SIRCLE/Ministry of Health Hospital Survey Group

Effect of context on respiratory rate measurement in identifying non-severe pneumonia in African children. (2015) Muro, Florida; Mtove, George; Mosha, Neema; Wangai, Hannah; Harrison, Nicole; Hildenwall, Helena; Schellenberg, David; Todd, Jim; Olomi, Raimos; Reyburn, Hugh

Improvement in mortality and retention among adult HIV-infected patients in the first 12 months of antiretroviral therapy in Dodoma urban district, Tanzania. (2015) Tweve, Escor N; Kayabu, David; Nassari, Nahum O; Todd, Jim

A Fresh Look at the Level of Unmet Need for Family Planning in the Postpartum Period, Its Causes and Program Implications. (2015) Cleland, John; Shah, Iqbal H; Benova, Lenka

Socio-economic position and subjective health and well-being among older people in Europe: a systematic narrative review. (2015) Read, Sanna; Grundy, Emily; Foverskov, Else

Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in HIV prevalence among young people in seven countries in eastern and southern Africa. (2015) Hargreaves, James R; Davey, Calum; Fearon, Elizabeth; Hensen, Bernadette; Krishnaratne, Shari

The impact of anthelmintic treatment intervention on malaria infection and anaemia in school and preschool children in Magu district, Tanzania: an open label randomised intervention trial. (2015) Kinung'hi, Safari M; Magnussen, Pascal; Kishamawe, Coleman; Todd, Jim; Vennervald, Birgitte J

Routine feedback of test results to participants in clinic- and survey-based surveillance of HIV. (2015) Baggaley, Rachel; Johnson, Cheryl; Garcia Calleja, Jesus Maria; Sabin, Keith; Obermeyer, Carla; Taegtmeyer, Miriam; Zaba, Basia; El-Hayek, Carol; Singh, Jerome Amir

HIV treatment-as-prevention research: taking the right road at the crossroads. (2015) Hayes, Richard; Fidler, Sarah; Cori, Anne; Fraser, Christophe; Floyd, Sian; Ayles, Helen; Beyers, Nulda; El-Sadr, Wafaa; HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Team

Associations between source of information about sex and sexual health outcomes in Britain: findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3). (2015) Macdowall, Wendy; Jones, Kyle G; Tanton, Clare; Clifton, Soazig; Copas, Andrew J; Mercer, Catherine H; Palmer, Melissa J; Lewis, Ruth; Datta, Jessica; Mitchell, Kirstin R; Field, Nigel; Sonnenberg, Pam; Johnson, Anne M; Wellings, Kaye

Antiretroviral treatment coverage in a rural district in Tanzania--a modeling study using empirical data. (2015) Levira, Francis; Agnarson, Abela Mpobela; Masanja, Honorati; Zaba, Basia; Ekström, Anna Mia; Thorson, Anna

Providing comprehensive health services for young key populations: needs, barriers and gaps. (2015) Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead; Cowan, Frances M; Busza, Joanna; Bolton-Moore, Carolyn; Kelley, Karen; Fairlie, Lee

Perceived norms of premarital heterosexual relationships and sexuality among female college students in Tehran. (2015) Khalajabadi Farahani, Farideh; Cleland, John

Grandparental help in Indonesia is directed preferentially towards needier descendants: a potential confounder when exploring grandparental influences on child health. (2015) Snopkowski, Kristin; Sear, Rebecca description

Unmet need for family planning: past achievements and remaining challenges. (2015) Cleland, John; Machiyama, Kazuyo

Comparing verbal autopsy cause of death findings as determined by physician coding and probabilistic modelling: a public health analysis of 54 000 deaths in Africa and Asia. (2015) Byass, Peter; Herbst, Kobus; Fottrell, Edward; Ali, Mohamed M; Odhiambo, Frank; Amek, Nyaguara; Hamel, Mary J; Laserson, Kayla F; Kahn, Kathleen; Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa; Mee, Paul; Bird, Jon; Jakob, Robert; Sankoh, Osman; Tollman, Stephen M

Maternal HIV status associated with under-five mortality in rural Northern Malawi: a prospective cohort study. (2015) Chihana, Menard L; Price, Alison; Floyd, Sian; Mboma, Sebastian; Mvula, Hazzie; Branson, Keith; Saul, Jacqueline; Zaba, Basia; French, Neil; Crampin, Amelia C; Glynn, Judith R ['material/summary:fileicon_text/html' not defined]

World Population & Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century. (2015) Cleland, John

Contraceptive Dynamics in Rural Northern Malawi: A Prospective Longitudinal Study. (2015) Dasgupta, Aisha Nandini Zoe; Zaba, Basia; Crampin, Amelia C

Evaluating youth-friendly health services: young people's perspectives from a simulated client study in urban South Africa. (2015) Geary, Rebecca S; Webb, Emily L; Clarke, Lynda; Norris, Shane A

Social Conditions and Disability Related to the Mortality of Older People in Rural South Africa. (2015) Gómez-Olivé, Xavier; Thorogood, Margaret; Bocquier, Philippe; Mee, Paul; Kahn, Kathleen; Berkman, Lisa; Tollman, Stephen

Factors associated with HIV-testing and acceptance of an offer of home-based testing by men in rural Zambia. (2015) Hensen, B; Lewis, JJ; Schaap, A; Tembo, M; Mutale, W; Weiss, HA; Hargreaves, J; Ayles, H

Postpartum Contraception in Northern Tanzania: Patterns of Use, Relationship to Antenatal Intentions, and Impact of Antenatal Counseling. (2015) Keogh, Sarah C; Urassa, Mark; Kumogola, Yusufu; Kalongoji, Samwel; Kimaro, Daniel; Zaba, Basia

An Assessment of Childbearing Preferences in Northern Malawi. (2015) Machiyama, Kazuyo; Baschieri, Angela; Dube, Albert; Crampin, Amelia C; Glynn, Judith R; French, Neil; Cleland, John

Contraceptive Adoption, Discontinuation, and Switching among Postpartum Women in Nairobi's Urban Slums. (2015) Mumah, Joyce N; Machiyama, Kazuyo; Mutua, Michael; Kabiru, Caroline W; Cleland, John

Sexual networks, partnership mixing, and the female-to-male ratio of HIV infections in generalized epidemics: An agent-based simulation study. (2015) Reniers, G; Armbruster, B; Lucas, A

How We Do It: The Evolution and Future of Human Reproduction. (2015) Sear, Rebecca picture_as_pdf

Understanding why people participate in HIV surveillance. (2015) Zaba, Basia; Reniers, Georges; Slaymaker, Emma; Todd, Jim; Glynn, Judith; Crampin, Amelia; Urassa, Mark; Lutalo, Tom; Newell, Marie-Louise; Hosegood, Victoria; Clark, Samuel; Gregson, Simon

Book Section

Changes in food security in South Africa since the end of apartheid: Evidence using child malnourishment. (2015) May, JD; Timæus, IM

Evolutionary Demography: A Darwinian Renaissance in Demography. (2015) Sear, R

Sociobiology. (2015) Sear, R

Conference or Workshop Item

Is England closing the international gap in cancer survival? (2015) Patrick, M; Walters, S; Benitez-Majano, S

Thesis

Improving the usage of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in rural Tanzania. (2015) Gourlay, A