Loss to follow-up from South Africa's antiretroviral treatment programme: Trends, risk factors, and models of care to improve retention by Grimsrud, Anna Thora

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An examination of administrative capacity to implement development programmes in South Africa by Naidoo, Vinothan

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Teaching strategies for theory content in an outcomes- and problem-based nursing education programme

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The development of a support programme for foundation phase teachers to facilitate listening and language for numeracy

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A multi-state model of treatment states in an antiretroviral treatment programme cohort in Cape Town by Moolla, Haroon

“…The methodology of this study may be useful to those measuring retention within ART programmes. An important limitation was that the CD4 count model did not allow for CD4 counts to fall below baseline during periods of treatment interruption. …”
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Gender differences in presentation and early survival in an antiretroviral therapy programme in Gugulethu : South Africa, 2002-2007 by Cornell, Morna

“…Adjustment for baseline characteristics, including CD4 count and WHO stage, attenuated these crude associations. …”
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Outcome of universal life-long ART for all HIV infected pregnant and breastfeeding women and children less than 24 months regardless of WHO stage or CD4 count (PMTCT option B+) - a... by Tsiku, Packson

“…Conclusion: Our research findings suggest that the PMTCT programme in the Ntchisi district can be improved. …”
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Patterns and predictors of early and late mortality during HIV antiretroviral therapy in a military-based programme in South Africa : a cohort study

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Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic in... by Edwin, Christina

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Assessing the effectiveness of the ART programme in the Western Cape Province of South Africa through triangulation of context-appropriate population level routine monitoring and s... by Osler, Margaret

“…The biggest benefits (based on24-month survival) when increasing eligibility thresholds for ART were seen during earlier guideline changes which expanded access at lower CD4 count thresholds (from CD4 <200/µL to CD4 <350/µL); however, at a patient level, benefits from ART were seen at all three eligibility threshold changes (200, 350 and 500 cells/µl). …”
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Unit standards for a South African Music Technology Prog : NQF levels 1-4

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Adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) among HIV-infected pregnant women starting treatment immediately vs delayed: a cohort study by Langwenya, Nontokozo

“…Before July 2013, eligibility was based on CD4 cell count ≤350 cells/μL ("Option A"), with a 1-2 week delay from the first ANC visit to ART initiation; thereafter all women were eligible regardless of CD4 cell count ("Option B+") and typically offered ART on the same day as first ANC visit. …”
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Variance and covariance component estimation of reproductive traits in a multibreed beef cattle herd applying linear and threshold models by Van der Westhuizen, Robert Rolfe

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The use of anthropometric indices as an alternative guide to initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children at the Mildmay Centre in Uganda by Nyakwezi, Sheila

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Survival of adults with HIV-1 infection or Type 2 diabetes in the South African private sector by Sarkin, Lee

“…Baseline CD4 count was only prognostic for relative risk within the first three years of ART after adjusting for the immunological and virological response to ART. …”
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Private sector role in community development: a case study on Martin & East (Pty) Ltd approach to "responsible business" by Damon, Linley Cara

“…The findings are interpreted through the goals of RB and Community Development (CD) established to evaluate the quality of the relationships created through the project. …”
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Longitudinal investigation of vaccine specific antibody levels and cellular markers of adaptive immune responses in HIV Exposed Uninfected (HEU) and Unexposed (UE) infants by Naidoo, Shalena

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Cellular immune ontogeny and birth transcriptome in HIV-exposed uninfected infants by Kiravu, Agano

“…In cross-sectional unadjusted analyses however, trends towards increased median frequencies of markers of activation in the HEU group compared to HU controls were observed for specific ages: at birth (%CD8+HLA-DR+: 0.12 vs. 0.01, p=0.05), at week 7 (%CD8+CD25+: 0.13 vs. 0.04, p=0.01 and %CD8+HLA-DR+: 0.84 vs. 0.07, p=0.01) and at week 36 (%CD8+CD25+: 0.52 vs. 0.03, p< 0.001 and %CD8+HLA-DR+: 0.81 vs. 0.17, p=0.003). …”
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