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The fight against HIV requires innovative methods to increase testing uptake & immediate treatment. A preprint from Hae-Young Kim Frank Tanser et al. investigates the effectiveness of conditional financial incentives to increase linkage to care in rural SA ➡️ medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

A new study published in The Lancet HIV from Prof Prof. Maryam Shahmanesh & colleagues shows combining HIV prevention with sexual & reproductive health services & offering home-based STI self-sampling ⬆️uptake of HIV prevention methods, including PrEP, among adolescents & young adults in 🇿🇦

Read the The Lancet HIV paper here ➡️ thelancet.com/journals/lanhi… & the related comment here ➡️ thelancet.com/journals/lanhi…

Implementing and scaling up U=U in Kenya. #AIDS2024

Over the weekend, I attended the pre-conference at the IAS - the International AIDS Society IAC - the International AIDS Conference. My key takeaway was that we need to embrace community-led approaches, including in research. I also presented our work on HIV self-testing in Northern Uganda (doi.org/10.1186/s43058…) #AIDS2024

📢 Team AHRI and SANTHE at #Aids2024 IAC - the International AIDS Conference #PutPeopleFirst

📢 About some of our social, implementation &population science IAC - the International AIDS Conference ✅ Dr Rujeko Chidawanyika presented on HIV risk perception, trust & #PrEP adherence, exploring how people felt about their risk of HIV &how that affected PrEP uptake More➡️ prepvacc.org/news/hiv-risk-…

Community engagement is important for uptake of testing. Involving couples to promote the uptake of testing can also be a useful way forward bit.ly/3R5mHSR

As we begin with the new month (August), we share one of the highlights from the previous month (July): capturing the vibrant spirit of our THPs Community Dialogue in eThekwini! 🎶✨ CHERISH_SSA #CulturalHeritage #CommunityHealth #THPsDialogue #CommunityBasedResearch

📢New CHERISH_SSA research published in Public Health shows that more women than 🇳🇦men had 3+ co-occurring healthy lifestyle behaviours. Men were more likely to have a healthy lifestyle if their female partners also had a healthy lifestyle. 📑Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are working with different faith communities to help couples where one person has #diabetes work together to manage their health. We've completed the programme 'Diabetes Together' in 1 church & will continue with more places of worship #CommunityHealth #CommunityBasedResearch

📢New publication from the CHERISH project now online, evaluating our pilot in South Africa of a Type 2 Diabetes couples-intervention showing promising results: ‘We are in control of this thing, and we know what to do now’. Check it out 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our work on the Diabetes Together programme was talked about on the radio in South Africa! Listen to our colleague Prof Naomi Levitt from the University of Cape Town talk about the study & the importance of a couples-focused approach to managing diabetes omny.fm/shows/safmthem…

Our colleague at the University of Cape Town shared information about our Diabetes Together programme on eNCA news in South Africa. 📺You can watch the interview here enca.com/lifestyle/uct-… Southampton Medicine UoS Public Engagement Public Health UoS Primary Care Research Centre

The COPE-Back study is under way! Exploring the experiences and needs of people living with back pain and their partners. We want to talk to couples where one partner has had back pain for at least 6 months. Click the link for more details: tinyurl.com/h5ayh7j4 NIHR School for Primary Care Research

On World Aids Day, We'd like to highlight Igugu Lethu or 'Our Treasure', a successful intervention to encourage HIV testing and counselling in KZN, South Africa. CHERISH_SSA HSRC.ac.za National Institute for Health and Care Research Africa Health Research Institute Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office #WorldAIDSDay youtu.be/vLCG77KbCA4?si…

Our combination immunotherapy clinical trial shows that following ART interruption, 4/20 participants controlled HIV without ART for up to 1.5 years. This study sets the stage for more HV cure research in Africa, where the need is greatest HIV Pathogenesis Programme Africa Health Research Institute Science for Africa Foundation

Enjoyed presenting our work on a systematic review on goal setting interventions in sub-saharan Africa as part of the CHERISH_SSA programme at the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine conference #uksbm2025

New CHERISH_SSA publication, with UCT colleagues: the importance of communication within couples when managing #diabetes journals.plos.org/globalpubliche… Africa Health Research Institute National Institute for Health and Care Research Southampton Medicine UoS Public Engagement Public Health UoS Primary Care Research Centre