2023-24 Publications

Featured Articles

DIGI

• He Y, Kouabenan YR, Assoa PH, Puttkammer N, Wagenaar BH, Xiao H, Gloyd S, Hoffman NG, Komena P, Kamelan NPF, Iiams-Hauser C, Pongathie AS, Kouakou A, Flowers J, Abiola N, Kohemun N, Amani JB, Adje-Toure C, Perrone LA. Laboratory Data Timeliness and Completeness Improves Following Implementation of an Electronic Laboratory Information System in Côte d’Ivoire: Quasi-Experimental Study on 21 Clinical Laboratories From 2014 to 2020. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2024 Mar 20:10:e50407. doi: 10.2196/50407.
• He Y, Iiams-Hauser C, Assoa PH, Kouabenan YR, Komena P, Pongathie A, Kouakou A, Kirk M, Antilla J, Rogosin C, Sadate Ngatchou P, Kohemun N, Koffi JB, Flowers J, Abiola N, Adjé-Touré C, Puttkammer N, Perrone LA. Development and national scale implementation of an open-source electronic laboratory information system (OpenELIS) in Côte d’Ivoire: Sustainability lessons from the first 13 years. Int J Med Inform. 2023 Feb:170:104977. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104977. Epub 2022 Dec 26.

Malawi

• Klabbers RE, Feldacker C, Huwa J, Kiruthu-Kamamia C, Thawani A, Tweya H. Looking under the hood of a hybrid two-way texting intervention to improve early retention on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: an implementation fidelity evaluation. Implement Sci. 2025 Jan 22;20(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s13012-025-01418-7.
• Orii L, Feldacker C, Madalitso Huwa J, Thawani A, Viola E, Kiruthu-Kamamia C, Sande O, Tweya H, Anderson R. HIV Client Perspectives on Digital Health in Malawi. CHI ’24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2024 May 11. Article No.: 136, Pages 1 – 13. doi: 10.1145/3613904.3642245.
• Mureithi M, Ng’aari L, Wasunna B, Kiruthu-Kamamia C, Sande O, Chiwaya GD, Huwa J, Tweya H, Jafa K, Feldacker C. Centering healthcare workers in digital health design: Usability and acceptability of two-way texting to improve retention in antiretroviral therapy in a public HIV clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi. PLOS Digit Health. 2024 Apr 3;3(4):e0000480. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000480.
• Feldacker C, Mugwanya R, Irongo D, Kathumba D, Chiwoko J, Kitsao E, Sippell K, Wasunna B, Jonas K, Samala B, Mwakanema D, Oni F, Jafa K, Tweya H. A Community-Based, Mobile Electronic Medical Record System App for High-Quality, Integrated Antiretroviral Therapy in Lilongwe, Malawi: Design Process and Pilot Implementation. JMIR Form Res. 2023 Nov 10;7:e48671. doi: 10.2196/48671.
• Huwa J, Tweya H, Mureithi M, Kiruthu-Kamamia C, Oni F, Chintedza J, Chiwaya G, Waweru E, Kudzala A, Wasunna B, Ndhlovu D, Bisani P, Feldacker C. “It reminds me and motivates me”: Human-centered design and implementation of an interactive, SMS-based digital intervention to improve early retention on antiretroviral therapy: Usability and acceptability among new initiates in a high-volume, public clinic in Malawi. PLoS One. 2023 Jul 20;18(7):e0278806. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278806.

Mental Health Learning Network

• Moitra M, Gonese G, Mukherjee M, White B, Young D, Collins PY. “A labor of love”: Integrating mental health and HIV care: Lessons from a multicountry mental health learning network. Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2024 Feb 1;11:e17. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2024.6.

Mozambique

• Burke RM, Feasey N, Rangaraj A, Camps MR, Meintjes G, El-Sadr WM, Ford N. Ending AIDS Deaths Requires Improvements in Clinical Care for People with Advanced HIV Disease Who Are Seriously Ill. Lancet HIV. 2023 Jun 7:S2352-3018(23)00109-1. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(23)00109-1. Epub ahead of print.

Namibia

• O’Bryan G, Chirairo H, Munyayi F, Ensminger A, Barnabee G, Dzinotyiweyi E, Mwandingi L, Ashipala L, Forster N, O’Malley G, Golden M. Assisted Partner Notification Services in Namibia: Comparison of Case-Finding in Persons With New and Previously Diagnosed Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Success as a Platform for PrEP Referral. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 Mar 1;51(3):214-219. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001922
• O’Bryan G, Ensminger A, Billah I, Sithole E, Nghatanga M, Brandt L, Shepard M, Aupokolo M, Mengistu AT, Forster N, BrZemburuka B, Mutandi G, Barnhart S, O’Malley G, Feldacker C. Implementing Quality Management Strategies Improves Clinical Quality as a Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program in Namibia Matures: A Process Analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Sep 29;1044. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10016-6.
• Barnabee G, Billah I, Ndeikemona L, Silas L, Ensminger A, MacLachlan E, Korn AK, Mawire S, Fischer-Walker C, Ashipala L, Forster N, O’Malley G, Velloza J. PrEP uptake and early persistence among adolescent girls and young women receiving services via community and hybrid community-clinic models in Namibia. PLoS One. 2023 Aug 30;18(8):e0289353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289353.
• Agathis NT, Annor FB, Xu L, Swedo E, Chiang L, Coomer R, Hegle J, Patel P, Forster N, O’Malley G, Ensminger AL, Kamuingona R, Andjamba H, Nshimyimana B, Manyando M, Massetti GM. Strong Father-Child Relationships and Other Positive Childhood Experiences, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Sexual Risk Factors for HIV among Young Adults Aged 19-24 Years, Namibia, 2019: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jul 16;20(14):6376. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20146376.

South Africa

• Fabens I, Makhele C, Igaba N, Moyo K, Ndebele F, Pienaar J, Setswe G, Feldacker C. When evidence is not enough: A qualitative exploration of healthcare workers’ perspectives on expansion of two-way texting (2wT) for post- circumcision follow-up in South Africa. PLOS Digit Health. 2025 Jun 5;4(6):e0000867. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000867. eCollection 2025 Jun.
• Fabens I, Makhele C, Igaba NK, Hlongwane S, Phohole M, Waweru E, Oni F, Khwepeya M, Sardini M, Moyo K, Tweya H, Wafula MB, Pienaar J, Ndebele F, Setswe G, Dong TQ, Feldacker C. WhatsApp Versus SMS for 2-Way, Text-Based Follow-Up After Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa: Exploration of Messaging Platform Choice. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Oct 16:8:e62762. doi: 10.2196/62762.
• Su Y, Mukora R, Ndebele F, Pienaar J, Khumalo C, Xu X, Tweya H, Sardini M, Day S, Sherr K, Setswe G, Feldacker C. Cost savings in male circumcision post-operative care using two-way text-based follow-up in rural and urban South Africa. PLoS One. 2023 Nov 16;18(11):e0294449. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294449.
• Pienaar J, Day S,  Setswe G,  Wasunna B,  Ncube V, Ndebele F, Oni F, Waweru E, Khumalo C, Tweya H, Sherr K, Su Y, Feldacker C. ‘I Understood the Texting Process Well’. Participant Perspectives on Usability and Acceptability of SMS-Based Telehealth Follow-Up After Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa. Digit Health. 2023 Aug 27;9. doi: 10.1177/20552076231194924.
• Feldacker C, Pienaar J, Wasunna B, Ndebele F, Khumalo C, Day S, Tweya H, Oni F, Sardini M, Adhikary B, Waweru E, Wafula MB, Dixon A, Jafa K, Su Y, Sherr K, Setswe G. Expanding the Evidence on the Safety and Efficiency of 2-Way Text Messaging–Based Telehealth for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Follow-up Compared With In-Person Reviews: Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural and Urban South Africa. J Med Internet Res. 2023;25:e42111. doi: 10.2196/42111.

Tanzania

• Coe M, Kawakyu N, Gimbel S, Nyakuya B, Gabriel N, Leonard D, Chale S, Masiye F, Banda CM, Manangwa S, Moyo G, Boyle G, Freistadt F, Kohler P. Nursing Workforce Optimization Study: A Multi-method Evaluation and Process Improvement Intervention for HIV Service Delivery in Tanzania and Zambia. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2023 Feb 8. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000388. Epub ahead of print.

Ukraine

• Vitruk O, Ihnatiuk AP, Kazanzhy AP, Shvab M, Sharma M, Manhart LE, Hetman LI, Shapoval AY, Puttkammer NH. Uptake and Persistent Use of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Among Key Populations: Results From Ukraine’s Scaled National Preexposure Prophylaxis Program. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Jul 1;96(3):241-249. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003432.
• Barsukova A, Shvab M, Puttkammer NH, Vitruk O, Ihnatiuk AP, Hetman LI, McDowell MR, Collins PY, Shapoval AY. Impact of war on HIV-related healthcare services and health workers in eastern Ukraine: a qualitative study. AIDS Care. 2024 Mar 26:1-9. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2024.2332445.
• Secor AM, Ihnatiuk A, Shapoval A, McDowell M, Hetman L, Wagner AD, Pintye J, Beima-Sofie K, Golden MR, Puttkammer N. Does HIV index testing bring patients into treatment at earlier stages of HIV disease? Results from a retrospective study in Ukraine. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 18;24(1):328. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-09190-7.
• Ihnatiuk AP, Shapoval AY, Kazanzhy AP, Kuzin IV, Riabokon SV, Shotorbani S, McDowell MR, Golden MR, Puttkammer NH. Distinctive Model for HIV Index Testing (IT) in Eastern Europe: Results of Ukraine’s Physician-Led, Integrated IT Programme. BMJ Open. 2023 Sep 20;13(9):e070542. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070542.
• Puttkammer N, Ihnatiuk A, Shapoval A, Kazanzhy A, Secor A, Shotorbani S, McDowell M, Golden M. Profile of Partners Who Completed HIV Testing and Received a New HIV Diagnosis in Ukraine’s HIV Index Testing Program: A Retrospective Cohort Study to Inform Program Improvement. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 May 5;23(1):291. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08281-1.

Zimbabwe

• Elkins C, Kokera S, Vumbugwa P, Gavhera J, West KM, Wilson K, Makunike-Chikwinya B, Masimba L, Holec M, Barnhart S, Matinu S, Wassuna B, Feldacker C. “Endless opportunities”: A qualitative exploration of facilitators and barriers to scale-up of two-way texting follow-up after voluntary medical male circumcision in Zimbabwe. PLoS One. 2024 May 10;19(5):e0296570. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296570.