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Item Adolescent girls and young women: key populations for HIV epidemic control.(International AIDS Society., 2015) Dellar, Rachael Claire.; Dlamini, Sarah Alexandra.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.Abstract available in pdf.Item HIV infection in high school students in rural South Africa: role of transmissions among students.(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2014) Kharsany, Ayesha Bibi Mahomed.; Buthelezi, Thulasizwe John.; Fröhlich, Janet Ann.; Yende-Zuma, Fortunate Nonhlanhla.; Samsunder, Natasha.; Mahlase, Gethwana.; Williamson, Carolyn.; Travers, Simon A.; Marais, Jinny C.; Dellar, Rachael Claire.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.Abstract available in pdf.Item HIV-positive status disclosure in patients in care in rural South Africa: implications for scaling up treatment and prevention interventions.(Springer., 2015) Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Dellar, Rachael Claire.; Bearnot, Benjamin.; Werner, Lise.; Fröhlich, Janet Ann.; Kharsany, Ayesha Bibi Mahomed.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen.Abstract available in pdf.Item Implementation of adolescent-friendly voluntary medical male circumcision using a school based recruitment program in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.(Public Library of Science., 2014) Montague, Carl.; Ngcobo, Nelisiwe.; Mahlase, Gethwana.; Fröhlich, Janet Ann.; Pillay, Cheryl.; Yende-Zuma, Fortunate Nonhlanhla.; Humphries, Hilton Richard.; Dellar, Rachael Claire.; Naidoo, Kogieleum.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.Background: Epidemiological data from South Africa demonstrate that risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in males increases dramatically after adolescence. Targeting adolescent HIV-negative males may be an efficient and cost-effective means of maximising the established HIV prevention benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in high HIV prevalence-, low circumcision practice-settings. This study assessed the feasibility of recruiting male high school students for VMMC in such a setting in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Methods and Findings: Following community and key stakeholder consultations on the acceptability of VMMC recruitment through schools, information and awareness raising sessions were held in 42 high schools in Vulindlela. A three-phase VMMC demand-creation strategy was implemented in partnership with a local non-governmental organization, ZimnadiZonke, that involved: (i) community consultation and engagement; (ii) in-school VMMC awareness sessions and centralized HIV counselling and testing (HCT) service access; and (iii) peer recruitment and decentralized HCT service access. Transport was provided for volunteers to the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) clinic where the forceps-guided VMMC procedure was performed on consenting HIV-negative males. HIV infected volunteers were referred to further care either at the CAPRISA clinic or at public sector clinics. Between March 2011 and February 2013, a total of 5165 circumcisions were performed, the majority (71%) in males aged between 15 and 19 years. Demand-creation strategies were associated with an over five-fold increase in VMMC uptake from an average of 58 procedures/month in initial community engagement phases, to an average of 308 procedures/month on initiation of the peer recruitment-decentralized service phase. Post-operative adverse events were rare (1.2%), mostly minor and self-resolving. Conclusions: Optimizing a high volume, adolescent-targeted VMMC program was feasible, acceptable and safe in this setting. Adaptive demand-creation strategies are required to sustain high uptake.Item Inclusion of adolescent girls in HIV prevention research - an imperative for an AIDS-free generation.(Journal of the International AIDS Society., 2014) Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Dellar, Rachael Claire.Abstract available in PDF file.Item Meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of high-school students in South Africa: experiences from rural KwaZulu-Natal.(South African Medical Association., 2014) Fröhlich, Janet Ann.; Mkhize, Nolunthando.; Dellar, Rachael Claire.; Mahlase, Gethwana.; Montague, Carl.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.Abstract available in pdf.Item Prevalence of HIV, HSV-2 and pregnancy among high school students in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a bio-behavioural cross-sectional survey.(BMJ., 2014) Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Kharsany, Ayesha Bibi Mahomed.; Leask, Kerry.; Ntombela, Fanelesibonge.; Humphries, Hilton Richard.; Fröhlich, Janet Ann.; Samsunder, Natasha.; Grobler, Anna Christina.; Dellar, Rachael Claire.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen.Abstract available in pdf.Item The preventive misconception: experiences from CAPRISA 004.(Springer., 2014) Dellar, Rachael Claire.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Mansoor, Leila Essop.; Grobler, Anna Christina.; Humphries, Hilton Richard.; Werner, Lise.; Ntombela, Fanelesibonge.; Luthuli, Londiwe R.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen.Abstract available in pdf.Item Trends in HIV prevalence in pregnant women in rural South Africa.(Wolters Kluwer., 2015) Kharsany, Ayesha Bibi Mahomed.; Fröhlich, Janet Ann.; Yende-Zuma, Fortunate Nonhlanhla.; Mahlase, Gethwana.; Samsunder, Natasha.; Dellar, Rachael Claire.; Zuma-Mkhonza, May.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.Abstract available in pdf.Item Understanding and responding to HIV risk in young South African women: clinical perspectives.(South African Medical Association., 2015) Dellar, Rachael Claire.; Waxman, Aliza M.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.Abstract available in pdf.