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Members of the Manicaland Public Health Centre have over the past decade published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles in some of the most respected health and social science journals. To make findings widely available we strive to provide free and open access to our publications. To read the publications click 'free access'. After clicking 'free access' a pop-up window will take you to the article on the journal website wherefrom you can freely access a pdf version of the article. Publications with 'restricted access' can only be viewed if you or your institution hold a subscription to the journal concerned.

2023

Davis K., Moorhouse L., Maswera R., Mandizvidza P., Dadirai T., Museka T., Nyamukapa C., Smit M., Gregson S. Associations between HIV status and self-reported hypertension in a high HIV prevalence sub-Saharan African population: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 2023; 13:e067327 | free access

2022

Beckmann, N., Skovdal, M., Maswera, R., Moyo, M., Nyamukapa, C., Nyamwanza, R., & Gregson, S. Rituals of Care: Careful work by HIV testers to avoid misdiagnosis in rapid HIV testing in Zimbabwe. Global Public Health. | in press

Rao A, Moorhouse L, Maswera R, Dadirai T, Mandizvidza P, Nyamukapa C, Nayagam S, Gregson S. Status of the HIV epidemic in Manicaland, east Zimbabwe prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE, 2022; 17(9): e0273776 | free access


Shamsuddin, S., Davis, K., Moorhouse, L., Mandizvidza, P., Dadirai, T., Nyamukapa, C., Gregson, S & Chigogora, S. . Association between psychological distress and later reports of hypertension among adults in east Zimbabwe. Journal of Hypertension, 2022; 40(1), e213-e213. | restricted access

Skovdal, M, Lysemose Clausen, C, Mandizvidza, P, Dzamatira, F, Maswera, R, Nyamwanza, R, Nyamukapa, C, Thomas, R & Gregson, S. How gender norms and ‘good girl’ notions prevent adolescent girls and young women from engaging with PrEP: Qualitative insights from Zimbabwe. BMC Women's Health. 2022;22. 344. | free access

Skovdal, M, Beckmann, N, Maswera, R, Nyamukapa, C & Gregson, S. The (in)visibility of misdiagnosis in point-of-care HIV testing in Zimbabwe, Medical Anthropology: 2022, In press | free access

Skovdal, M, Mandizvidza, P, Dzamatira, F, Maswera, R, Nyamukapa, C, Thomas, R, Mugurungi, O & Gregson, S 'Improving access to pre-exposure prophylaxis for adolescent girls and young women: Recommendations from healthcare providers in eastern Zimbabwe', B M C Infectious Diseases, 2022. | free access

2021
Chang AY, Maswera R, Moorhouse L, Skovdal M, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. The determinants and impacts of age-disparate relationships on women in Zimbabwe: A life course perspective. SSM-Population Health, 2021, 100947.  | free access

Davis K, Perez Guzman P, Hoyer A, Brinks R, Gregg E, Althoff KN, Justice AC, Reiss P, Gregson S, Smit M. Association between HIV infection and hypertension: a global systematic review and meta-analysis of cross sectional studies, BMC Medicine, ISSN: 1741-7015 | free access

Gregson S, Moorhouse L, Dadirai T, Sheppard H, Mayini J, Beckmann N, Skovdal M, Dzangare J, Moyo B, Maswera R, Pinksy B, Mharakurwa S, Francis I, Mugurungi O, Nyamukapa C. Comprehensive investigation of sources of misclassification errors in routine HIV testing in Zimbabwe, Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2021, 24(4):e25700 | free access

Gregson S, Nyamukapa C. Did sexual behaviour differences between HIV infection and treatment groups offset the preventative biological effects of ART roll-out in Zimbabwe?, Population Studies. 2021, 75(3):457-476 | free access 

Goodwin T, Gregson S, Maswera R, Moorhouse L, Nyamukapa C. Understanding the determinants and consequences of HIV status disclosure in Manicaland, Zimbabwe: cross-sectional and prospective analyses, AIDS Care. 2021, Online | free access

Risher KA, Cori A, Renier G, Marston M, Calvert C, Crampin A, Dadirai T, Dube A, Gregson S, Herbst K, Lutalo T, Moorhouse L, Mtenga B, Nabukalu D, Newton R, Price AJ, Tlhajoane M, Todd J, Tomlin K, Urassa M, Vandormael A, Fraser C, Slaymaker E, Eaton JW on behalf of the ALPHA Network. Age patterns of HIV incidence in eastern and southern Africa: a modelling analysis of observational population-based cohort studies, The Lancet HIV. 2021,8(7):e429-e439 | free access

​Skovdal, M, Mandizvidza, P, Maswera, R, Moyo, M, Nyamukapa, C, Thomas, R & Gregson, S (2021) Stigma and Confidentiality Indiscretions: Intersecting Obstacles to the Delivery of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Adolescent Girls and Young Women in East Zimbabwe. In: Bernays S., Bourne A., Kippax S., Aggleton P., Parker R. (eds) Remaking HIV Prevention in the 21st Century. Social Aspects of HIV, vol 5. Springer, Cham. | free access

Skovdal, M., Beckmann, N., Maswera, R., Nyamukapa, C., & Gregson, S. Uncertainties, work conditions and testing biases: Potential pathways to misdiagnosis in point-of-care rapid HIV testing in Zimbabwe. PLoS One, 2021, 15(8) [e0237239] | free access

Tlhajoane M, Dzamatira F, Kadzura N, Nyamukapa C, Eaton JW, Gregson S. Incidence and predictors of attrition among patients receiving ART in eastern Zimbabwe before and after the introduction of universal ‘treat-all’ policies: A competing risk analysis, PLOS Global Public Health. 2021, 1(10): e0000006 | free access

Wolock TM, Flaxman S, Risher KA, Dadirai T, Gregson S, Eaton JW. Evaluating distributional regression strategies for modelling self-reported sexual age-mixing, eLife. 2021;10:e68318 | free access 

2020

Hargreaves JR, Auerbach JD, Hensen B, Johnson S, Gregson S. Strengthening primary HIV prevention: better use of data to improve programmes, develop strategies and evaluate progress, Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2020,23(S3):e25538 | free access

Moran M, Skovdal M, Mpandaguta E, Maswera R, Kadzura N, Dzamatira F, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S & Tlhajoane M. The Temporalities of Policymaking: The Case of HIV Test-and-Treat Policy Adoption in Zimbabwe, Health & Place. 2020; 61:102246 | free access

Thomas, R, Skovdal, M, Galizzi, M, Schaefer, R, Moorhouse, L, Nyamukapa, C, Maswera, R, Mandizvidza, P, Hallett, T & Gregson, S. Improving Risk Perception and Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision with Peer-Education Sessions and Incentives, in Manicaland, East Zimbabwe: Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomised Trial, Trials. 2020; 21:108 | free access

Schaefer, R., Thomas, R., Robertson, L., Eaton, J. W., Mushati, P., Nyamukapa, C., Hauck, K. & Gregson, S. (2020). Spillover HIV prevention effects of a cash transfer trial in East Zimbabwe: evidence from a cluster-randomised trial and general-population survey. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1-20. | free access

Schaefer R, Thomas R, Maswera R, Kadzura N, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Relationships between changes in HIV risk perception and condom use in east Zimbabwe 2003-2013: Population-based longitudinal analyses, BMC Public Health. 2020; 20:756 | free access

Skovdal M, Beckmann N, Maswera R, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Uncertainties, work conditions and testing biases: Potential pathways to misdiagnosis in point-of-care rapid HIV testing in Zimbabwe. PLOS ONE. 2020; 15(8): e0237239 | free access 

Skovdal M, Pickles M, Hallett TB, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Complexities to consider when communicating risk of COVID-19. Public Health. 2020;  | free access 

2019

Marston M & Gregson S. Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Antiretroviral Therapy, and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pieces Still Missing in the Jigsaw Puzzle. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2019 | free access

Moorhouse L, Schaefer S, Thomas R, Nyamukapa C, Skovdal M, Hallett T B, Gregson S. Application of the HIV prevention cascade to identify, develop, and evaluate interventions to improve use of prevention methods: Examples from a study in east Zimbabwe. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2019; 22(Suppl Suppl 4): e25309 | free access

Rhead R, Skovdal M, Takaruza A, Maswera R, Nyamakupa C, Gregson S. The multidimensionality of masculine norms in east Zimbabwe: implications for HIV prevention, testing and treatment. AIDS. 2019; 33(3):537-546 | free access

Schaefer R, Gregson S, Clemens B. Widespread changes in sexual behaviour in eastern and southern Africa: Challenges to achieving global HIV targets? Longitudinal analyses of nationally representative surveys. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2019; 22(6):e25329. | free access

Schaefer R, Gregson S, Fearon E, Hensen B, Hallett TB, Hargreaves JR. HIV prevention cascades: a unifying framework to replicate the successes of treatment cascades. The Lancet HIV. 2019;6(1):e60-e6 | free access

Schaefer R, Thomas R, Nyamukapa C, Maswera R, Kadzura N, Gregson S. Accuracy of HIV Risk Perception in East Zimbabwe 2003–2013. AIDS and Behavior. 2019; 23(8):2199-2209 | free access

Skovdal M, Ssekubugu R, Nyamukapa C, Seeley J, Renju J, Wamoyi J, Moshabela M, Ondenge K, Wringe A, Gregson S, Zaba B. The rebellious man: Next-of-kin accounts of the death of a male relative on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Public Health, 2019; 14(9):1252-1263 | free access

Skovdal M, Maswera R, Kadzura N, Nyamukapa C, Rhead R, Wringe A and Gregson S. Parental obligations, care and HIV treatment: How care for others motivates self-care in Zimbabwe. Journal of Health Psychology, 2019 | free access

Ssekubugu R, Renju J, Zaba B, Seeley J, Bukenya D, Ddaaki W, Moshabela M, Wamoyi J, McLean E, Ondenge K,  Skovdal M & Wringe A. “He was no longer listening to me”: A qualitative study in six Sub-Saharan African countries exploring next-of-kin perspectives on caring following the death of a relative from AIDS, AIDS Care. ​2019; 31(6):754-760 | free access

Thomas R, Skovdal M, Galizzi M, Schaefer R, Moorhouse L, Nyamukapa C, Maswera R, Mandizvidza P, Hallett T & Gregson S. Improving Risk Perception and Uptake of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Through Interactive Feedback-Based Counselling With and Without Community Engagement in Young Women in Manicaland, East Zimbabwe: Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomised Trial. Trials. 2019; 20:668 | free access

2018

Rhead R, Elmes J, Otobo E, Nhongo K, Takaruza A, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Do female sex workers have lower uptake of HIV treatment services than non-sex-workers? A cross-sectional study from east Zimbabwe. BMJ Open. 8(2) | free access
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Smit M, Olney J, Ford N, Vitoria M, Gregson S, Vassall A, Hallett TB. The growing burden of non-communicable disease among persons living with HIV in Zimbabwe. AIDS 32(6): 773–782 | free access

Tlhajoane M, Eaton JW, Takaruza A, Rhead R, Maswera R, Schur N, Sherr L, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Prevalence and Associations of Psychological Distress, HIV Infection and HIV Care Service Utilization in East Zimbabwe. AIDS and Behavior. 2018 22(5), 1485-1495. | free access

Tlhajoane, M, Masoka, T, Mpandaguta, E, Rhead, R, Church, K, Wringe, A, Kadzura, N, Arinaminpathy, N, Nyamukapa, C, Schur, N, Mugurungi, O, Skovdal, M, Eaton, J & Gregson, S 2018, A longitudinal review of national HIV policy and progress made in health facility implementation in Eastern Zimbabwe. Health Research Policy and Systems, vol. 16:92. | free access 

2017

Bonnington, O, Wamoyi, J, Daaki, W, Bukenya, D, Ondenge, K, Skovdal, M, Renju, J, Moshabela, M & Wringe, A, 'Changing forms of HIV-related stigma along the HIV care and treatment continuum in sub-Saharan Africa: A temporal analysis' Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2017; 93 (suppl.3) | free access

Bukenya, D, Wringe, A, Moshabela, M, Skovdal, M, Ssekubugu, R, Paparini, S, Renju, J, McLean, E, Bonnington, O, Wamoyi, J & Seeley, J. Where are we now? A multi country qualitative study on access to pre-ART care services, a precursor for ART initiation. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2017; 93 (suppl.3) | free access

Case KK, Gregson S, Mahy M, Ghys PD, Hallett TB. Methodological developments in the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS estimates. AIDS. 2017 Apr 1;31:S1-4. | free access

Church, K., Machiyama, K., Todd, J., Njamwea, B., Mwangome, M., Hosegood, V., Michel, J., Oti, S., Nyamukapa, C., Crampin, A. and Amek, N. Identifying gaps in HIV service delivery across the diagnosis-to-treatment cascade: Findings from health facility surveys in six sub-Saharan countries. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2017. 20(1).  | free access

Eaton JW, Johnson CC, Gregson S. The cost of not re-testing: HIV misdiagnosis in the ART 'test-and-offer' era. Clinical Infectious Diseases. | free access

Elmes J, Skovdal M, Nhongo K, Ward H, Campbell C, Hallett TB, Nyamukapa C, White PJ, Gregson S. A reconfiguration of the sex trade: How social and structural changes in eastern Zimbabwe left women involved in sex work and transactional sex more vulnerable. PloS one. 2017 Feb 22;12(2):e0171916.  | free access

Gregson, S, Mugurungi, O, Eaton, J, Takaruza, A, Rhead, R, Maswera, R, Mutsvangwa, J, Mayini, J, Skovdal, M, Schaefer, R, Hallett, T, Sherr, L, Munyati, S, Mason, PR, Campbell, C, Garnett, G & Nyamukapa, C 2017, Documenting and Explaining the HIV Decline in East Zimbabwe: the Manicaland General Population Cohort B M J Open. 2017. | free access 

Mangal, T. and the UNAIDS Working Group on CD4 Progression and Mortality Amongst HIV Seroconverters including the CASCADE Collaboration in EuroCoord. Joint estimation of CD4 progression and survival in untreated individuals with HIV-1 infection: A pooled analysis of data from 25 countries. AIDS. 2017. 31(8): 1073–1082 | free access

Marston M, Nakiyingi-Miiro J, Kusemererwa S, Urassa M, Michael D, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S, Zaba B, Eaton JW, ALPHA network. The effects of HIV on fertility by infection duration: evidence from African population cohorts before ART availability: Fertility by duration of HIV infection. Aids. 2017; 31 (Suppl 1): S69–S76.  | free access

Melegaro, A., Del Fava, E., Poletti, P., Merler, S., Nyamukapa, C., Williams, J., Gregson, S. & Manfredi, P.. Social Contact Structures and Time Use Patterns in the Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe. PloS one. 2017, 12(1), e0170459.  | free access

Moshabela, M, Bukenya, D, Darong, G, Wamoyi, J, McLean, E, Skovdal, M, Ddaaki, W, Odenge, K, Bonnington, O, Seeley, J, Hosegood, V & Wringe, A. 'Traditional healers, faith healers and medical practitioners: The contribution of medical pluralism to bottlenecks along the cascade of care for HIV/AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa' Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2017; 93 (suppl.3) | free access

Ondenge, K, Renju, J, Bonnington, O, Moshabela, M, Wamoyi, J, Nyamukapa, C, Seeley, J, Wringe, A & Skovdal, M. '“I am treated well if I adhere to my HIV medication”: Putting patient-provider interactions in context through insights from qualitative research in five sub-Saharan African countries. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2017; 93 (suppl.3) | free access

Renju, J, Moshabela, M, McLean, E, Ddaaki, W, Skovdal, M, Odongo, F, Bukenya, D, Wamoyi, J, Bonnington, O, Seeley, J & Zaba, B. “Side effects” are “central effects” that challenge retention on antiretroviral therapy in HIV treatment programmes in six sub-Saharan African countries: A multi-country qualitative study. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2017; 93 (suppl.3) | free access

Schaefer R, Gregson S, Eaton JW, Mugurungi O, Rhead R, Takaruza A, Maswera R, Nyamukapa C. Age-disparate relationships and HIV incidence in adolescent girls and young women: evidence from a general-population cohort in Zimbabwe. AIDS.  2017. 31(10):1461-1470 | free access

Schaefer R, Gregson S, Takaruza A, Rhead R, Masoka T, Schur N, Anderson SJ, Nyamukapa C. Spatial patterns of HIV prevalence and service use in East Zimbabwe: implications for future targeting of interventions. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2017 Feb 28;20(1) | free access

Sheng B, Marsh K, Slavkovic AB, Gregson S, Eaton JW, Bao L. Statistical models for incorporating data from routine HIV testing of pregnant women at antenatal clinics into HIV/AIDS epidemic estimates. AIDS. 2017 Apr 1;31:S87-94. | free access

Silhol R, Gregson S, Nyamukapa C, Mhangara M, Dzangare J, Gonese E, Eaton JW, Case KK, Mahy M, Stover J, Mugurungi O. Empirical validation of the UNAIDS Spectrum model for subnational HIV estimates: case-study of children and adults in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. AIDS. 2017; 31 (Suppl 1): S41-S50. | free access

Skovdal, M, Wringe, A, Seeley, J, Renju, J, Paparini, S, Wamoyi, J, Moshabela, M, Ddaaki, W, Nyamukapa, C, Odenge, K, Bernays, S & Bonnington, O. Using theories of practice to understand HIV-positive persons varied engagement with HIV services: A qualitative study in six sub-Saharan African countries Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2017; 93 (suppl.3) | free access

Skovdal, M., Magutshwa-Zitha, S., Campbell, C., Nyamukapa, C., & Gregson, S. Getting off on the wrong foot? How community groups in Zimbabwe position themselves for partnerships with external agencies in the HIV response. Globalization and Health. 2017; 13:29 | free access

Slaymaker E, McLean E, Wringe A et al. The Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA): Data on mortality, by HIV status and stage on the HIV care continuum, among the general population in seven longitudinal studies between 1989 and 2014. Gates Open Res 2017, 1:4  | free access

Wilson KC, Mhangara M, Dzangare J, Eaton JW, Hallett TB, Mugurungi O, Gregson S. Does nonlocal women’s attendance at antenatal clinics distort HIV prevalence surveillance estimates in pregnant women in Zimbabwe? AIDS. 2017; 31 (Suppl 1): S95-S102. | free access

Wringe, A., Renju, J., Seeley, J., Moshabela, M., & Skovdal, M. Bottlenecks to HIV care and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country qualitative study. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2017; 93 (suppl.3) | free access

Wringe, A, Moshabela, M, Nyamukapa, C, Bukenya, D, Ondenge, K, Ddaaki, W, Wamoyi, J, Seeley, J, Church, K, Zaba, B, Hosegood, V, Bonnington, O, Skovdal, M & Renju, J (2017). HIV testing experiences and their implications for patient engagement with HIV care and treatment on the eve of “test and treat”: findings from a multi-country qualitative study. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2017; 93 (suppl.3) | free access

2016

Bórquez, A., Cori, A., Pufall, E. L., Kasule, J., Slaymaker, E., Price, A., Elmes, J, Zaba, B., Crampin, AC., Kagaayi, J., Lutalo, T., Urassa, M., Gregson, S., Hallett, TB. The Incidence Patterns Model to Estimate the Distribution of New HIV Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: Development and Validation of a Mathematical Model. PLoS Med 2016, 13(9), e1002121 | free access

Campbell C, Andersen L, Mutsikiwa A, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Can Schools Support HIV/AIDS-Affected Children? Exploring the'Ethic of Care'amongst Rural Zimbabwean Teachers. PloS one. 2016 Jan 1;11(1). | free access

Coultas, C., Broaddus, E., Campbell, C., Andersen, L., Mutsikiwa, A., Madanhire, C., Nyamukapa, C., Gregson, S. Implications of teacher life-work histories for conceptualisations of ‘care’: narratives from rural Zimbabwe. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 2016; 26(4): 323–339 | free access


Del Fava E, Piccarreta R, Gregson S, Melegaro A. Transition to parenthood and HIV infection in rural Zimbabwe. Public Library of Science One. 2016; 11(9): e0163730. | free access

Fenton, R., Nyamukapa, C., Gregson, S., Robertson, L., Mushati, Ph., Thomas, R., Eaton, JW. Wealth differentials in the impact of conditional and unconditional cash transfers on education: findings from a community-randomised controlled trial in Zimbabwe. Psychology, Health & Medicine 2016; 21(8): 909-917 | free access         

Garnett, G. P., Hallett, T. B., Takaruza, A., Hargreaves, J., Rhead, R., Warren, M., ... & Gregson, S. (2016). Providing a conceptual framework for HIV prevention cascades and assessing feasibility of empirical measurement with data from east Zimbabwe: a case study. The Lancet HIV, 3(7), e297-e306. | free access

Negin, J. Gregson S, Eaton JW, Schur N, Takaruza A, Mason PR, Nyamukapa CA. Rising levels of HIV infection in older adults in eastern Zimbabwe. Public Library of Science One. 2016; 11(11): e0162967. | free access

Pufall E, Eaton JW, Nyamukapa CA, Schur N, Takaruza A, Gregson S. The relationship between parental education and children's schooling in a time of economic turmoil: The case of East Zimbabwe, 2001 to 2011. International Journal of Educational Development. 2016; 5: 125-134 | free access

Reniers G, Wamukoya M, Urassa M, Nyaguara A, Nakiyingi-Miiro J, Lutalo T, Hosegood V, Gregson S, Gómez-Olivé X, Geubbels E, Crampin AC, Wringe A, Waswa L, Tollman S, Todd J, Slaymaker E, Serwadda D, Price A, Oti S,  Nyirenda MJ, Nabukalu D, Nyamukapa C, Nalugoda F, Mugurungi O, Mtenga B, Mills L, Michael D, McLean E, McGrath N, Martin E, Marston M, Maquins S, Levira F, Kyobutungi C, Kwaro D, Kasamba I, Kanjala C, Kahn K, Kabudula C, Herbst K, Gareta D, Eaton J, Clark SJ, Church K, Chihana M, Calvert C, Beguy D, Asiki G, Amri S, Abdul R, Zaba B. Data Resource Profile: Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA Network). International Journal of Epidemiology 2016; 45(1): 83-93 | free access       

Rhead R, Masimirembwa C, Cooke G, Takaruza A, Mutsimhu C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Might ART adherence estimates be improved by combining biomarker and self-report data? Public Library of Science One. 2016; 11(12): e0167852. | free access

Skovdal, M., Campbell, C., Mupambireyi, Z., Robertson, L., Nyamukapa, C., & Gregson, S. Unpacking ‘OVC’: Locally perceived differences between orphaned, HIV-positive and AIDS-affected children in Zimbabwe. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Children, Young People and living with HIV/AIDS: A Cross-Cultural Perspective  2016; Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Publishing Company.

Yeatman, S., Eaton, J. W., Beckles, Z., Benton, L., Gregson, S., & Zaba, B. Impact of ART on the fertility of HIV‐positive women in sub‐Saharan Africa. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2016; 21(9); 1071-1085. | free access

2015

Campbell, C., Scott, K., Skovdal, M., Madanhire, C., Nyamukapa, C., & Gregson, S. A good patient? How notions of 'a good patient' affect patient-nurse relationships and ART adherence in Zimbabwe. B M C Infectious Diseases. 2015; 15: 404 | free access

Campbell C, Andersen L, Mutsikiwa A, Pufall EL, Skovdal M, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Factors shaping the HIV-competence of two primary schools in rural Zimbabwe.  International Journal of Educational Development. 2015; 41:226-236 | free access

Campbell, C., Andersen, L., Mutsikiwa, A., Madanhire, C., Skovdal, M., Nyamukapa, C., & Gregson, S. Re-thinking children׳ s agency in extreme hardship: Zimbabwean children׳ s draw-and-write about their HIV-affected peers. Health & place. 2015: 31, 54-64 | free access

Church K, Kiweewa F, Dasgupta A, Mwangome M, Mpandaguta E,  Gómez-Olivé FX, Oti S,  Todd J, Wringe A, Geubbels E, Crampin A, Nakiyingi-Miiro J, Hayashi C, Njage M, Wagner RG, Ario A, Makombe SD, Mugurungi O, Zaba B.  A comparative analysis of national HIV policies in six African countries with generalised epidemics: Influences on access to testing, access to treatment and retention in care. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 2015; 93:457–467. | free access

Crea TM, Reynolds AD, Sinha A, Robertson L, Eaton J, Mushati P, Dumba L, Mavise G, Makoni JC, Schumacher C, Sherr L, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Effects of cash transfers on children's health and social protection in sub-Saharan Africa: Differences in outcomes based on orphan status and household assets. BMC Public Health. 2015; 15 (511), DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1857-4. | free access

Gregson S, Hallett T. Population structure and public health research on HIV control in sub-Saharan Africa. Population in the Human Sciences. Kreager P, Whinney B, Ulijaszek S, Capelli C. (eds). Oxford University Press. 2015. | restricted access

Gregson S, Dharmayat K, Pereboom M, Takaruza A, Mugurungi O, Schur N, Nyamukapa CA. Do HIV prevalence trends in ANC surveillance represent trends in the general population in the ART era? AIDS. 29 (14): 1845–1853 | free access

LeRoux-Rutledge E, Guerlain MA, Andersen LB, Campbell C, Madanhire C, Mutsikwa A, Nyamukapa C, Skovdal M, Gregson S. It’s harder for boys: children’s representations of their HIV/AIDS-affected peers in Zimbabwe. AIDS Care. 27(11):1367-74 | free access    

Pufall E, Nyamukapa, C, Robertson L, Mushore PG, Takaruza A, Gregson S. Migration as a risk factor for school drop-out amongst children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS: a prospective study in eastern Zimbabwe. Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies. 2015; 10(3):179-191 | free access     

Schur, N., Mylne, A., Mushati, P., Takaruza, A., Ward, H., Nyamukapa, C., & Gregson, S. The effects of household wealth on HIV prevalence in Manicaland, Zimbabwe – A prospective household census and population-based open cohort study. International Journal of AIDS Society. 2015. 18:20063 | free access   

Zaba B, Reniers G, Slaymaker E, Todd J, Glynn J, Crampin A, Nyirenda M, Urassa M, Lutalo T, Hosegood V, Newell M-L, Clark S, Gomez-Olive X, Gregson S, Nyamukapa C, Geubbels E, Mtenga S, Otieno F, Nyaguara A, Nakiying-Miiro J, Newton R, Seeley J. Response to Dermot Maher article The ethics of feedback of HIV test results in population-based surveys of HIV infection. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 2015; 93: 356-357. 

Zaba B, Reniers G, Slaymaker E, Todd J, Glynn J, Crampin M, Urassa M, Lutalo T, Hosegood V, Newell M-L, Clark S, Gregson S. Understanding why people participate in HIV surveillance. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 2015; 93: 356-357. | free access 

2014

Campbell, C, Scott, K, Mupambireyi, Z, Nhamo, M, Nyamukapa, C, Skovdal, M & Gregson, S. Community resistance to a peer education programme in Zimbabwe. B M C Health Services Research. 2014;14. 574 | free access

Campbell C, Andersen L, Mutsikiwa A, Madanhire C, Skovdal M, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Children’s representations of school support for HIV-affected peers in rural Zimbabwe. BMC Public Health. 2014; 14(1):402 | free access

Case, K. K., Hallett, T. B., Gregson, S., Porter, K., & Ghys, P. D. Development and future directions for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS estimates. AIDS. 2014; 28(4), S411. | free access 

Eaton, J. W., Takavarasha, F. R., Schumacher, C. M., Mugurungi, O., Garnett, G. P., Nyamukapa, C., & Gregson, S. Trends in Concurrency, Polygyny, and Multiple Sex Partnerships During a Decade of Declining HIV Prevalence in Eastern Zimbabwe. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014; 210(suppl 2), S562-S568. | free access 

Elmes J, Nhongo K, Ward H, Hallett T, Nyamukapa C, White P, Gregson S. The Price of Sex: Condom Use and the Determinants of the Price of Sex Among Female Sex Workers in Eastern Zimbabwe. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014; 210(suppl 2), S569-S578. | free access 

Haney, E., Singh, K., Nyamukapa, C., Gregson, S., Robertson, L., Sherr, L., & Halpern, C. One size does not fit all: Psychometric properties of the Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ) among adolescents and young adults in Zimbabwe. Journal of affective disorders. 2014; 167, 358-367. |  free access 

Hallett, T. B., Zaba, B., Stover, J., Brown, T., Slaymaker, E., Gregson, S., ... & Case, K. K. Embracing different approaches to estimating HIV incidence, prevalence and mortality. AIDS. 2014; 28, S523-S532.  | free access 

Manzou  R, Schumacher C, Gregson S. Temporal dynamics of religion as a determinant of HIV infection in East Zimbabwe: a serial cross-sectional analysis. PLOS One. 2014; 9(1):e86060 | free access 

Nhamo-Murire M, Campbell C, Gregson S. Community Group Membership and Stigmatising Attitudes Towards People Living with HIV in Eastern Zimbabwe. Journal of Community Health. 2014; 39:72-82 | free access

Pufall EL, Gregson S, Eaton JW, Masoka T, Mpandaguta E, Andersen L, Skovdal M, Nyamukapa C, Campbell C. The contribution of schools to supporting the wellbeing of children affected by HIV in eastern Zimbabwe. AIDS. 2014; 28(Suppl 3):S379-387 | free access

Pufall EL, Nyamukapa C, Eaton JW, Campbell C, Skovdal M, Munyati S, Robertson L, Gregson S. The impact of HIV on children’s education in Zimbabwe. AIDS Care. 2014; 26(9):1136-1143 | free access

Pufall EL, Nyamukapa C, Eaton JW, Mutsindiri R, Chawira G, Munyati S, Robertson L, Gregson S. HIV in children in a general population sample in East Zimbabwe: prevalence, causes and effects. PLOS ONE. 2014; 9(11):e113415 | free access 
 
Reniers, G., Slaymaker, E., Nakiyingi-Miiro, J., Nyamukapa, C., Crampin, A. C., Herbst, K., ... & Zaba, B. Mortality trends in the era of antiretroviral therapy: evidence from the Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA). AIDS (London, England). 2014; 28(4), S533. | free access

Robertson L, Mushati P, Skovdal M, Eaton J, Makoni JC, Crea T, Mavise G, Dumba L, Schumacher C, Sherr L, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Can the involvement of community members in the selection of beneficiaries improve the targeting of cash transfer programs? World Development. 2014; 54:325–337 | free access

Smith J, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S, Lewis J, Magutshwa S, Schumacher C, Mushati P, Hallett T, Garnett G. The Distribution of Sex Acts and Condom Use within Partnerships in a Rural Sub-Saharan African Population. PLOS ONE. 2014; 9(2):e88378 | free access

Stover, J., Andreev, K., Slaymaker, E., Gopalappa, C., Sabin, K., Velasquez, C., ... & Urassa, M. (2014). Updates to the Spectrum model to estimate key HIV indicators for adults and children. AIDS. 2014; 28, S427-S434.| free access

Ward, H., Gregson, S., Watts, C., & Garnett, G. P.  Translational Epidemiology: Developing and Applying Theoretical Frameworks to Improve the Control of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014; 210(suppl 2), S547-S548. | free access

2013

Butler AR, Smith JA, Polis CB, Gregson S, Stanton D, Hallett T.  Modelling the global competing risks of a potential interaction between injectable hormonal contraception and HIV risk.  AIDS. 2013; 27(1):105-113 |  free access

Byass P, Calvert C, Miiro-Nakiyingi J, Lutalo T, Michael D, Crampin A, Gregson S, Takaruza A, Robertson L, Herbst K, Todd J, Zaba B. InterVA-4 as a public health tool for measuring HIV/AIDS mortality: a validation study from five African countries. Global Health Action. 2013; 6:22448 | free access

Campbell C, Nhamo M, Scott K, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Skovdal M, Gregson S. The role of community conversations in facilitating local HIV competence: Case study from rural Zimbabwe. BMC Public Health. 2013; 13:354 | free access

Campbell C, Scott K, Nhamo M, Nyamukapa C, Madanhire C, Skovdal M, Sherr L, Gregson S. Social capital and HIV Competent Communities: the role of community groups in managing HIV/AIDS in rural Zimbabwe. AIDS Care. 2013; 25(S1):114-122 | free access

Crea, TM, Lombe M, Robertson LA, Dumba L, Mushati P, Makoni JC, Mavise G, Eaton JW, Munatsi B, Nyamukapa CA, Gregson S. Asset ownership among households caring for orphans and vulnerable children in rural Zimbabwe: The influence of ownership on children's health and social vulnerabilities. AIDS Care. 2013; 25(1):126-32 | free access

Eaton JW, Garnett GP, Takavarasha FR, Mason PR, Robertson L, et al. Increasing Adolescent HIV Prevalence in Eastern Zimbabwe – Evidence of Long-Term Survivors of Mother-to-Child Transmission? PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(8):e70447 | free access

Gregson S, Nyamukapa C, Schumacher C, Magutshwa-Zitha S, Skovdal M, Yekeye R, Sherr L, Campell C. Evidence for a contribution of the Community Response to HIV decline in eastern Zimbabwe AIDS Care. 2013; 25(S1):88-96 | free access

Gregson S, Nyamukapa CA, Sherr L, Mugurungi O, Campbell C. Grassroots Community Organisations’ Contribution to the Scale-Up of HIV Testing and Counselling Services in Zimbabwe. AIDS. 2013; 27(10):1657-1666 | free access

Krivelyova A, Katietek J, Connolly H, Bonnel R, Manteuffel B, Rodriguez-Garcia R, N’Jie, N, Berutti A, Gregson S, Agrawal R. Funding and expenditure of a sample of community based organisations in Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. AIDS Care. 2013; (Supplement 1):s20-s29 | free access

Marston M, Newell M-L, Crampin M, Lutalo T, Musoke R, Gregson S, Nyamukapa C, Nakiyingi-Miiro J, Urassa  M, Isingo R, Zaba B. Is the risk of HIV acquisition increased  during and immediately after pregnancy?A secondary analysis of pooled HIV community-based studies from the ALPHA  network. Public Library of Science ONE. 2013; 8(12):e82219 | free access

Robertson L, Mushati P, Eaton J, Dumba L, Mavise G, Makoni JC, Schumacher C, Crea T, Monasch R, Sherr L, Garnett GP, Nyamukapa CA, Gregson S. Effects of unconditional and conditional cash transfers on child health and development: a cluster-randomised trial in Zimbabwe. The Lancet. 2013; 381(9874):1283-1292 | free access

Skovdal M, Robertson L, Mushati P, Nyamukapa C, Sherr L, Gregson S. Acceptability of conditions in a community-led cash transfer programme for orphaned and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe. Health Policy and Planning. 2013; Epub ahead of print | free access

Skovdal M, Magutshwa-Zitha S, Campbell C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Community groups as ‘critical enablers’ of the HIV response in Zimbabwe. BMC Health Services Research. 2013; 13:195 | free access

Skovdal M, Mushati P, Robertson L, Munyati S, Sherr L, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Social acceptability and perceived impact of a community-led cash transfer programme in Zimbabwe. BMC Public Health. 2013; 13:342 | free access

Skovdal M, Magutshwa-Zitha S, Campbell C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Children’s role in the community response to HIV in Zimbabwe. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2013; 16:18468 | free access

Scott K, Campbell C, Madanhire C, Skovdal M, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. In what ways do community groups support optimal access and adherence to antiretroviral treatment in Zimbabwe? Health Promotion International. 2013; Epub ahead of print | free access

Scott K, Campbell C, Skovdal M, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. What can companies do to support HIV-positive workers? Recommendations for medium and large sized African workplaces. International Journal of Workplace Health Management. 2013; 6(3):174-188 | restricted access

Zaba B, Calvert C, Marston M, Isingo R, Nakiyingi-Miiro J, Lutalo T, Crampin A, Robertson L, Herbst K, Newell ML, Todd J, Byass P, Boerma T, Ronsmans C. Effect of HIV infection on pregnancy-related mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: secondary analyses of pooled community-based data from the network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA). The Lancet. 2013; 381(9879):1763-1771 | restricted access

2012

Campbell C, Skovdal M, Mupambireyi Z, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C and Gregson S. Building adherence-competent communities: factors promoting children’s adherence to anti-retroviral HIV/AIDS treatment in rural Zimbabwe. Health and Place. 2012; 18(2):123-131 | free access

Campbell C, Skovdal M, Mupambireyi Z, Madanhire C, Robertson L, Nyamukapa C. & Gregson S. Can AIDS stigma be reduced to poverty stigma? Exploring Zimbabwean children’s representations of poverty and AIDS. Child: Care, Health and Development. 2012; 38(5):732-742 | free access

Cremin I, Cauchemez S, Garnett GP, Gregson S. Patterns of uptake of HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa in the pre-treatment era. Tropical Medicine and International Health (ALPHA Supplement). 2012; 17(8):e26-37. | free access 

Howitt P, Darzi A, Yang GZ, Ashrafian H, Atun R, Barlow J, Blakemore A, Bull AM, Car J, Conteh L, Cooke GS, Ford N, Gregson SA, Kerr K, King D, Kulendran M, Malkin RA, Majeed A, Matlin S, Merrifield R, Penfold HA, Reid SD, Smith PC, Stevens MM, Templeton MR, Vincent C, Wilson E.  Technologies for global health.  Lancet. 2012; 380(9840): 507-35 | restricted access

Mohlala B, Gregson S, Boily M. Barriers to involvement of men in ANC and VCT in Khayelitsha, South Africa. AIDS Care. 2012; 24(8): 972-977 | restricted access

Robertson L, Mushati P, Eaton JW, Sherr L, Makoni JC, Skovdal M, Crea T, Mavise G, Dumba L, Schumacher C, Munyati S, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Household-based cash transfer targeting strategies in Zimbabwe: Are we reaching the most vulnerable children? Social Science & Medicine. 2012; 75 (12): 2503-2508 | free access

Scott K, Campbell C, Skovdal M, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. What can companies do to support HIV-positive workers? Recommendations for medium and large sized African workplaces. International Journal of Workplace Health Management. 2012; 6(3): 174-188 | restricted access

Wringe A, Floyd S, Kazooba P, Mushati P, Baisley K, Urassa M, Molesworth A, Schumacher C, Todd J, Zaba B. Antiretroviral therapy uptake and coverage in four HIV community cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health (ALPHA Supplement). 2012; 17(8): e38-48 | free access

Zaba B, Kasamba I, Herbst K, Barnighauen T, Floyd S, Isingo R, Gregson S, Wringe A, Todd J, Marston M. Using age-specific mortality of HIV infected persons to predict ART need: a comparative analysis of data from five African population-based cohort studies. Tropical Medicine and International Health (ALPHA Supplement). 2012; 17(8): e3-14 | free access

2011

Campbell C, Skovdal M, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. We, the AIDS people…”: Through what mechanisms have antiretroviral therapy created a context for ARV users to resist stigma and construct positive identities? American Journal of Public Health. 2011; 101(6):1004-1010 | free access

Campbell C, Scott K, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Sources of motivation and frustration among healthcare workers in the new era of HIV care brought about by ARV roll-out in rural Zimbabwe. AIDS Care. 2011; 23(7): 797-802 | restricted access

Eaton JW, Hallet TB, Garnett GP. Concurrent Sexual Partnerships and Primary HIV Infection: A Critical Interaction. AIDS and Behaviour. 2011; 15(4):687-692 | restricted access

Garnett GP. An insidious burden of disease: the pathological role of sexually transmitted diseases in fertility. In Reproduction and Adaptation Eds Mascie-Taylor N & Rosetta L. Cambridge University Press. 2011 | restricted access

Gregson S, Mushati P, Grusin H, Nhamo M, Schumacher C, Skovdal M, Nyamukapa C, Campbell C. Social Capital and Reduced Female Vulnerability to HIV infection in Rural Zimbabwe. Population Development Review. 2011; 37(2): 333-359 | free access

Gregson S, Nyamukapa C, Schumacher C, Mugurungi O, Benedikt C, Mushati C, Campbell C, Garnett GP. Did national HIV prevention programmes contribute to HIV decline in eastern Zimbabwe? Evidence from a prospective community survey. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2011; 38(6):475-82 | free access

Hallett TB, Gregson S, Dube S, Mapfeka ES, Mugurungi O, Garnett GP. Estimating the resources required in the roll-out of universal access to antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2011; 87: 621-628 | restricted access

Halperin DT, Mugurungi O, Hallett TB, Muchini B, Campbell B, Magure T, Gregson S. A surprising prevention success: Why did the HIV epidemic decline in Zimbabwe? Public Library of Science Medicine. 2011; 8(2): e1000414 | free access 

Marsh KA, Nyamukapa CA, Donnelly CA, Garcia-Calleja JM, Mushati P, Garnett GP, Mpandaguta E, Grassly NC, Gregson S. Monitoring trends in HIV prevalence among young people, aged 15 to 24 years, in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2011; 14:27 | free access

Mohlala B, Boily M, Gregson S: The forgotten half of the equation: randomised controlled trial of a male sexual partner invitation to attend PMTCT in Khayelitshe, South Africa. AIDS. 2011; 25(12): 1535-1541 | restricted access

Robertson L, Nyamukapa C, Mushati P, Munyati S, Gregson S. The scientific evaluation of a cash transfer pilot project to support orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Manicaland, Zimbabwe (summary protocol). The Lancet Protocols 10PRT/3252 | free access

Campbell C, Scott K, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. A ‘good hospital’: Nurse and patient perceptions of good clinical care for HIV-positive people on antiretroviral treatment in rural Zimbabwe—A mixed-methods qualitative study. Int J Nursing Studs. 2011; 48:175-183. | free access

Muchini B, Benedikt C, Gregson S, Gomo E, Mate R, Mugurungi O, Magure T, Campbell B, Dehne K and Halperin D. Local Perceptions of the Forms, Timing and Causes of Behavior Change in Response to the AIDS Epidemic in Zimbabwe. AIDS and Behaviour. 2011; 15(2): 487-498 | restricted access 

Skovdal M, Campbell C, Madanhire C, Mupambireyi Z, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Masculinity as a barrier to men’s use of HIV services in Zimbabwe. Globalisation and Health. 2011; 7:13 | free access

Skovdal M, Campbell C, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Challenges faced by elderly guardians in sustaining the adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children in Zimbabwe. AIDS Care. 2011; 23(8): 957-964 | free access

Skovdal M., Campbell C., Nyamukapa C., & Gregson S: When masculinity interferes with women’s treatment of HIV infection: A qualitative study about adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2011; 14:29 | free access

Skovdal M, Campbell C, Nhongo K, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S. Contextual and psychosocial influences on antiretroviral therapy adherence in rural Zimbabwe: towards a systematic framework for programme planners. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 2011; 26(3): 296-318 | free access

2010

Campbell C, Skovdal M, Gibbs A. Creating social spaces to tackle AIDS-related stigma: Reviewing the role of Church groups in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS and Behaviour. 2010; 15(6): 1204-1219 | free access 

Campbell C, Skovdal M, Mupambireyi Z, Gregson S. Exploring children’s stigmatisation of AIDS-affected children in Zimbabwe through drawings and stories. Social Science and Medicine. 2010; 71(5): 975-985 | free access

Cremin I, Nyamukapa C, Sherr L, Hallett TB, Chawira G, Cauchemez S, Lopman B, Garnett GP & Gregson S.  Patterns of self-reported behaviour change associated with receiving voluntary counselling and testing in a longitudinal study from Manicaland, Zimbabwe. AIDS and Behaviour. 2010; 14(3): 708-15 | free access

Dodd PJ, Garnet GP, Hallet TB. Examining the promise of HIV elimination by 'test and treat' in hyperendemic settings. AIDS. 2010; 24(5): 729-735 | free access

Dodd PJ, Whilte PJ, Garnett GP. Notions of synergy for combinations of interventions against infectious diseases in hetergeneously mixing populations. Math Biosci. 2010; 227(2): 94-104 | free access

Gonese E, Dzangare J, Gregson S, Jonga N, Mugurungi O, Mishra V. Comparison of HIV Prevalence Estimates for Zimbabwe from National Antenatal Clinic Surveillance (2006) and the 2005-06 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey. Public Library of Science One. 2010; 5(11): e13819 | free access

Gregson S, Garnett GP (Editorial). Antiretroviral treatment is a behavioural intervention – but why? AIDS. 2010; 24(17): 2739-2740. | free access

Gregson S, Gonese E, Hallett TB, Taruberekera N, Hargrove JW, Corbett EL, Dorrington R, Lopman B, Dube S, Dehne K. Mugurungi O. HIV decline due to reductions in risky sex in Zimbabwe? Evidence from a comprehensive epidemiological review. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2010; 39(5): 1311-1123 | free access

Hallett TB, Gregson S, Kurwa F, Garnett GP, Dube S, Chawira G, Mason PR, Nyamukapa CA. Measuring and correcting biased child mortality statistics in countries with generalized epidemics of HIV infection. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 2010; 88(10): 761-768 | free access

Hallett T, Stover J, Mishra V, Gregson S, Boerma JT. Estimates of HIV incidence from household-based prevalence surveys in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS. 2010; 24(1): 147-152 | free access

The International Group on Analysis of Trends in HIV Prevalence and Behaviours in Young People in countries most affected by HIV. Trends in HIV prevalence and sexual behaviour among young people aged 15-24 years in countries most affected by HIV. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2010; 86(Suppl 2): ii72–ii83| free access

Lopman BL, Cook A, Smith J, Chawira G, Urassa M, Kumogola Y, Isingo R, Ihekweazu C, Ruwende J, Ndege M, Gregson S, Zaba B, Boerma JT. Verbal autopsy can consistently measure AIDS mortality: A validation study in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2010; 64(4): 330-334 | free access

Maher D, Biraro S, Hosegood V, Isingo R, Lutalo T, Mushati P, Ngwira B, Nyirenda M, Todd J, Zaba B on behalf of the collaborators in the ALPHA network. Translating global health research aims into action: the example of the ALPHA* network. *Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2010; 15(3): 321-328 | free access

Nhamo M, Campbell C, Gregson S. Obstacles to local-level AIDS competence in rural Zimbabwe: putting HIV prevention in context. AIDS Care. 2010; 22(Suppl 2): 1662-1669 | free access

Nyamukapa CA, Gregson S, Wambe M, Mushore P, Lopman B, Mupambireyi Z, Nhongo K, Jukes MCH. Causes and consequences of psychological distress among orphans in eastern Zimbabwe. AIDS Care. 2010; 22(8): 988-996 | free access 

Phillips AE, Gomes GB, Boily MC, Garnett GP. A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative interviewing tools to investigate self-reported HIV and STI associated behaviours in low- and middle income countries. Int J Epidemiology. 2010; 39(6): 1541-1555 | free access  

Robertson L, Gregson S, Garnett GP. Sexual risk among orphaned adolescents: is country-level HIV prevalence an important factor? AIDS Care. 2010; 22(8): 927-938 | free access 

Voeten HACM, Vissers DCJ, Gregson S, Zaba B, White RG, de Vlas SJ, Habbema JDF. Strong association between in-migration and HIV prevalence in urban sub-Saharan Africa. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2010; 37(4): 240-243 | free access

2009

Campbell, C. Technologies of 'participation' and 'capacity building' in HIV/AIDS management in Africa: three case studies. In: Davis, M & Squires, C (Eds) HIV, technology and subjectivity: international case studies of HIV treatment and prevention. Palgrave Macmillan. 2009 | Book Chapter

Cremin I, Mushati P, Hallett TB, Mupambireyi Z, Nyamukapa CA, Garnett GP, Gregson S. Measuring trends in age at first sex and age at marriage in Manicaland, Zimbabwe, 1998 – 2005. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2009; 85(Supplement I): i34-40. | free access

Expert Group on Modelling the Impact and Cost of Male Circumcision for HIV Risk Reduction. Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in High HIV Prevalence Settings: What Can Mathematical Modelling Contribute to Informed Decision Making? Public Library of Science Medicine. 2009; 6(9): e1000109. | free access

Garnett GP, Baggaley RF. Treating our way out of the HIV pandemic: could we, would we, should we? Lancet. 2009; 373(9657): 9-11 | free access

Gregson S, Todd J, Zaba B. Sexual behaviour change in countries with generalised HIV epidemics? Evidence from population-based cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2009; 85: i1-i2 | free access

Hallett TB, Dube S, Greby S, Hader S, Mahomva A, Ncube G, Mugurungi O, Gregson S, Garnett GP. The role of testing and counselling for HIV prevention and care in the era of scaling-up antiretroviral therapy. Epidemics. 2009; 1: 77-82 | restricted access

Hallett TB, Gregson S, Mugurungi O, Gonese E, Garnett GP. Is there evidence for behaviour change affecting the course of the HIV epidemic in Zimbabwe? A new mathematical modelling approach. Epidemics. 2009, 1: 108-117 | restricted access

Hallet TB, Ghys P, Barnighausen T, Yan P, Garnett GP. Errors in 'BED'-derived estimates of HIV incidence will vary by place, time and age. PLoS One. 2009; 4(5): e5720 | free access 

Lopman B. Nyamukapa CA, Hallett TB, Mushati P, Spark-du Preez N, Kurwa F, Wambe M, Gregson S. The role of widows in the heterosexual transmission of HIV in Manicaland, Zimbabwe, 1998/2003. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2009; 85(Supplement I): i41-i48 | free access

Marston M, Slaymaker E, Cremin I, McGrath N, Floyd S, Kasamba I, Nyirenda M, Lutalo T, Ndyanabo A, Mupambireyi Z, Zaba B. Trends and patterns in marriage and time spent single and sexually active in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative analysis of sex community based cohort studies. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2009; 85(Supplement I): i64-i71 | free access

Owen H, Nyamukapa CA, Beasley M, Jukes M, Wambe M, Mason PR, Gregson S. Contrasting causal pathways contribute to poorer health and nutrition outcomes in orphans in Zimbabwe. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 2009; 4(4): 312-323 | free access

Todd J, Zaba B, Gregson S (eds). Trends in sexual behaviour and marriage in sub-Saharan Africa? Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2009 | free access

Todd J, Cremin I, McGrath N, Bwanika J-B, Wringe A, Marston M, Kasamba I, Mushati P, Lutalo T, Hosegood V, Zaba B. Reported number of sexual partners in the last year: comparison of data from four African longitudinal studies. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2009; 85(Supplement I): i72-i80 | free access

Wilcher R, Cates W Jr, Gregson S. Family planning and HIV: strange bedfellows no longer. AIDS. 2009; 23(Suppl 1): S1-S6 | restricted access

Wringe A, Cremin I, Herbst K, Kasamba I, McGrath N, Mushore P, Todd J, Slaymaker E. A comparative assessment of the quality of age at event reporting in three HIV cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2009; 85(Supplement I): i56-i63 | free access

2008

Dube S, Boily MC, Mugurungi O, Mahomva A, Chikhata F, Gregson S. Estimating vertically acquired HIV infections and the impact of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission program in Zimbabwe: insights from decision analysis models. Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes. 2008; 48(1): 72-81. | free access 

Garnett GP. Transmission dynamics of sexually transmitted diseases. Chapter in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (4th Edn). Eds Holmes KK, Sparling FP, Stamm WE, Piot P, Wasserheit JN, Corey L and Cohen M. McGraw-Hill 2008. Pages 27-39 | Book chapter

Hallett TB, Gregson S, Dube S, Garnett GP. The impact of monitoring HIV-infected patients prior to treatment in resource-poor settings: insights from mathematical modelling. Public Library of Science Medicine. 2008; 5(3): e53. | free access

Hallett TB, Zaba B, Todd J, Lopman B, Wambura, M, Gregson S, Boerma JT. Estimating incidence from prevalence: methods and validation. Public Library of Science Medicine. 2008; 5(4): e80. | free access

Lopman B, Nyamukapa CA, Mushati P, Wambe M, Mupambireyi Z, Mason PR, Garnett GP, Gregson S. HIV incidence after 3 years follow-up in a cohort recruited between 1998 and 2000 in Manicaland, Zimbabwe: contributions of proximate and underlying determinants to transmission. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2008; 37(1): 88-105.| free access

Lopman B, Gregson S. When did HIV incidence peak in Zimbabwe? Back-calculation from mortality statistics. Public Library of Science One. 2008; 3(3): e1711. | free access

Nyamukapa CA, Gregson S, Lopman B, Saito S, Watts HJ, Monasch R, Jukes MCH. HIV-associated orphanhood and children’s psychosocial distress: theoretical framework tested with data from Zimbabwe. American Journal of Public Health. 2008; 98(1): 133-141 | free access

Robertson L, Gregson S, Madanhire C, Walker N, Mushati P, Garnett GP, Nyamukapa C. Discrepancies between UN models and DHS survey estimates of maternal orphan prevalence: insights from analyses of survey data from Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2008; 84: i57-i62. | free access

Walkter PT, Hallet TB, White PJ, Garnett GP. Interpreting declines in HIV prevalence: impact of spatial aggregation and migration on expected declines in prevalence. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2008; 84:ii42-ii48 | free access

2007

Gregson S, Mushati P, Nyamukapa CA. Adult mortality and erosion of household viability in AIDS-afflicted towns, estates, and villages in eastern Zimbabwe. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2007; 44(2): 188-195 | free access

Gregson S, Adamson S, Papaya S, Mundondo J, Nyamukapa CA, Mason PR, Garnett GP, Chandiwana SK, Anderson RM. Impact and process evaluation of integrated community and clinic-based HIV-1 control in eastern Zimbabwe. Public Library of Science Medicine. 2007; 4(3): e302 | free access

Gregson S, Nyamukapa CA, Lopman B, Mushati P, Garnett GP, Chandiwana SK, Anderson RM. Critique of early models of the demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa based on contemporary empirical data from Zimbabwe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2007; 104(37) 14586-14591 | free access

Hallett TB, Garnett GP, Mupambireyi Z, Gregson S. Measuring effectiveness in community randomised trials of HIV prevention. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2007; 37(1): 77-87 | free access

Hallett TB, Gregson S, Lewis JJC, Lopman B, Garnett GP. Behaviour change in generalised HIV epidemics: the impact of reducing cross-generational sex and delaying sexual debut. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2007; 83: i50-i54 | free access

Hallett T, Lewis JJC, Lopman B, Nyamukapa CA, Mushati P, Wambe M, Garnett GP, Gregson S. Age at first sex and HIV in rural Zimbabwe: trends and determinants. Studies in Family Planning. 2007; 38(1): 1-10 | restricted access

Hallett TB, White PJ, Garnett GP. Appropriate evaluation of HIV prevention interventions: from experiment to full scale implementation. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2007; 83: i55-i60 | free access

Lewis JJC, Donnelly CA, Mare P, Mupambireyi Z, Garnett GP, Gregson S. Evaluating the proximate determinants framework for HIV infection in rural Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2007; 83: i61-i69 | restricted access

Lopman B, Lewis JJC, Nyamukapa CA, Mushati, P, Chandiwana SK, Gregson S. HIV incidence and poverty in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. AIDS Special Issue (HEARD). 2007; 21(Supplement 7): S57-S66 | free access

Mugurungi O, Gregson S, McNaghten AD, Dube S, Grassly N. HIV in Zimbabwe: measurement, trends and impact. in Carael M, Glynn J. (eds.). Springer. 2007; 197-215 | restricted access

Sherr L, Lopman BA, Kakowa M, Dube S, Chawira G, Nyamukapa C, Oberzaucher N, Cremin I, Gregson S. Voluntary counselling and testing: uptake, impact on sexual behaviour, and HIV incidence in a rural Zimbabwean cohort. AIDS. 2007; 21(7): 851-860. | free access

Smith J, Mushati P, Kurwa F, Mason PR, Gregson S, Lopman B. Changing patterns of adult mortality as the HIV epidemic matures in Manicaland, eastern Zimbabwe. AIDS. 2007; 21(Supplement 6): S81-S86 | free access

Watts H, Gregson S, Saito S, Lopman B, Beasley M, Monasch R. Poorer health and nutritional outcomes for orphans and vulnerable young children not explained by greater exposure to extreme poverty in Zimbabwe. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2007; 12(5): 584-593 | free access

Zaba B, Marston M, Crampin M, Isingo R, Biraro S, Barninghausen T, Lopman B, Lutalo T, Todd J. Age-specific mortality patterns of HIV infected persons: a comparative analysis of community study data from five African countries. AIDS. 2007; 21(Supplement 6): S87-S96 | free access

2006

French K, Riley, S, Garnett, GP. Simulations of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa: sexual transmission versus transmission through unsafe medical injections. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2006; 33:127-134 | free access

Gregson S, Garnett GP, Nyamukapa CA, Hallett TB, Lewis JJC, Mason PR, Chandiwana SK, Anderson RM. HIV decline associated with behaviour change in eastern Zimbabwe. Science. 2006; 311 (3 February 2006): 664-666 | free access

Hallett TB, Aberle-Grasse J, Bello G, Boulos LM, Cayemittes MP, Cheluget B, Chipeta J, Dorrington R, Dube S, Ekra AK, Garcia-Calleja JM, Garnett GP, Greby S, Gregson S, Grove JT, Hader S, Hanson J, Hladik W, Ismail S, Kassim S, Kirungi W, Kouassi L, 
Mahomva A, Marum L, Maurice C, Nolan M, Rehle T, Stover J, Walker N. Declines in HIV prevalence can be associated with changing sexual behaviour in Uganda, urban Kenya, Zimbabwe, and urban Haiti. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2006; 82 (Suppl 1): i1-i8 | free access

Hallet TB, Garnett GP. Has global HIV incidence peaked? Lancet. 2006; 368(9530): 116-117 | restricted access

Looker K, Hallet TB. Individual freedom versus collective responsibility: too many rights make a wrong? Emerging Themes Epidemiology. 2006; 293: 14 | free access

Lopman B, Barnabas R, Boerma JT, Chawira G, Gaitskell K, Harrop T, Mason PR, Donnelly CA, Garnett GP, Nyamukapa CA, Gregson S. Creating and validating an algorithm to measure AIDS mortality in the adult population using verbal autopsy. Public Library of Science Medicine. 2006; 3(8): e312 | free access 

Lopman B, French KM, Baggaley R, Gregson S, Garnett G. HIV-contaminated syringes are not evidence of transmission. AIDS. 2006; 20(14): 1905 | restricted access

2005

Coffee MP, Garnett GP, Mlilo M, Voeten HACM, Chandiwana SK, Gregson S. Patterns of movement and the risk of HIV in rural Zimbabwe. Journal of Infectious Disease. 2005; 191(Supplement I): S159-S167 | free access

Gregson S, Nyamukapa CA, Garnett GP, Mlilo M, Mason PR, Lewis JJC, Chandiwana, SK, Anderson RM. HIV infection and reproductive health in teenage women orphaned and made vulnerable by AIDS in Zimbabwe. AIDS Care. 2005; 17(7): 785-794 | restricted access

Lewis JJC, Garnett GP, Nyamukapa CA, Mlilo M, Donnelly CA, Gregson S. Beer halls as a focus for HIVprevention activities in rural Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2005; 32(6): 364-369 | free access

Lewis JJC, Garnett GP, Nyamukapa CA, Donnelly CA, Mason PR, Gregson S. Patterns of uptake of treatment for self-reported sexually transmitted infection symptoms in rural Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2005; 81(4): 326-332 | free access

Lopman B, Barnabas R, Hallett T, Nyamukapa CA, Mundandi C, Mushati P, Garnett GP, Gregson S. Assessing adult mortality in HIV-1 afflicted Zimbabwe: Manicaland 1998–2003. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2005; 84: 187-197 | free access

Lopman B, Garnett GP, Mason PR, Gregson S. Individual level infection history: a lack of association with HIV incidence in rural Zimbabwe. Public Library of Science Medicine. 2005; 2(2): 142-146 | free access

Lopman B, Garnett GP, Gregson S, Mason PR. Don't let the hypothesis slip. Public Library of Science Medicine. 2005; 2(5):e147 | free access

Mason PR, Fiori PL, Cappuccinelli P, Rapelli P, Gregson S. Seroepidemiology of Trichomonas vaginalis in rural women in Zimbabwe and patterns of association with HIV infection. Epidemiology and Infection. 2005; 133: 315-323 | restricted access

Mundandi C, Vissers D, Voeten HACM, Habbema JDF, Gregson S. No difference in HIV incidence and sexual behaviour between out-migrants and residents in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2005; 11(5): 705-711 | free access

Nyamukapa CA, Gregson S. Extended family's and women's roles in safeguarding orphans’ education in AIDS-afflicted rural Zimbabwe. Social Science and Medicine. 2005; 60(10): 2155-216 | restricted access

Watts H, Lopman B, Nyamukapa CA, Gregson S. Rising incidence and prevalence of orphanhood in Manicaland, Zimbabwe, 1998 to 2003. AIDS. 2005; 19(7): 717-725 | free access

2004

Gregson S, Terceira N, Mushati P, Nyamupaka CA, Campbell C. Community group participation: can it help young women to avoid HIV? An exploratory study of social capital and school education in rural Zimbabwe. Social Science and Medicine. 2004; 58: 2119-2132 | restricted access

Gregson S, Mushati P, White P, Mundandi C, Nyamukapa CA. Informal Confidential Voting Interview (ICVI) methods and temporal changes in reported sexual risk behaviour for HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2004; 80(Supplement II): 36-42 | free access

Schneeberger A, Mercer CH, Gregson S, Ferguson NM, Nyamukapa CA, Anderson RM, Johnson AM, Garnett GP. Scale-free networks and sexually transmitted diseases: a description of observed patterns of sexual contacts in Britain and Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2004; 31: 380-387 | free access

Spark-du Preez N, Zaba B, Nyamukapa CA, Mlilo M, Gregson S. "Kusvika taparadzaniswa nerufu" (Until death do us part). African Journal of AIDS Research. 2004; 3(1): 81-91 | restricted access

2003

Boerma JT, Nyamupaka CA, Urassa M, Gregson S. Understanding the uneven spread of HIV within Africa: comparative study of biological, behavioral and contextual factors in rural populations in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2003; 30, 779-787 | free access

Nyamukapa CA, Foster G, Gregson S. Orphans' household circumstances and access to education in a maturing HIV epidemic in eastern Zimbabwe. Journal of Social Development in Africa. 2003; 18(2): 7-32 | restricted access

Terceira N, Gregson S, Zaba B, Mason PR. The contribution of HIV to fertility decline in rural Zimbabwe. Population Studies. 2003; 57(2): 149-164 | restricted access

2002

Gregson S, Terceira N, Kakowa M, Mason PR, Anderson RM, Chandiwana SK, Carael M. Study of bias in antenatal clinic HIV-1 surveillance data in a high contraceptive prevalence population in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS. 2002; 16(4): 643-652 | free access

Gregson S, Zhuwau T, Ndlovu J, Nyamukapa CA. Methods to reduce social desirability bias in sex surveys in low-development settings: experience from Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2002; 10: 568-575 | free access

Gregson S, Nyamukapa C, Garnett GP, Mason PR, Zhuwau T, Careal M, Chandiwana, SK, Anderson, RM. Sexual mixing patterns and sex-differentials in teenage exposure to HIV infection in rural Zimbabwe. The Lancet. 2002; 359 (June 1, 2002): 1896-1903 | access

2001

Gregson S, Mason PR, Garnett GP, Zhuwau T, Nyamukapa C, Anderson RM, Chandiwana SK. A rural epidemic in Zimbabwe? Findings from a population-based Survey. International Journal of STD and AIDS. 2001; 12: 189-196. | access

Gregson S, Waddell H, Chandiwana SK. School education and HIV control in sub-Saharan Africa: From discord to harmony? Journal of International Development. 2001; 13: 467-485 |access

Gregson S, Chandiwana SK. The Manicaland HIV/STD Prevention Project: studies on HIV transmission, impact and control in rural Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Science News. 2001; 35(1): 27-42 | access

Mason PR, Gregson S, Gwanzura L, Cappuccinelli P, Rapelli P, Fiori PL. An evaluation of enzyme immunoassay for the detection of urogenital trichomoniasis as a marker of unsafe sexual behaviour. Epidemiology and Infection. 2001; 126: 103-109 | access

2000

Gregson S, Garnett, GP. Contrasting gender differentials in HIV-1 prevalence and associated mortality increase in eastern and southern Africa: artefact of data or natural course of epidemics? AIDS. 2000; 14 (Supplement 3): S85-S99.

Gregson S, Nyamukapa C, Mlilo M. Are women or men more affected by HIV in southern Africa? Insights from Zimbabwe. SafAIDSNews 2000, 8(4): 2-6.


Mason PR, Gwanzura L, Gregson S, Katzenstein DK. Chlamydia trachomatis in symptomatic and asymptomatic men: detection in urine by enzyme immunoassay. Central African Journal of Medicine. 2000; 46(3): 62-65 | access

Zaba B, Carpenter L, Boerma, JT, Gregson S, Nakiyingi, J, Urassa M. Adjusting HIV prevalence data collected in antenatal clinics to obtain prevalence estimates for the general female population. AIDS. 2000; 14(17): 2741-2750 | free access

1995-1999

Gregson S, Zhuwau T, Anderson RM, Chandiwana SK. Apostles and Zionists: the influence of religion on demographic change in rural Zimbabwe. Population Studies. 1999; 53, 2, 179-193 | access

Gregson S, Zhuwau T, Anderson R, Chandiwana S. Is there evidence for behaviour change in response to AIDS in rural Zimbabwe? Social Science and Medicine. 1998; 46(3): 321-330 | access

Gregson S, Anderson RM, Ndlovu J, Zhuwau T, Chandiwana SK. Recent upturn in mortality in rural Zimbabwe: evidence for an early demographic impact of HIV-1 infections? AIDS. 1997; 11(10): 1269-1280 | access

Gregson S, Zhuwau T, Anderson RM, Chandiwana SK. HIV-1 and fertility change in rural Zimbabwe. Health Transition Review. 1997; 7(Supplement 2): 89-11 | access

Gregson S, Zhuwau T, Anderson RM, Chimbadzwa T, Chandiwana SK. Age and religion selection biases in HIV-1 prevalence data from antenatal clinics in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. Central African Journal of Medicine. 1995; 41(11): 33 | access
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