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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER)

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CIDER conducts multi-disciplinary research on the intersection between infectious disease and comorbidities in Southern Africa. The Centre is located within the School of Public Health at the University of Cape Town

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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
New paper in Global Health Action: Characteristics of new and re-initiating antiretroviral therapy clients in Malawi: implications for client counseling in resource-constrained settings www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Characteristics of new and re-initiating antiretroviral therapy clients in Malawi: implications for client counseling in resource-constrained settings
New antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiates and re-initiators (returning after interruption in treatment [IIT], defined as ≥28 days late for refill) are at higher risk of future IIT compared to st...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New publication in JIAS: Drivers of Vertical HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted and Universal Lenacapavir Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis doi.org/10.1002/jia2...
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<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Introduction Eliminating vertical HIV transmission remains a major public health priority, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which accounted for 83% of global paediatric HIV acquistions in 2...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New publication: Risk of unnatural death following self-harm in South Africa: development and validation of multivariable prognostic models mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/29/1...
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Risk of unnatural death following self-harm in South Africa: development and validation of multivariable prognostic models
Background Recurrent self-harm is common and is associated with an increased risk of unnatural death including suicide and fatal accidents. We developed and validated prognostic models to stratify ind...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New publication in SAMJ: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mortality in a South African metropole (2020 - 2021): A retrospective cohort study doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ...
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mortality in a South African metropole (2020 - 2021): A retrospective cohort study | South African Medical Journal
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New publication in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth: "Association between infant feeding practices and infant growth by maternal HIV and ART status: a prospective study in Cape Town, South Africa" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42163194/
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Association between infant feeding practices and infant growth by maternal HIV and antiretroviral therapy status: a prospective study in Cape Town, South Africa - PubMed
In our study, overall infants experienced suboptimal length growth but gained weight with no difference by HIV status or BF. Being married/cohabiting improved all growth parameters and food security i...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
IDM Seminar on Wednesday at 13:00: "Recent trends in HIV and TB in South Africa: insights from the Thembisa model" @leighjohnsoncpt.bsky.social
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Early Career Researcher, Florence Phelanyane, at the 6th DS-I Africa Consortium meeting in Mombasa, Kenya #DSIAFRICA2026
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Recently released Thembisa model estimates suggest slowing growth in South Africa’s ART programme, while HIV-related deaths remain worryingly high. Find the coverage here: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026... Data available at: www.thembisa.org @leighjohnsoncpt.bsky.social
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SA’s ARV programme hardly grew in 2025, according to latest estimates
The number of people in South Africa on antiretroviral treatment remained roughly unchanged from 2024 to 2025, according to just-published estimates from the leading mathematical model of HIV in the c...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New in JAIDS from CIDER: We assess standard methods used to adjust HIV viral suppression estimates across different thresholds to a common VL ≤1000 copies/mL definition. journals.lww.com/jaids/abstra...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
CIDER at #DSIAFRICA2026
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A new UCT CIDER publication shows that about 27% of adults living with HIV in the Western Cape are not on ART, and those disengaged are not easily identified by “high-risk” characteristics, highlighting the need for broader, inclusive retention strategies. doi.org/10.1002/jia2...
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<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Introduction South Africa has the largest antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme in the world, with universal access available through the public health system. Yet, gaps in coverage persist. In the...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New publication in PLoS One: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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An economic evaluation of the LINKEDin study: An intervention to reduce initial loss to follow-up among tuberculosis patients in South Africa
Tuberculosis (TB) patients who are diagnosed but not registered and initiated on TB treatment are categorised as initial loss to follow-up (ILTFU). ILTFU is a key driver of morbidity and mortality ass...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New student publication in Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The association between maternal HIV and stillbirths in an Era of universal ART access in pregnancy in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2017 – 2021
Maternal HIV infection has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, including stillbirth. We aimed to investigate the association between mate…
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
New publication in PLOS Global Public Health: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Access to HIV treatment during community-wide flooding: Experiences of people living with HIV and health care workers in Malawi, a mixed methods study
Community-wide flooding in high HIV-burdened districts affects continuity of HIV care, especially in resource-limited countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We explored the lived experiences of antiretrovir...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New publication in BMJ Open: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/1...
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Effects of small airtime rewards linked to unsolicited text messages on uptake of a tuberculosis self-screening app in South Africa: a randomised trial
Objectives The objective of this study was to test whether an airtime reward increased tuberculosis (TB) Check screening uptake. This served as a feasibility study for the planned Phase 2, which aimed...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New Publication in Pediatrics: Epidemiology of Pediatric Tuberculosis in the Western Cape: A Population-Based Study (2017–2023) publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
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Epidemiology of Pediatric Tuberculosis in the Western Cape: A Population-Based Study (2017–2023)
10.1542/6384470065112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2025-0722236384470065112BACKGROUND. Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in high-burden settings like the Western Cape (WC), Sou...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New publication in JIAS: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/6JPAUF...
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Estimates and predictors of HIV viral non‐suppression in South African adults on antiretroviral treatment
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Here's an Ehwoza short film on some work CIDER has been involved in in Eastern Cape. The project explores how antibiotics are used and how resistance develops across people, animals, and the environment in rural communities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWSv...
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Where the Cow Breathes - Antimicrobial Resistance in Rural South Africa
YouTube video by Eh!woza
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
New paper in AIDS: Infectious-cause hospitalisation in a province-wide cohort of children with antenatal HIV exposure compared to children without HIV exposure. journals.lww.com/aidsonline/a...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
New paper in PLOS Medicine: Evaluation of economic strengthening in South Africa and its impact on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage births: A modelling study dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Evaluation of economic strengthening in South Africa and its impact on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage births: A modelling study
Using a modelling framework, Leigh Johnson and colleagues predict limited effects of economic strengthening interventions that aim to reduce HIV, sexually transmitted infections and teenage births in ...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
New paper: Impact of HIV and hospitalization on the incidence of subsequent rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis after initiation of first-line tuberculosis treatment: a retrospective cohort study in South Africa www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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Impact of HIV and hospitalization on the incidence of subsequent rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis after initiation of first-line tuberculosis treatment: a retrospective cohort study in South Africa
This study suggests that PLHIV may have an increased risk of both acquiring rifampicin-resistance during TB treatment and re- or super-infection with already resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strai...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Congrats to CIDER's Jonathan Euvrard on his senior authorship of this new paper, providing much-needed data on Advanced HIV disease: journals.lww.com/jaids/abstra...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Exciting work from CIDER in South Africa’s Eastern Cape! We’re proud to be part of an innovative project using a tiny rural lab to tackle a global health crisis Read the full story here:
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In South Africa’s Rural Eastern Cape, a Tiny Lab Tackles a Global Health Crisis - The Trinity Challenge
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
CIDER's Emma Kalk will be speaking at this upcoming event: sciencesummitnyc.org/science-summ...
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saveaidsresearch.bsky.social @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
24 Hours to Save AIDS Research is an all-day, online marathon that will include >70 speakers from around the world, enabling people from all time zones to access the programming in real time. Join us! Register bit.ly/45U1keO and join us on YouTube bit.ly/45Qftts. #HIV #saveAIDSresearch #HIVresearch
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New paper: Life-years lost associated with mental disorders in people with HIV: a cohort study in South Africa, Canada and the United States. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Introduction People with HIV (PWH) have a high burden of mental health disorders, which contribute to increased mortality due to elevated rates of physical illness, suicide or fatal accidents. Addit...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New paper from Morna Cornell: Men's health policies: long overdue pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New paper from Haroon Moolla: Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral therapy interruptions: a focused review journals.lww.com/jaids/citati...
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Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New paper from Haroon Moolla: Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral therapy interruptions: a focused review. journals.lww.com/jaids/citati...
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Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
An abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF only.
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New paper from Amohelang Lehloa: Comorbidities in pregnant South African women living with HIV and associations with adverse birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186...
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Comorbidities in pregnant South African women living with HIV and associations with adverse birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study
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The Union @theunion.org · 26/08/2025
🤱Over 200,000 pregnant women and their infants suffer from TB each year. 📣 Our Maternal and Child TB Working Group led the call for research to #endTB in pregnant and lactating women. They played a vital role in the @who.int call to action and consensus statement: theunion.org/news/union-m...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Ncumisa Msolo, MSc student with CIDER, presenting her poster on breastfeeding and mental health at the Southern African HIV Clinician's Society Conference on Friday
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
New paper: Diarrhoeal admissions among children aged <5 years in public sector facilities in Western Cape Province, South Africa, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019 - 2021) samajournals.co.za/index.php/sa...
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Diarrhoeal admissions among children aged <5 years in public sector facilities in Western Cape Province, South Africa, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019 - 2021) | South African M...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Well done to Meg Osler who recently gave input into this WHO technical brief: Promoting sustainable data quality management to enhance HIV programmes. iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Meet the Speakers for the upcoming International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects meeting. Deadline to register is 31 August: confco.eventsair.com/icbdsr-2025-...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Kim Anderson presented an oral at the Pediatrics and HIV workshop in Kigali: #18 Infectious morbidity among children HIV-exposed uninfected in South Africa: Elevated risk in infancy but not thereafter ve-ame.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Abstract_boo...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Kim Anderson presented her research in Kigali at #IAS2025 and at the Pediatrics and HIV workshop: Viral load monitoring during pregnancy and postpartum in the Western Cape province, South Africa, 2018-2021
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Shani de Beer's research was featured in a poster walk at the Peds Workshop: Abstract #26 Association between maternal antenatal HIV service engagement and well-child visit utilisation in the Western Cape, South Africa ve-ame.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Abstract_boo...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
New pre-print: Identifying priority populations for HIV interventions using acquisition and transmission indicators: a combined analysis of 15 mathematical models from 10 African countries www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Identifying priority populations for HIV interventions using acquisition and transmission indicators: a combined analysis of 15 mathematical models from 10 African countries
Background Characterising disparities in HIV infection across populations by gender, age, and HIV risk is key information to guide intervention priorities. We compared 9 models representing 15 differe...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
New paper: Age-specific all-cause mortality rates among adolescents and youth living with and without HIV: Evidence from a cohort study in South Africa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/NP8JDG...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
New publication: The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis care and infection control measures in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) clinics in low- and middle-income countries: a multiregional site survey in Asia and Africa gh.bmj.com/content/10/3...
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The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis care and infection control measures in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) clinics in low- and middle-income countries: a multiregional site sur...
Background The COVID-19 pandemic challenged healthcare systems, particularly in settings with high infectious disease burden. We examined the postpandemic long-term impacts of COVID-19 on tuberculosis...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
New publication: Age-specific all-cause mortality rates among adolescents and youth living with and without HIV: Evidence from a cohort study in South Africa doi.org/10.1002/jia2...
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<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Introduction Mortality among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) remains a global health problem. We lack granular (age- and sex-disaggregated) data on mortality among ALHIV, hence, this study aims ...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
51st Annual Meeting of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects in South Africa from November 2-5, 2025. This year’s theme: "Data that Counts: Transforming Lives Through Birth Defects Surveillance" Abstract Submissions: icbdsr2025.co.za/call-for-abs... Deadline extended to July 18, 2025.
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New publication from @leighjohnsoncpt.bsky.social : The cost of the plunge: The impact and cost of a cessation of PEPFAR-supported services in South Africa journals.lww.com/aidsonline/a...
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The cost of the plunge: The impact and cost of a cessation... : AIDS
gical impact of ceasing provision of services currently supported by PEPFAR and the costs and cost-effectiveness to the South African government (SAG) of potentially taking over these services. Metho...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
CIDER is pleased to be part of capacity building in infectious disease modelling with aspiring modellers from around Africa, through the annual Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data (MMED) clinic, delivered by the International Clinics on Infectious Disease Dynamics and Data (ICI3D)
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Spotlight @spotlightnsp.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
MUST READ | 8 million people living with HIV. 6 million on treatment. Behind these big numbers lurk a universe of fascinating dynamics. In this special briefing, Spotlight editor @marcuslowx.bsky.social unpacks what we know about the state of HIV in SA. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/06/09/i...
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#InTheSpotlight | Graphs that paint the picture of HIV in SA
Eight million people living with HIV. Just over 6 million on treatment. Behind these big numbers lurk a universe of fascinating epidemiological dynamics. In this special briefing, Spotlight editor Mar...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Reminder for tomorrow: Results from the partnership between the Center for Data Integration and Knowledge for Health (CIDACS/Fiocruz Bahia), the Western Cape Provincial Health Data Center and CIDER - a federated analysis with administrative health data on gestational syphilis and maternal TB
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
“Data that Counts: Transforming Lives Through Birth Defects Surveillance”. Join us for the 51st Meeting of International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research Mount Grace Hotel, South Africa, 2-5 Nov 2025. Registration and Abstracts submission open: icbdsr2025.co.za
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
New Paper: Association between changes in script renewal periods and HIV viral non-suppression: a cohort study of a South African private-sector HIV program journals.lww.com/jaids/abstra...
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Association between changes in script renewal periods and... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
IV viral non-suppression in the private health sector. Methods: We analysed routine claims data from a large private-sector HIV management programme. PWH aged >15 years from 4 months after first AR...
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Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) @uctcider.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
New paper: Incidence, Disease Spectrum, and Outcomes of Tuberculous Meningitis in South African Children: The initial impact of COVID-19 www.mdpi.com/3302174
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