Browsing by Author "Heffron, Renee"

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Correlates of contraceptive use among HIV discordant couples in Kenya

Ngure, Kenneth; Ng’ang’a, Zipporah; Kimani, Violet; Khamadi, Samoel; Onchiri, Frankline; Irungu, Elizabeth; Heffron, Renee; Were, Edwin; Mugo, Nelly (2017-02-07)

Despite risks of HIV transmission to infants born of the HIV positive women, contraceptive use is uncommon among women in HIV discordant partnerships. The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with ...
Hormonal contraceptive use and risk of HIV-1 disease progression

Heffron, Renee; Mugo, Nelly; Ngure, Kenneth; Celum, Connie; Donnell, Deborah; Were, Edwin; Rees, Helen; Kiarie, James; Baeten, Jared M (NIH-PA, 2017-02-07)

Abstract Background—For HIV-1 infected women, hormonal contraception prevents unintended pregnancy, excess maternal morbidity, and vertical HIV-1 transmission. Hormonal contraceptives are widely used but their effects ...
Integrated Delivery of Antiretroviral Treatment and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis to HIV-1–Serodiscordant Couples: A Prospective Implementation Study in Kenya and Uganda

Baeten, Jared M.; Heffron, Renee; Kidoguchi, Lara; . Mugo, Nelly R; Katabira, Elly; . Bukusi, Elizabeth A; Marzinke, Mark A.; . Wyatt, Monique A...et al (Cross Mark, 2017-02-07)

Antiretroviral-based interventions for HIV-1 prevention, including antiretroviral therapy (ART) to reduce the infectiousness of HIV-1 infected persons and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the susceptibility of ...
A Scoring Tool to Identify East African HIV-1 Serodiscordant Partnerships with a High Likelihood of Pregnancy

Heffron, Renee; . Cohen, Craig R; Ngure, Kenneth; Bukusi, Elizabeth; Kiarie, James; Were, Edwin; Mugo, Nelly; Celum, Connie; Baeten, Jared M. (Cross Mark, 2017-02-08)

Introduction HIV-1 prevention programs targeting HIV-1 serodiscordant couples need to identify couples that are likely to become pregnant to facilitate discussions about methods to minimize HIV- 1 risk during pregnancy ...
Use of a risk scoring tool to identify higherrisk HIV-1 serodiscordant couples for an antiretroviral-based HIV-1 prevention intervention

Irungu, Elizabeth M.; Heffron, Renee; Mugo, Nelly; Odoyo, Josephine; Asiimwe, Stephen....et al (BioMed Central, 2017-02-07)

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) reduce HIV-1 transmission within heterosexual HIV-1 serodiscordant couples. Prioritizing couples at highest HIV-1 transmission risk for ART and ...

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