2020 Publications

In-flight transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Friday, 04 February 2022 / Published in 2020, Publication
In-flight transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Choi EM, Chu DKW, Cheng PKC, Tsang DNC, Peiris M, Bausch DG, Poon LLM, Watson-Jones D. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Nov;26(11):2713-2716. PMID: 32946370 PMCID: PMC7588512 DOI: 10.3201/eid2611.203254

Learning from people with HIV: Their insights are critical to our response to the intersecting COVID-19 and HIV pandemics in Africa.

Friday, 04 February 2022 / Published in 2020, Publication
Learning from people with HIV: Their insights are critical to our response to the intersecting COVID-19 and HIV pandemics in Africa. Aristide C, Okello S, Bwana M, Siedner MJ, Peck RN. AIDS Behav. 2020 Dec;24(12):3295-3298. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-02955-6. PubMed PMID: 32607916; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7325644.

Hand hygiene intervention to optimize helminth infection control

Wednesday, 16 December 2020 / Published in 2020, Publication
Hand hygiene intervention to optimize helminth infection control: Design and baseline results of Mikono Safi-An ongoing school-based cluster-randomised controlled trial in NW Tanzania. Makata K, Kinung’hi S, Hansen C, Ayieko P, Sichalwe S, Mcharo O, Ensink J, Dreibelbis R, Rockowitz S, Okello E, Grosskurth H, Kapiga S. PMID: 33296365 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242240

The burden of HIV, syphilis and schistosome infection and associated factors among adults in the fishing communities in northwestern Tanzania.

Monday, 16 November 2020 / Published in 2020, Publication
The burden of HIV, syphilis and schistosome infection and associated factors among adults in the fishing communities in northwestern Tanzania. Kapiga S, Hansen CH, Downs JA, Sichalwe S, Hashim R, Mngara J, van Dam GJ, Corstjens PLAM, Kingery JR, Peck RN, Grosskurth H. Trop Med Int Health. 2020 Nov 7. PMID: 33159819 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13520  

“Don’t You Think It Is Violence Forcing Me to Have Sex While Not Happy?” Women’s Conceptualization of Enjoyable Sex and Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Friday, 06 November 2020 / Published in 2020, Publication
“Don’t You Think It Is Violence Forcing Me to Have Sex While Not Happy?” Women’s Conceptualization of Enjoyable Sex and Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in Mwanza, Tanzania. Mchome Z, Mshana G, Aloyce D, Peter E, Malibwa D, Dwarumpudi A, Kapiga S, Stöckl H. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 29;17(21):E7937. PMID: 33138073. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17217937

Couples data from north-western Tanzania: Insights from a survey of male partners of women enrolled in the MAISHA cluster randomized trial of an intimate partner violence prevention intervention.

Thursday, 15 October 2020 / Published in 2020, Publication
Couples data from north-western Tanzania: Insights from a survey of male partners of women enrolled in the MAISHA cluster randomized trial of an intimate partner violence prevention intervention. Abramsky T, Kapinga I, Mshana G, Lees S, Hansen CH, Hashim R, Stöckl H, Kapiga S, Harvey S. PLoS One. 2020 Oct 2;15(10):e0240112. PMID: 33006997 PMCID: PMC7531846 DOI:

Blood pressure, T cells, and mortality in people with HIV in Tanzania during the first 2 years of antiretroviral therapy

Thursday, 15 October 2020 / Published in 2020, Publication
Blood pressure, T cells, and mortality in people with HIV in Tanzania during the first 2 years of antiretroviral therapy. Reis KG, Desderius B, Kingery J, Kirabo A, Makubi A, Myalla C, Lee MH, Kapiga S, Peck RN. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2020 Aug 20. PMID: 32815636 DOI: 10.1111/jch.13975

Hypertensive urgency in Tanzanian adults: a one-year prospective study.

Thursday, 15 October 2020 / Published in 2020, Publication
Hypertensive urgency in Tanzanian adults: a one-year prospective study. Reis KG, Wilson R, Kalokola F, Wajanga B, Lee MH, Safford M, Peck RN. Am J Hypertens. 2020 Aug 10:hpaa129. PMID: 32776154 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa129  

Prevention, Partners, and Power Imbalances: Women’s views on how male partners affected their adherence to vaginal microbicide gels during HIV prevention trials in Africa.

Thursday, 15 October 2020 / Published in 2020, Publication
Prevention, Partners, and Power Imbalances: Women’s views on how male partners affected their adherence to vaginal microbicide gels during HIV prevention trials in Africa. Miller L, Morar N, Kapiga S, Ramjee G, Hayes R. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Jul 22. PMID: 32740368 DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002463

The transformative effects of a participatory social empowerment intervention in the MAISHA intimate partner violence trial in Tanzania.

Thursday, 15 October 2020 / Published in 2020, Publication
The transformative effects of a participatory social empowerment intervention in the MAISHA intimate partner violence trial in Tanzania. Lees S, Marchant M, Selestine V, Mshana G, Kapiga S, Harvey S. Cult Health Sex. 2020 Aug 3:1-16. PMID: 32744473 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2020.1779347