Cohort profile: health and ageing in Africa: a longitudinal study of an indepth community in South Africa (HAALSI)

FX Gomez-Olive, L Montana, RG Wagner… - International journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Study design HAALSI is a population-based community observational study with
longitudinal follow-up at 3-year intervals. Embedded in the study are several randomized …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving the fourth 90: healthy aging for people living with HIV

TG Harris, M Rabkin, WM El-Sadr - Aids, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The availability of potent antiretroviral therapy (ART) has transformed the HIV epidemic,
changing HIV disease from a fatal illness to a chronic, manageable condition. In higher …

[HTML][HTML] Women for science and science for women: Gaps, challenges and opportunities towards optimizing pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV-1 prevention

QA Karim, D Archary, F Barre-Sinoussi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Preventing new HIV infections remains a global challenge. Young women continue to bear a
disproportionate burden of infection. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), offers a novel …

Chronic multimorbidity among older adults in rural South Africa

AY Chang, FX Gómez-Olivé, C Payne, JK Rohr… - BMJ global …, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction The rapid ageing of populations around the world is accompanied by increasing
prevalence of multimorbidity. This study is one of the first to present the prevalence of …

Is geropsychology “forever young” on the mother continent? Addressing the limited research on psychology of aging in Africa

JBC Chukwuorji, P Thuku, N Cassimjee… - The Journals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Our paper highlights areas of interest to psychologists studying aging in Africa
and what has already been learned about aspects of psychological aging from studies done …

The ART advantage: health care utilization for diabetes and hypertension in rural South Africa

J Manne-Goehler, L Montana… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: The prevalence of diabetes and hypertension has increased in HIV-positive
populations, but there is limited understanding of the role that antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

[HTML][HTML] Social contact, social support, and cognitive health in a population-based study of middle-aged and older men and women in rural South Africa

G Harling, LC Kobayashi, MT Farrell, RG Wagner… - Social Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Several theories seek to explain how social connections and cognitive function
are interconnected in older age. These include that social interaction protects against …

Progress towards the UNAIDS 90‐90‐90 targets among persons aged 50 and older living with HIV in 13 African countries

SM Farley, C Wang, RM Bray, AJ Low… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Achieving optimal HIV outcomes, as measured by global 90‐90‐90 targets, that
is awareness of HIV‐positive status, receipt of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy among aware and …

Hypertension and diabetes control along the HIV care cascade in rural South Africa

J Manne‐Goehler, MJ Siedner… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Participation in antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes has been associated
with greater utilization of care for hypertension and diabetes in rural South Africa. The …

It's not age that prevents sexual activity later in life

R Freak‐Poli - Australasian journal on ageing, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe key factors that facilitate sexual behaviour in later life. Methods Re‐
analysis of data from a study of 2,374 Dutch older adults. Results Partner availability, gender …