Geographic Information Systems, spatial analysis, and HIV in Africa: A scoping review

DC Boyda, SB Holzman, A Berman, MK Grabowski… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis are emerging tools
for global health, but it is unclear to what extent they have been applied to HIV research in …

A scoping review of spatial analysis approaches using health survey data in sub-Saharan Africa

S Manda, N Haushona, R Bergquist - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spatial analysis has become an increasingly used analytic approach to describe and
analyze spatial characteristics of disease burden, but the depth and coverage of its usage …

Mapping the spatial variability of HIV infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effective information for localized HIV prevention and control

DF Cuadros, J Li, AJ Branscum, A Akullian, P Jia… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Under the premise that in a resource-constrained environment such as Sub-Saharan Africa
it is not possible to do everything, to everyone, everywhere, detailed geographical …

Naomi: a new modelling tool for estimating HIV epidemic indicators at the district level in sub‐Saharan Africa

JW Eaton, L Dwyer‐Lindgren… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction HIV planning requires granular estimates for the number of people living with
HIV (PLHIV), antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage and unmet need, and new HIV …

Spatial distribution and determinants of HIV prevalence among adults in urban Ethiopia: Findings from the Ethiopia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment Survey …

T Gelibo, S Lulseged, F Eshetu, S Abdella, Z Melaku… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The design and evaluation of national HIV programs often rely on aggregated national data,
which may obscure localized HIV epidemics. In Ethiopia, even though the national adult HIV …

Estimating under-five mortality in space and time in a developing world context

J Wakefield, GA Fuglstad, A Riebler… - … methods in medical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Accurate estimates of the under-five mortality rate in a developing world context are a key
barometer of the health of a nation. This paper describes a new model to analyze survey …

Identifying 'corridors of HIV transmission'in a severely affected rural South African population: a case for a shift toward targeted prevention strategies

F Tanser, T Bärnighausen, A Dobra… - International journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background In the context of a severe generalized African HIV epidemic, the value of
geographically targeted prevention interventions has only recently been given serious …

Distinguishing among publics, audiences, and stakeholders in the social media era of unanticipated publics

R Wakefield, D Knighton - Public Relations Review, 2019 - Elsevier
Public relations is failing to distinguish among publics, audiences, and stakeholders in
today's social media era, even though the business and marketing literature has begun …

Using geospatial mapping to design HIV elimination strategies for sub-Saharan Africa

BJ Coburn, JT Okano, S Blower - Science Translational Medicine, 2017 - science.org
Treatment as prevention (TasP) has been proposed by the World Health Organization and
the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as a global strategy for …

Towards UNAIDS Fast-Track goals: targeting priority geographic areas for HIV prevention and care in Zimbabwe

DF Cuadros, J Li, Z Mukandavire, GN Musuka… - Aids, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Data were obtained from Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS)
conducted in 2015 as well as estimations from the Zimbabwe Population-Based HIV Impact …