A pilot cross-sectional study of non-communicable diseases in TB household contacts.

Background: Data on the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in TB household contacts (HHCs) are limited, yet important to inform integrated screening and care for NCD within contact investigations. It is also unclear if screening these contacts reveals more people with NCDs than individuals in the same neighbourhood.

Method: We conducted a pilot cross-sectional study in South Africa and Tanzania, enrolling adult HHCs of TB and individuals in neighbourhood households (controls).

Cervical cancer screening in women living with HIV attending primary care clinics in a health district, South Africa: a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Introduction: globally, cervical cancer remains a public health problem. It is ranked the fourth most common cause of women's cancer. In South Africa, it was the second most common cancer diagnosed in 2012.

Facilitators and barriers to implementing provider-initiated HIV counselling and testing at the clinic-level in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa.

Background: HIV testing is the entry point into the HIV care continuum and critical for HIV epidemic control. Facility-based HIV testing services (HTS) reach individuals who are already seeking clinical care and engaging with the medical care system. For this reason, individuals diagnosed with HIV during facility-based HIV testing are more likely to continue into HIV care.

Mobile HIV testing in South Africa: maximizing yield through data-guided site selection.

Background: Mobile community HIV testing can effectively reach undiagnosed people living with HIV in southern Africa. Variable yield in HIV test positivity has been a challenge with high- and low-yield sites often being closely situated. We sought to test whether easy-to-identify, site-level characteristics were associated with HIV positivity yield in a routine mobile HIV testing program.

Systems Analysis to Increase HIV Testing Delivery and HIV Diagnosis in Primary Care Clinics in South Africa.

Background: Provider-initiated testing and counseling remains highly underused in many South African health facilities. We implemented a systems analysis to investigate whether simple adjustments to HIV testing services (HTS) delivery can increase HTS provision.

Setting: Ten primary care facilities in the Ekurhuleni District in South Africa.