Publications by authors named "Nicholas Matsiko"

Background: Despite global efforts to eliminate mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (MTCT), many children continue to become infected. We determined the prevalence of HIV among children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and that of their mothers, at admission to Mwanamugimu Nutrition Unit, Mulago Hospital, Uganda. We also assessed child factors associated with HIV-infection, and explored factors leading to HIV-infection among a subset of the mother-child dyads that tested positive.

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The rapid emergence of machine learning in the form of large-scale computational statistics and accumulation of data offers global health implementing partners an opportunity to adopt, adapt, and apply these techniques and technologies to low- and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts where we work. These benefits reside just out of the reach of many implementing partners because they lack the experience and specific skills to use them. Yet the growth of available analytical systems and exponential growth of data require the global digital health community to become conversant in this technology to continue to make contributions to help fulfill our missions.

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Background: Couple HIV Counseling and Testing (CHCT) is one of the key preventive strategies used to reduce the spread of HIV. In Uganda, HIV prevalence among married/living together is 7.2% among women and 7.

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Background: We aimed to determine the extent to which emerging evidence and changing guidelines regarding timing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with tuberculosis influenced "real-world" clinical practice in Uganda.

Methods: We evaluated ART-naive, HIV-infected adults starting tuberculosis therapy at 2 HIV clinics in Uganda between 26 August 2006 and 29 September 2012. We used multivariate regression to calculate associations between 4 calendar periods reflecting publication of seminal clinical studies or changes in guidelines and timing of ART after tuberculosis therapy initiation.

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