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A qualitative exploration of women’s choices and experiences of using oral and vaginal HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Eswatini

Mukooza E, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Mabhena E, Daka M,  et al.
2025-12-01 • AIDS Care
2025-12-01 • AIDS Care

Understanding women’s decision-making when offered different HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options is critical for improving uptake. This qualitative study explored factors infl...

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High burden of sexually transmitted infections and poor diagnostic performance of syndromic approaches within a decentralised HIV care setting in Eswatini

Mukooza E
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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Revised definitions of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes: closer to the reality?

Bastard M, Bonnet MMB, du Cros PAK, Khamraev AK, 
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Predictive risk assessment and targeted testing could enhance STI diagnosis in a high HIV prevalence setting in Eswatini

Kerschberger B, Lekelem S, Ntshalintshali N, Mukooza E, Daka M,  et al.
2025-09-29 • Scientific Reports
2025-09-29 • Scientific Reports

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) present significant public health challenges in resource-limited set...

Targeted approaches for acute HIV infection diagnosis in rural Eswatini

Ciglenecki I, Kerschberger B, Mukooza E, Lekelem S, Ntshalintshali N,  et al.
2025-09-02 • International Journal of STD and AIDS
2025-09-02 • International Journal of STD and AIDS

INTRODUCTION

Acute HIV infection (AHI) diagnosis is challenging due to complex diagnostics and low&n...

High burden of symptomatic and asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections in a routine decentralised HIV care setting in Eswatini: A cross-sectional study

Kerschberger B, Ntshalintshali N, Mafomisa MI, Mabhena E, Daka M,  et al.
2025-07-22 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2025-07-22 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

OBJECTIVES

Sexually transmitted infections are a global public health concern. We aimed to assess&nb...

Low sensitivity of the fourth‐generation antigen/antibody HIV rapid diagnostic test Determine™ HIV Early Detect for detection of acute HIV infection at the point of care in rural Eswatini: a diagnostic accuracy study

Ciglenecki I, Ntshalintshali N, Mukooza E, Lekelem S, Mavimbela M,  et al.
2025-06-28 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2025-06-28 • Journal of the International AIDS Society

INTRODUCTION

The diagnosis of acute HIV infection (AHI) is challenging in routine settings because it cannot be detected by routine third‐generation antibody ra...

Mycoplasma genitalium infection in Eswatini amid syndromic case management: Prevalence, coinfections, diagnostic challenges and treatment gaps

Kerschberger B, Lekelem S, Daka M, Ntshalintshali N, Mabhena E,  et al.
2025-04-17 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-04-17 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

The global epidemic of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is marked by its widespread prevalence, varied resistance patterns, and significant impact on sexua...

Initial evaluation of a new cervical screening strategy combining human papillomavirus genotyping and automated visual evaluation: the Human Papillomavirus–Automated Visual Evaluation Consortium

Befano B, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Egemen D, Inturrisi F, Jeronimo J,  et al.
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute
2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The HPV-Automated Visual Evaluation (PAVE) Consortium is validating a cervical screening strategy enabling accurate cervical screening in resource-limited settings. A rapid, low-cost ...

Understanding the role of video direct observed therapy for patients on an oral short-course regimen for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: findings from a qualitative study in Eswatini

Mukooza E, Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Aung A,  et al.
2024-08-15 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2024-08-15 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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Improving treatment success rates among multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients is critical to reducing its incidence and mortality, but adherence poses a...

The introduction of video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) for patients with drug-resistant TB disease in Eswatini amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

Kerschberger B, Daka M, Shongwe B, Dlamini T, Ngwenya S,  et al.
2024-06-03 • BMC Health Services Research
2024-06-03 • BMC Health Services Research

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Video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) has been proposed as an additional option for&nb...

Drivers of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis choice among women in Eswatini

Mukooza E, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Dlamini SV, Mafomisa M,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

“It is still very little; I cannot pass it on”: a qualitative study of experiences of diagnosis and treatment of acute HIV infection in Eswatini

Mukooza E, Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Aung A,  et al.
2024-03-01 • AIDS Care
2024-03-01 • AIDS Care
Acute and early HIV infection (AEHI) is rarely diagnosed in sub-Saharan Africa, despite its potential contribution to incidence reduction. This qualitative study in Eswatini explored the...

Sustained high fatality during TB therapy amid rapid decline in TB mortality at population level: A retrospective cohort and ecological analysis from Shiselweni, Eswatini

Kerschberger B, Vambe D, Schomaker M, Mabhena E, Daka M,  et al.
2024-03-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2024-03-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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Despite declining TB notifications in Southern Africa, TB‐related deaths remain high. We describe patient‐ and population‐level trends in TB‐related deaths in Eswatini ove...

The introduction of video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) for patients with drug-resistant TB disease in Eswatini amid the COVID-19 pandemic – a retrospective cohort study

Kerschberger B, Daka M, Shongwe B, Dlamini T, Ngwenya SM,  et al.
2023-08-09 • BMC Health Services Research
2023-08-09 • BMC Health Services Research
BACKGROUND
Video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) has been proposed as an additional option for treatment provision besides in-person DOT for patients with drug-resistan...

High burden of sexually transmitted infections and poor diagnostic performance of syndromic approaches within a decentralized HIV care setting in Eswatini

Kerschberger B, Mukooza E, Berto A, Ntshalintshali N, Mafomisa M,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

High burden of sexually transmitted infections and poor diagnostic performance of syndromic approaches within a decentralised HIV care setting in Eswatini

Kerschberger B, Ntshalintshali N, Mafomisa M, Mabhena E, Daka M,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
INTRODUCTION
Sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) are a public health threat. Syndromic approaches based on clinical symptoms have been suggested as having poor diagnostic perform...
Hayrapetyan A, 
et al.
2015-02-01 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2015-02-01 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

"We have to learn to cooperate with each other": a qualitative study to explore integration of traditional healers into the provision of HIV self-testing and tuberculosis screening in Eswatini

Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Dube L, Aung A,  et al.
2021-12-06 • BMC Health Services Research
2021-12-06 • BMC Health Services Research
BACKGROUND
Traditional healing plays an important role in healthcare in Eswatini, and innovative collaborations with traditional healers may enable hard-to-reach men to access HIV an...

High mortality in tuberculosis patients despite HIV interventions in Swaziland

Mchunu G, van Griensven J, Hinderaker SG, Kizito W, Sikhondze W,  et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
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All health facilities providing tuberculosis (TB) care in Swaziland.

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To describe the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) interventions on the ...

Field suitability and diagnostic accuracy of the Biocentric open real-time PCR platform for dried blood spot-based HIV viral load quantification in Eswatini

Kerschberger B, Ntshalintshali N, Mpala Q, Diaz Uribe PA, Maphalala G,  et al.
2019-09-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2019-09-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
BACKGROUND
To assess the performance and suitability of dried blood spot (DBS) sampling using filter paper to collect blood for viral load (VL) quantification under routine condition...