The Population Council's HIV and AIDS program is devoted to understanding and slowing the spread of the HIV epidemic. Through biomedical and behavioral research, the Council expands access to innovative and effective products and services, with a focus on the hardest-to-reach, most marginalized populations.
Submissions from 2018
Male partners of adolescent girls and young women: Relationship characteristics and HIV risk—Findings from DREAMS implementation science research, Population Council
Male partners of young women in Uganda: Understanding their relationships and use of HIV testing, Ann Gottert, Julie Pulerwitz, Godfrey Siu, Anne Katahoire, Jerry Okal, Florence Ayebare, Nrupa Jani, Pamela Keilig, and Sanyukta Mathur
Measuring intersecting stigma among key populations living with HIV: Implementing the people living with HIV Stigma Index 2.0, Barbara Friedland, Laurel Sprague, Laura Nyblade, Stefan Baral, Julie Pulerwitz, Ann Gottert, Ugochukwu Amanyeiwe, Alison Cheng, Christoforos Mallouris, Florence Anam, Aasha Jackson, and Scott Geibel
Measuring vulnerability among female sex workers in India using a multidimensional framework, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Ruchira Bhattacharya, Yamini Atmavilas, and Niranjan Saggurti
Modeling the expected cost-effectiveness and impact of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in Uganda and Swaziland, Project SOAR
Molecular screening for Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance markers in Nigerian men who have sex with men and transgender women, Akindiran Akintunde, Justin Hardick, Trevor A. Crowell, Kara Lombardi, Sunday Odeyemi, Andrew Ivo, George I. Eluwa, Jean Njab, Stefan Baral, Rebecca G. Nowak, Thomas C. Quinn, Kent Barbian, Sarah Anzick, Sylvia Adebajo, Manhattan E. Charurat, Julie Ake, and Charlotte A. Gaydos
Namibia has a strong foundation for implementing the treat all guidelines and reaching the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, Project SOAR
Optimizing implementation of universal HIV treatment coverage for people living with HIV in Senegal, Project SOAR
Provider perspectives on PrEP for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: The role of provider biases and quality of care, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Nrupa Jani, Sanyukta Mathur, Catherine Kahabuka, Vaibhav Saria, Neema Makyao, Louis Apicella, and Julie Pulerwitz
Replication Data for: Provider perspectives on PrEP for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: The role of provider biases and quality of care, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Nrupa Jani, Sanyukta Mathur, Catherine Kahabuka, Vaibhav Saria, Neema Makyao, Louis Apicella, and Julie Pulerwitz
Strengthening capacity to prevent HIV among adolescent girls and young women: Supporting DREAMS-like programming, Project SOAR
The association between men’s concern about demonstrating masculine characteristics and their sexual risk behaviors: Findings from the Dominican Republic, Paul Fleming, Clare Barrington, Wizdom Powell, Ann Gottert, Leonel Lerebours, Yeycy Donastorg, and Maximo O. Brito
Understanding men's elevated alcohol use, gender equity ideologies, and intimate partner violence among married couples in rural India, Anindita Dasgupta, Jay G. Silverman, Niranjan Saggurti, Mohan Ghule, Balaiah Donta, Madhusudana Battala, Saritha Nair, Gajanan Velhal, and Anita Raj
Understanding the dynamics of HIV testing services in South African primary care facilities, Tonderai Mabuto, Bhakti Hansoti, Salome Charalambous, and Christopher Hoffmann
Uptake of HIV self‐testing and linkage to treatment among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria: A pilot programme using key opinion leaders to reach MSM, Waimar Tun, Lung Vu, Osasuyi Dirisu, Adekemi Sekoni, Elizabeth Shoyemi, Jean Njab, Sade Ogunsola, and Sylvia Adebajo
What do we know about the HIV risk characteristics of adolescent girls and young women in Kenya? Findings from DREAMS Implementation Science research, Population Council
What do we know about the HIV risk characteristics of adolescent girls and young women in Zambia? Findings from DREAMS implementation science research, Population Council
Who are the male partners of adolescent girls and young women in Swaziland? Analysis of survey data from community venues across 19 DREAMS districts, Zahra Reynolds, Ann Gottert, Erin Luben, Bheki Mamba, Patrick Shabangu, Nsindiso Dlamini, Muhle Dlamini, Sanyukta Mathur, and Julie Pulerwitz
Submissions from 2017
Adolescent girls and young women’s perceptions of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis introduction in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Are we meeting the HIV service needs of people living in informal settlements in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa?, Project SOAR
Assessing HIV-related outcomes among key populations accessing community-based test and start services in Nigeria, Project SOAR
Assessment of comprehensive HIV-risk reduction programming for adolescent girls and young women: Implementation science research in Kenya, Population Council
Assessment of comprehensive HIV-risk reduction programming for adolescent girls and young women: Implementation science research in Zambia, Population Council
Assessment of the implementation of the treat-all guidelines (Test and Start) in Namibia, Project SOAR
A systems approach to improving delivery and update of facility-based HIV testing and linkage to care in South Africa, Project SOAR
Behavioural interventions promoting condom use among female sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review, Uchenna O. Okafor, Rik Crutzen, Yauri Aduak, Sylvia Adebajo, and Hubertus W. van den Borne
Characteristics associated with HIV and HSV-2 among adolescents in Malawi, Barbara Mensch and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Considerations for PrEP introduction to adolescent girls and young women: Implementation science research in Tanzania, Population Council
Correlates of health care utilization under targeted interventions: The case of female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India, Varun Sharma, Dipak Suryawanshi, Niranjan Saggurti, and Shalini Bharat
Effective engagement of male partners of adolescent girls and young women in HIV services: Implementation science research in Swaziland, Population Council
Effective engagement of male partners of adolescent girls and young women in South Africa, Population Council
Effective engagement of male partners of adolescent girls and young women in Uganda, Population Council
Effectiveness of an integrated community- and clinic-based intervention on HIV testing, HIV knowledge, and sexual risk behavior of young men who have sex with men in Myanmar, Poe Poe Aung, Claire Ryan, Ashish Bajracharya, Naanki Pasricha, Zaw Win Thein, Paul A. Agius, Than Tun Sein, Lisa Willenberg, Ei Mon Soe, Ne Tun Zaw, Waimar Tun, Eileen Yam, and Stanley Luchters
Effect of a family-centered model of HIV care on viral suppression and care retention among HIV-positive children in Swaziland, Project SOAR
Evaluating community-facility linkage models to promote mother-infant retention along the HIV care continuum, Project SOAR
Evaluation a depression treatment program on HIV care and mental health outcomes in Malawi, Project SOAR
Evaluation of the “One Community” program in Malawi, Project SOAR
Evaluation of the PEPFAR/USAID Asibonisane Community Responses Program in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Project SOAR
Factors associated with HIV testing among young men who have sex with men in Myanmar: A cross-sectional study, Minh D. Pham, Poe Poe Aung, Aye Kyawt Paing, Naanki Pasricha, Paul A. Agius, Waimar Tun, Ashish Bajracharya, and Stanley Luchters
Family planning for HIV-positive girls and young women, Eileen Yam, Elizabeth Tobey, and Amy Ong Tsui
Gender differentials in feeding practices, health care utilization and nutritional status of children in Northern India, Abhishek Singh and Sangram Kishor Patel
HIV and disabilities: Time for more and better data, Waimar Tun and Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala
HIV prevalence and high-risk behaviour of young brothel and non-brothel based female sex workers in Nigeria, Uchenna Onyekachi Okafor, Rik Crutzen, Okekearu Ifeanyi, Sylvia Adebajo, and Hubertus Van den Borne
HIV-risk behaviors of men who perpetrate intimate partner violence in Rakai, Uganda, Margo Mullinax, Stephanie A. Grilo, Xiaoyu S. Song, Jennifer Wagman, Sanyukta Mathur, Fred Nalugoda, Tom Lutalo, and John Santelli
Identifying the intersection of alcohol, adherence and sex in HIV positive men on ART treatment in India using an adapted timeline followback procedure, Jean J. Schensul, Toan Ha, Stephen L. Schensul, Avina Sarna, and Kendall Bryant
Impact of an HIV prevention intervention on HIV risk behavior and sexually transmitted infection among female sex workers in Tamil Nadu, India, Joseph D. Williams, Arumugam Vijayaraman, Priya Krishnaswamy, Niranjan Saggurti, Sowmya Ramesh, and Deepika Ganju
Improving uptake of HIV testing services and linkage to care after diagnosis in Kenya, Project SOAR
Increasing uptake of HIV, sexually transmitted infection, and family planning services, and reducing HIV-related risk behaviors among youth living with HIV in Uganda, Lung Vu, Brady Zieman, Cecily Banura, Jerry Okal, Margret Elang, Rodgers Ampwera, Georgina Caswell, Diana Amanyire, Jacquelyne Alesi, and Eileen Yam
Inequitable gender norms from early adolescence to young adulthood in Uganda: Tool validation and differences across age groups, Lung Vu, Julie Pulerwitz, Brady Zieman, Cecily Banura, Jerry Okal, and Eileen Yam
Introducing oral pre-exposure prophylaxis to adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: Overview of findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Linking sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV services for young people: The Link Up project, Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Divya Bajpai, Georgina Caswell, Tyler Crone, Fleur Dewar, Greg Gray, Allen Kyendikuwa, Julie Mellin, Andrew Miller, Felicity Morgan, Luisa Orza, Jacqui Stevenson, Nienke Westerhof, Felicia Wong, Eileen Yam, and Brady Zieman
Men's perceptions of PrEP use by their adolescent and young adult female partners in Tanzania in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Men's perceptions of treatment as prevention in South Africa: Implications for engagement in HIV care and treatment, Alyssa C. Mooney, Ann Gottert, Nomhle Khoza, Dumisani Rebombo, Jennifer Hove, Aimee Julien Suarez, Rhian Twine, Catherine MacPhail, Sarah Treves-Kagan, Kathleen Kahn, Audrey Pettifor, and Sheri A. Lippman
Optimizing community services for an improved continuum of HIV care, Project SOAR
Parents' and guardians' perceptions of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis introduction in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Paying for sex by young men who live on the streets in Dhaka City: Compounded sexual risk in a vulnerable migrant community, Tracy McClair, Tarik Hossain, Nargis Sultana, Brady Zieman, Eileen Yam, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Reena Yasmin, Najmus Sadiq, Michele R. Decker, and Saifuddin Ahmed
Policymakers' perceptions of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis introduction in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Pregnancy experiences of female sex workers in Adama City, Ethiopia: Complexity of partner relationships and pregnancy intentions, Eileen Yam, Aklilu Kidanu, Brady Zieman, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Jerry Okal, Assefa Bekele, Daniel Gudeta, and Georgina Caswell
Preventing pediatric tuberculosis: A randomized trial of symptom-based screening of South African children exposed to tuberculosis, Population Council
Private sector costing of voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa, Michel Tchuenche and Steven Forsythe
Project YES! Youth engaging for success: A peer mentoring program to transition youth to HIV self-management in Zambia, Project SOAR
Providers' views on PrEP for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Rates of HIV and HSV-2 among young people in Machinga, Malawi, Barbara Mensch and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Reducing HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women, and their partners through the DREAMS Partnership in Malawi, Project SOAR
Religious differentials in morbidity prevalence and health care seeking behaviours among older persons in India, Gopal Agrawal and Sangram Kishor Patel
Service utilization and cost of implementing a comprehensive HIV prevention and care program among people who inject drugs in Delhi, India, Mary Philip Sebastian, Aparajita Dasgupta, Lopamudra Saraswati, Asha Singh, Vartika Sharma, Ira Madan, Waimar Tun, Julie Pulerwitz, Ibou Thior, and Avina Sarna
Sibling and family-level clustering of underweight children in northern India, Abhishek Singh, P. Arokiasamy, Jalandhar Pradhan, Kshipra Jain, and Sangram Kishor Patel
Stakeholder considerations for PrEP introduction to adolescent girls and young women: Laying the groundwork for research utilization in Tanzania, Population Council
Stigma, access to healthcare, and HIV risks among men who sell sex to men in Nigeria, Trevor A. Crowell, Babajide Keshinro, Stefan Baral, Sheree Schwartz, Shauna Stahlman, Rebecca G. Nowak, Sylvia Adebajo, William A. Blattner, Manhattan E. Charurat, and Julie Ake
Stigma reduction training improves healthcare provider attitudes toward, and experiences of, young marginalized people in Bangladesh, Scott Geibel, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Julie Pulerwitz, Nargis Sultana, Tarik Hossain, Shongkour Roy, Brady Zieman, Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Barbara Friedland, Reena Yasmin, Najmus Sadiq, and Eileen Yam
Stigma, violence and HIV vulnerability among transgender persons in sex work in Maharashtra, India, Deepika Ganju and Niranjan Saggurti
Strengthening capacity in HIV operations research: Reflections on a Project SOAR workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa, Project SOAR
Transitioning couple’s voluntary HIV counseling and testing (CVCT) from stand-alone weekend services into routine antenatal and VCT services in government clinics in Zambia’s two largest cities, Mubiana Inambao, William Kilembe, Lauren A. Canary, Nancy L. Czaicki, Matilda Kakungu-Simpungwe, Roy Chavuma, Kristin M. Wall, Amanda Tichacek, Julie Pulerwitz, Ibou Thior, Elwyn Chomba, and Susan Allen
Trends and determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents and young adults in Nigeria: 2003–2013, Ayodeji Oginni, Sylvia Adebajo, and Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi
Updating the people living with HIV stigma index, Project SOAR
Using brothel leadership to promote condom use among brothel-based female sex workers in Abuja, Nigeria: Study protocol for a cluster randomized pilot trial, Uchenna Onyekachi Okafor, Rik Crutzen, Okekearu Ifeanyi, Sylvia Adebajo, Adaora Uzoh, Egbe Aneotah Awo, Chukwuemeka Chima, Ogechukwu Agwagwa, and Bart van den Borne
Women and substance use: A qualitative study on sexual and reproductive health of women who use drugs in Delhi, India, Vartika Sharma, Avina Sarna, Waimar Tun, Lopamudra Saraswati, Ibou Thior, Ira Madan, and Stanley Luchters
Youth engagement in developing an implementation science research agenda on adolescent HIV testing and care linkages in sub-Saharan Africa, Julie Denison, Audrey Pettifor, Lynne Mofenson, Susan Kasedde, Rebecca Marcus, Katongo J. Konayuma, Katlego Koboto, Mmangaliso Luyanda Ngcobo, Julie Pulerwitz, and Deanna Kerrigan
Submissions from 2016
Access to money and relation to women’s use of family planning methods among young married women in rural India, Elizabeth Reed, Balaiah Donta, Anindita Dasgupta, Mohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Saritha Nair, Jay G. Silverman, Arun Jadhav, Prajakta Palaye, Niranjan Saggurti, and Anita Raj
Addressing intimate partner violence and power in relationships in HIV testing services: Results of an intervention piloted in Nairobi, Kenya, Nicole Haberland, Charity Ndwiga, Katharine McCarthy, Margaret Makanyengo, Rose Kosgei, Cecilia Choi, Julie Pulerwitz, and Sam Kalibala
An integrated peer outreach and clinic-based intervention to improve the sexual health of young men who have sex with men in Myanmar: A Link Up evaluation, Population Council
Annual cost of antiretroviral therapy among three service delivery models in Uganda, Lung Vu, Samuel Waliggo, Brady Zieman, Nrupa Jani, Lydia Buzaalirwa, Stephen Okoboi, Jerry Okal, Nagesh N. Borse, and Sam Kalibala
Assessment of linkages from HIV testing to enrolment and retention in HIV care in Central Mozambique, Celso Inguane, Stephen S. Gloyd, João Luis Manuel, Charlene Brown, Vincent Wong, Orvalho Augusto, Wisal Mustafa Hassan, Lúcia Viera, Pires Afonso, Mehol Jamnadás, Jama Joy Bernard, James Cowan, Sam Kalibala, and James Pfeiffer
Association between community collectivization and mental depression among men who have sex with men in Andhra Pradesh, India, Dipak Suryawanshi, Sangram Kishor Patel, V. Sharma, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, and Shalini Bharat
Association between tribal status and spacing contraceptive use in rural Maharashtra, India, Madhusudana Battala, Anita Raj, Mohan Ghule, Saritha Nair, Jay G. Silverman, Anindita Dasgupta, Balaiah Donta, and Niranjan Saggurti
Association of medical male circumcision and antiretroviral therapy scale-up with community HIV incidence in Rakai, Uganda, Xiangrong Kong, Godfrey Kigozi, Joseph Ssekasanvu, Fred Nalugoda, Gertrude Nakigozi, Anthony Ndyanabo, Tom Lutalo, Steven J. Reynolds, Robert Ssekubugu, Joseph Kagaayi, Eva Bugos, Larry W. Chang, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Mary Grabowski, Amanda Berman, Thomas C. Quinn, David Serwadda, Maria J. Wawer, and Ronald H. Gray
Building evidence to guide PrEP introduction for adolescent girls and young women, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Sanyukta Mathur, Ann Gottert, Naomi Rutenberg, and Julie Pulerwitz
CHARM, a gender equity and family planning intervention for men and couples in rural India: Protocol for the cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation, Jennifer Yore, Anindita Dasgupta, Mohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Saritha Nair, Jay G. Silverman, Niranjan Saggurti, Balaiah Donta, and Anita Raj
Climate change and climate-induced disasters in Odisha, eastern India: Impacts, adaptation and future policy implications, Sangram Kishor Patel
Cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation of a gender equity and family planning intervention for married men and couples in rural India, Anita Raj, Mohan Ghule, Julie Ritter, Madhusudana Battala, Gajanan Velhal, Saritha Nair, Anindita Dasgupta, Jay G. Silverman, Balaiah Donta, and Niranjan Saggurti
Community collectivization and consistent condom use among female sex workers in southern India: Evidence from two rounds of behavioral tracking surveys, Shanti Vejella, Sangram Kishor Patel, Niranjan Saggurti, and Parimi Prabhakar
Condoms, lubricants and rectal cleansing: Practices associated with heterosexual penile-anal intercourse amongst participants in an HIV prevention trial in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe, Zoe Duby, Miriam Hartmann, Elizabeth T. Montgomery, Christopher J. Colvin, Barbara Mensch, and Ariane van der Straten
Contribution of a large-scale HIV prevention program on condom use by long-distance truck drivers in India: A decomposition analysis, Damodar Sahu, Niranjan Saggurti, Ram Manohar Mishra, Deepika Ganju, Laxmikant Chavan, and Arvind Pandey
Developing an implementation science research agenda to improve the treatment and care outcomes among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, Julie Denison, Audrey Pettifor, Lynne Mofenson, and Deanna Kerrigan
Does mass-media public communication campaign normalize discussion, attitude and behavior about condom use among married men in India?, Dipak Suryawanshi, Sangram Kishor Patel, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, and Shalini Bharat
Does shifting gender norms on the community level lead to increased HIV services uptake?, Project SOAR
Editorial—Lessons learned and study results from HIVCore: An HIV implementation science initiative, Naomi Rutenberg, Waimar Tun, and Nagesh N. Borse
Estimating the costs of providing voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa, Project SOAR
Experiences in implementation and publication of operations research interventions: Gaps and a way forward, Sam Kalibala, Godfrey Woelk, Stephen S. Gloyd, Nrupa Jani, Lynnette Kay, Avina Sarna, Jerry Okal, Charity Ndwiga, Nicole Haberland, and Irit Sinai