Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER)

Access to HIV treatment during community-wide flooding: Experiences of people living with HIV and health care workers in Malawi, a mixed methods study Community-wide flooding in high HIV-burdened districts affects continuity of HIV care, especially in resource-limited countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We explored the lived experiences of antiretrovir...

New publication in PLOS Global Public Health: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

New publication in BMJ Open: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/1...

New Publication in Pediatrics: Epidemiology of Pediatric Tuberculosis in the Western Cape: A Population-Based Study (2017–2023) publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

New publication in JIAS:
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Where the Cow Breathes - Antimicrobial Resistance in Rural South Africa YouTube video by Eh!woza

Here's an Ehwoza short film on some work CIDER has been involved in in Eastern Cape. The project explores how antibiotics are used and how resistance develops across people, animals, and the environment in rural communities.
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New paper in AIDS: Infectious-cause hospitalisation in a province-wide cohort of children with antenatal HIV exposure compared to children without HIV exposure.

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Evaluation of economic strengthening in South Africa and its impact on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage births: A modelling study Using a modelling framework, Leigh Johnson and colleagues predict limited effects of economic strengthening interventions that aim to reduce HIV, sexually transmitted infections and teenage births in ...

New paper in PLOS Medicine: Evaluation of economic strengthening in South Africa and its impact on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage births: A modelling study dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Impact of HIV and hospitalization on the incidence of subsequent rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis after initiation of first-line tuberculosis treatment: a retrospective cohort study in South Africa This study suggests that PLHIV may have an increased risk of both acquiring rifampicin-resistance during TB treatment and re- or super-infection with already resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strai...

New paper: Impact of HIV and hospitalization on the incidence of subsequent rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis after initiation of first-line tuberculosis treatment: a retrospective cohort study in South Africa www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

Congrats to CIDER's Jonathan Euvrard on his senior authorship of this new paper, providing much-needed data on Advanced HIV disease:

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In South Africa’s Rural Eastern Cape, a Tiny Lab Tackles a Global Health Crisis - The Trinity Challenge

Exciting work from CIDER in South Africa’s Eastern Cape!

We’re proud to be part of an innovative project using a tiny rural lab to tackle a global health crisis

Read the full story here:

CIDER's Emma Kalk will be speaking at this upcoming event: sciencesummitnyc.org/science-summ...

24 Hours to Save AIDS Research is an all-day, online marathon that will include >70 speakers from around the world, enabling people from all time zones to access the programming in real time. Join us! Register bit.ly/45U1keO and join us on YouTube bit.ly/45Qftts. #HIV #saveAIDSresearch #HIVresearch

<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library Introduction People with HIV (PWH) have a high burden of mental health disorders, which contribute to increased mortality due to elevated rates of physical illness, suicide or fatal accidents. Addit...

New paper: Life-years lost associated with mental disorders in people with HIV: a cohort study in South Africa, Canada and the United States.

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New paper from Morna Cornell: Men's health policies: long overdue

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Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes An abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF only.

New paper from Haroon Moolla: Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral therapy interruptions: a focused review
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Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes An abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF only.

New paper from Haroon Moolla: Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral therapy interruptions: a focused review.
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New paper from Amohelang Lehloa: Comorbidities in pregnant South African women living with HIV and associations with adverse birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study.
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🤱Over 200,000 pregnant women and their infants suffer from TB each year.

📣 Our Maternal and Child TB Working Group led the call for research to #endTB in pregnant and lactating women.

They played a vital role in the @who.int call to action and consensus statement: theunion.org/news/union-m...

Ncumisa Msolo, MSc student with CIDER, presenting her poster on breastfeeding and mental health at the Southern African HIV Clinician's Society Conference on Friday

New paper: Diarrhoeal admissions among children aged <5 years in public sector facilities in Western Cape Province, South Africa, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019 - 2021) samajournals.co.za/index.php/sa...

Well done to Meg Osler who recently gave input into this WHO technical brief: Promoting sustainable data quality management to
enhance HIV programmes.
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Meet the Speakers for the upcoming International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects meeting. Deadline to register is 31 August: confco.eventsair.com/icbdsr-2025-...

Kim Anderson presented an oral at the Pediatrics and HIV workshop in Kigali: #18 Infectious morbidity among children HIV-exposed uninfected in South Africa: Elevated risk in infancy but not thereafter
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Kim Anderson presented her research in Kigali at #IAS2025 and at the Pediatrics and HIV workshop: Viral load monitoring during pregnancy and postpartum in the Western Cape province, South Africa, 2018-2021

Shani de Beer's research was featured in a poster walk at the Peds Workshop: Abstract #26 Association between maternal antenatal HIV service engagement and well-child visit utilisation in the Western Cape, South Africa ve-ame.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Abstract_boo...

Identifying priority populations for HIV interventions using acquisition and transmission indicators: a combined analysis of 15 mathematical models from 10 African countries Background Characterising disparities in HIV infection across populations by gender, age, and HIV risk is key information to guide intervention priorities. We compared 9 models representing 15 differe...

New pre-print: Identifying priority populations for HIV interventions using acquisition and transmission indicators: a combined analysis of 15 mathematical models from 10 African countries
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New paper: Age-specific all-cause mortality rates among adolescents and youth living with and without HIV: Evidence from a cohort study in South Africa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/NP8JDG...

The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis care and infection control measures in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) clinics in low- and middle-income countries: a multiregional site sur... Background The COVID-19 pandemic challenged healthcare systems, particularly in settings with high infectious disease burden. We examined the postpandemic long-term impacts of COVID-19 on tuberculosis...

New publication: The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis care and infection control measures in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) clinics in low- and middle-income countries: a multiregional site survey in Asia and Africa gh.bmj.com/content/10/3...

<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library Introduction Mortality among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) remains a global health problem. We lack granular (age- and sex-disaggregated) data on mortality among ALHIV, hence, this study aims ...

New publication: Age-specific all-cause mortality rates among adolescents and youth living with and without HIV: Evidence from a cohort study in South Africa doi.org/10.1002/jia2...

51st Annual Meeting of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects in South Africa from November 2-5, 2025.
This year’s theme: "Data that Counts: Transforming Lives Through Birth Defects Surveillance"

Abstract Submissions: icbdsr2025.co.za/call-for-abs...
Deadline extended to July 18, 2025.