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PRO2000 vaginal gel for prevention of HIV-1 infection (Microbicides Development Programme 301): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group trial

Sheena Mary McCormack, Gita Ramjee, +18 authors Jonathan Weber
The Lancet
2010

BACKGROUND Innovative prevention strategies for HIV-1 transmission are urgently needed. PRO2000 vaginal gel was efficacious against HIV-1 transmission in studies in macaques; we aimed to assess… (More)

Paul Wenzel Geissler, Robert Pool
Tropical medicine & international health : TM…
2006

Popular concerns about blood-stealing, trade in body parts, surreptitious birth control and the deliberate spreading of disease are common across sub-Saharan Africa, and there are indications that… (More)

Factors Affecting Antenatal Care Attendance: Results from Qualitative Studies in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi

Christopher Pell, Arantza Meñaca, +9 authors Robert Pool
PloS one
2013

BACKGROUND Antenatal care (ANC) is a key strategy to improve maternal and infant health. However, survey data from sub-Saharan Africa indicate that women often only initiate ANC after the first… (More)

Seven-year trends in HIV-1 infection rates, and changes in sexual behaviour, among adults in rural Uganda

Anatoli Kamali, Lucy M. Carpenter, James A G Whitworth, Robert Pool, Anthony Ruberantwari, Amato Ojwiya
AIDS
2000

OBJECTIVE To assess trends in HIV-1 infection rates and changes in sexual behaviour over 7 years in rural Uganda. METHODS An adult cohort followed through eight medical-serological annual surveys… (More)

Attitudes to voluntary counselling and testing for HIV among pregnant women in rural south-west Uganda.

Robert Pool, Susan Nyanzi, James A G Whitworth
AIDS care
2001

UNLABELLED This paper describes the results of a study exploring the attitudes of women attending maternity clinics to voluntary counselling and testing during pregnancy in rural areas in south-west… (More)

Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Uptake of Interventions for Malaria in Pregnancy in Africa: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Research

Christopher Pell, Lianne Straus, Erin V. W. Andrew, Arantza Meñaca, Robert Pool
PloS one
2011

BACKGROUND Malaria during pregnancy (MiP) results in adverse birth outcomes and poor maternal health. MiP-related morbidity and mortality is most pronounced in sub-Saharan Africa, where recommended… (More)

Re-framing microbicide acceptability: findings from the MDP301 trial.

Catherine Montgomery, Mitzy Gafos, +5 authors Robert Pool
Culture, health & sexuality
2010

Microbicides are most usually conceptualised within a disease prevention framework and studies usually define acceptability in terms of product characteristics, willingness to use and risk reduction.… (More)

Evaluation of a comprehensive school-based AIDS education programme in rural Masaka, Uganda.

John Kinsman, Jessica S Nakiyingi, +4 authors James A G Whitworth
Health education research
2001

A 19 activity extracurricular school-based AIDS education programme lasting 1 year was conducted in rural southwestern Uganda using specially trained teachers, and was evaluated using mutually… (More)

Female control of sexuality: illusion or reality? Use of vaginal products in south west Uganda.

Gill Green, Robert Pool, +4 authors James A G Whitworth
Social science & medicine
2001

This paper reports on a trial of vaginal products that were distributed and used by 131 women and 21 men in south west Uganda. It focuses specifically upon the issue of female control in heterosexual… (More)

Community response to intermittent preventive treatment delivered to infants (IPTi) through the EPI system in Manhiça, Mozambique.

Robert Pool, Khátia Munguambe, +4 authors Clara Menéndez
Tropical medicine & international health : TM…
2006

OBJECTIVE To describe attitudes to the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) and intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi), and perceptions of the relationship between them. In… (More)

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