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| D WilkinsonSummaryAffiliation: Medical Research Council Country: South Africa Publications
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Effect of preventive treatment for tuberculosis in adults infected with HIV: systematic review of randomised placebo controlled trialsD Wilkinson
Centre for Epidemiological Research in Southern Africa, Medical Research Council, PO Box 187, Mtubatuba 3935, South Africa
BMJ 317:625-9. 1998..To determine whether preventive treatment for tuberculosis in adults infected with HIV reduces the frequency of tuberculosis and overall mortality...
Increasing frequency of tuberculosis among staff in a South African district hospital: impact of the HIV epidemic on the supply side of health careD Wilkinson
Centre for Epidemiological Research in Southern Africa, Medical Research Council, Mtubatuba, South Africa
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 92:500-2. 1998..Tuberculosis has increased amongst hospital staff, secondary to the impact of HIV. The HIV epidemic is having a substantial impact on the health of hospital staff and interventions to counter this are urgently needed...- HIV infection among patients with sexually transmitted diseases in rural South AfricaD Wilkinson
Centre for Epidemiological Research in Southern Africa, Medical Research Council, Hlabisa, South Africa
Int J STD AIDS 9:736-9. 1998..Repeat STDs are frequent and opportunities exist to improve treatment seeking behaviour, to reduce the risk of recurrent STDs, and hence to reduce the incidence of HIV infection... - Should we take a history of prior treatment, and check sputum status at 2-3 months when treating patients for tuberculosis?D Wilkinson
Centre for Epidemiological Research in Southern Africa, Medical Research Council
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2:52-5. 1998..Pinetown, South Africa (1975-1983)... - High HIV incidence and prevalence among young women in rural South Africa: developing a cohort for intervention trialsD Wilkinson
Centre for Epidemiological Research in South Africa, Medical Research Council, Hlabisa
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 23:405-9. 2000..To measure prevalence and model incidence of HIV infection... - Trial-of-antibiotic algorithm for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in a district hospital in a developing country with high HIV prevalenceD Wilkinson
Centre for Epidemiological Research in Southern Africa, Medical Research Council, Hlabisa, South Africa
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 4:513-8. 2000..To evaluate a diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary tuberculosis based on smear microscopy and objective response to trial of antibiotics... - Unrecognized sexually transmitted infections in rural South African women: a hidden epidemicD Wilkinson
Centre for Epidemiological Research in South Africa, Medical Research Council, Mtubatuba, South Africa
Bull World Health Organ 77:22-8. 1999..Improved case management alone is therefore unlikely to have a major public health impact. Improving partner treatment and women's awareness of symptoms is essential, while the potential of mass STI treatment needs to be explored... - Syndrome packets and health worker training improve sexually transmitted disease case management in rural South Africa: randomized controlled trialA Harrison
South African Medical Research Council Division of HIV Prevention and Vaccine Research 1, Mtubatuba
AIDS 14:2769-79. 2000.... - Contribution of traditional healers to a rural tuberculosis control programme in Hlabisa, South AfricaM Colvin
Medical Research Council, HIV Prevention Research, Overport, South Africa
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 7:S86-91. 2003..The rural health district of Hlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa... - Impact of on-site testing for maternal syphilis on treatment delays, treatment rates, and perinatal mortality in rural South Africa: a randomised controlled trialL Myer
School of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Cape Town, and HIV Prevention and Vaccine Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa
Sex Transm Infect 79:208-13. 2003..However on-site testing for syphilis may remain an important option for improving antenatal care in settings where laboratory facilities are not available... - Noncommunicable disease management in resource-poor settings: a primary care model from rural South AfricaR Coleman
Hlabisa Hospital, South Africa
Bull World Health Organ 76:633-40. 1998..The use of simple protocols and treatment strategies that were responsive to the local situation enabled the majority of patients to receive convenient and appropriate management of their NCD at their local primary care facility... - Contemporary management issues for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health ServicesJ Taylor
South Australian Centre for Rural and Remote Health, Adelaide University and University of South Australia
Aust Health Rev 24:125-32. 2001.... - Acceptability of the female condom in different groups of women in South Africa--a multicentred study to inform the national female condom introductory strategyM E Beksinska
Reproductive Health Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
S Afr Med J 91:672-8. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: Overcoming partner opposition is an important issue to address when introducing the method. The study was used to address the national introductory strategy of the female condom, which began in 1998... - A multi-sectorial committee in directing HIV/AIDS-specific interventions in the occupational setting: an example from South AfricaC N Morris
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
AIDS Patient Care STDS 15:153-8. 2001..We describe the implementation and feasibility of a multisectoral committee in directing HIV/AIDS initiatives in the occupational setting in rural South Africa... 
An effective system of nurse-led diabetes care in rural AfricaG V Gill
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
Diabet Med 25:606-11. 2008..We aimed to set up and evaluate a nurse-led protocol and education-based system in rural Kwazulu Natal in South Africa...