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Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) is at the forefront of pioneering research endeavours dedicated to enhancing public health outcomes. Specialising in critical areas such as HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and maternal and child health, RHSP conducts cutting-edge studies that drive evidence-based interventions and inform policy decisions.

Inferring HIV-1 transmission networks and sources of epidemic spread in Africa with deep-sequence phylogenetic analysis.

Ratmann O, Grabowski MK, Hall M, Golubchik T, Wymant C, Abeler-Dorner L, Bonsall D, Hoppe A, Brown AL, de Oliveira T, Gall A, Kellam P, Pillay D, Kagaayi J, Kigozi G, Quinn TC, Wawer MJ, Laeyendecker ...

2019

Mar 29, 2019

Differential Impacts of HIV status on short-term fertility desires among couples in Rakai, Uganda.

Song X, Grilo SA, Mathur S, Lutalo T, Ssekubugu R, Nalugoda F, Santelli JS PLoS One. 2019;14(1):e0210935. Abstract Background: Fertility desires of female and male partners in current relationships ar...

2019

Jan 24, 2019

Short Communication: The Interaction of HIV Set Point Viral Load and Subtype on Disease Progression.

McPhee E, Grabowski MK, Gray RH, Ndyanabo A, Ssekasanvu J, Kigozi G, Makumbi F, Serwadda D, Quinn TC, Laeyendecker O. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2019;35(1):49-51. Abstract HIV-1 subtype and viral load...

2019

Jan 1, 2019

Population-level adult mortality following the expansion of antiretroviral therapy in Rakai, Uganda.

Nabukalu D, Reniers G, Risher KA, Blom S, Slaymaker E, Kabudula C, Zaba B, Nalugoda F, Kigozi G, Makumbi F,Serwadda D, Reynolds SJ, Marston M, Eaton JW, Gray R, Wawer M, Sewankambo N, Lutalo T. Popul ...

2019

Jan 1, 2019

Prevalence of protective tetanus antibodies and immunological response following tetanus toxoid vaccination among men seeking medical circumcision services in Uganda

Makumbi F, Byabagambi J, Muwanika R, Kigozi G, Gray R, Galukande M, Bagaya B, Ssebagala D, Karamagi E, Rahimzai M, Kaggwa M, Watya S, Mbonye AK, Aceng JR, Musinguzi J, Kiggundu V, Njeuhmeli E, Nanteza...

2018

Dec 1, 2018

Brief Report: Age Disparate Relationships and HIV Prevalence Among Never Married Women in Rakai, Uganda

Mwinnyaa G, Gray RH, Grabowski MK, Ssekasanvu J, Ndyanabo A, Ssekubugu R, Kagaayi J, Kigozi G, Nakigozi G, Serwadda DM, Laeyendecker O. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018;79(4):430-4. Abstract Backgrou...

2018

Dec 1, 2018

Results of Early Virologic Monitoring May Facilitate Differentiated Care Monitoring Strategies for Clients on ART, Rakai, Uganda

Ssempijja V, Chang LW, Nakigozi G, Ndyanabo A, Quinn TC, Cobelens F, Wawer M, Gray R, Serwadda D, Reynolds SJ Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018;5(10):ofy212. Abstract Background : Viral load (VL) monitoring...

2018

Oct 1, 2018

HIV Partner Notification Values and Preferences Among Sex Workers, Fishermen, and Mainland Community Members in Rakai, Uganda: A Qualitative Study

Quinn C, Nakyanjo N, Ddaaki W, Burke VM, Hutchinson N, Kagaayi J, Wawer MJ, Nalugoda F, Kennedy CE. AIDS Behav. 2018;22(10):340716 Abstract HIV partner notification involves contacting sexual partners...

2018

Oct 1, 2018

Couple perspectives on unintended pregnancy in an area with high HIV prevalence: A qualitative analysis in Rakai, Uganda

Grilo SA, Catallozzi M, Heck CJ, Mathur S, Nakyanjo N, Santelli JS. Glob Public Health. 2018;13(8):1114-25. Abstract Understanding how couples perceive a recent unintended pregnancy in the context of ...

2018

Aug 1, 2018

Sexual risk behaviors following circumcision among HIV-positive men in Rakai, Uganda.

Kankaka EN, Ssekasanvu J, Prodger J, Nabukalu D, Nakawooya H, Ndyanabo A, Kigozi G, Gray R. AIDS Care. 2018;30(8):990-6. Abstract Objective: To determine whether circumcision of HIV-positive men is as...

2018

Aug 1, 2018

Evolution of HIV1 within untreated individuals and at the population scale in Uganda

Raghwani J, Redd AD, Longosz AF, Wu CH, Serwadda D, Martens C, Kagaayi J, Sewankambo N, Porcella SF, Grabowski MK, Quinn TC, Eller MA, Eller LA, Wabwire- Mangen F, Robb ML, Fraser C, Lythgoe KA. PLoS ...

2018

Jul 27, 2018

“It is my business”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Covert Contraceptive Use among Women in Rakai, Uganda. Contraception

Heck CJ, Grilo SA, Song X, Lutalo T, Nakyanjo N, Santelli JS. 2018;98(1):41-6. Abstract Objectives: Covert contraceptive use (CCU) is the use of family planning without a partner's knowledge. This stu...

2018

Jul 1, 2018

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