Published in Lancet on May 18, 2013
Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet (2014) 11.19
Reflections on the global burden of disease 2010 estimates. PLoS Med (2013) 2.00
A systematic review of individual and contextual factors affecting ART initiation, adherence, and retention for HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women. PLoS One (2014) 1.44
Trends in marriage and time spent single in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative analysis of six population-based cohort studies and nine Demographic and Health Surveys. Sex Transm Infect (2009) 1.41
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with mefloquine in HIV-infected women receiving cotrimoxazole prophylaxis: a multicenter randomized placebo-controlled trial. PLoS Med (2014) 1.27
A systematic review of health system barriers and enablers for antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women. PLoS One (2014) 1.21
Comparative assessment of the quality of age-at-event reporting in three HIV cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa. Sex Transm Infect (2009) 1.16
Reported number of sexual partners: comparison of data from four African longitudinal studies. Sex Transm Infect (2009) 1.13
Maternal mortality in Malawi, 1977-2012. BMJ Open (2013) 1.04
HIV-infected women on antiretroviral treatment have increased mortality during pregnant and postpartum periods. AIDS (2013) 1.02
HIV/AIDS-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites. Glob Health Action (2014) 1.01
The impacts of maternal mortality and cause of death on children's risk of dying in rural South Africa: evidence from a population based surveillance study (1992-2013). Reprod Health (2015) 0.99
HIV-positive status disclosure and use of essential PMTCT and maternal health services in rural Kenya. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2014) 0.98
Pregnancy-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites. Glob Health Action (2014) 0.97
Towards comprehensive women's healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa: addressing intersections between HIV, reproductive and maternal health. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2014) 0.94
A lifecycle approach to HIV prevention in African women and children. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep (2014) 0.92
Pregnancy intent among a sample of recently diagnosed HIV-positive women and men practicing unprotected sex in Cape Town, South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2014) 0.91
Maternal deaths and HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet (2013) 0.90
Building Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes of Clinical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. PLoS Med (2016) 0.89
Using HIV-attributable mortality to assess the impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult mortality in rural Tanzania. Glob Health Action (2014) 0.88
Eliminating preventable HIV-related maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: what do we need to know? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2014) 0.87
Addressing gender inequalities to improve the sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing of women living with HIV. J Int AIDS Soc (2015) 0.87
Effects of cash transfers on Children's health and social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: differences in outcomes based on orphan status and household assets. BMC Public Health (2015) 0.86
Impact of point-of-care diagnostics on maternal outcomes in HIV-infected women: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open (2016) 0.83
Economic evaluation of an alternative drug to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy. PLoS One (2015) 0.83
HIV and maternal mortality. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2014) 0.80
Incidence of pregnancy after antiretroviral therapy initiation and associated factors in 8 West African countries. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2014) 0.78
Fertility desires, unmet need for family planning, and unwanted pregnancies among HIV-infected women in care in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Pan Afr Med J (2015) 0.78
The triple threat of pregnancy, HIV infection and malaria: reported causes of maternal mortality in two nationwide health facility assessments in Mozambique, 2007 and 2012. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2015) 0.77
Development, coinfection, and the syndemics of pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Infect Dis Poverty (2013) 0.77
Maelstrom Research guidelines for rigorous retrospective data harmonization. Int J Epidemiol (2016) 0.76
An Approach to Developing a Prediction Model of Fertility Intent Among HIV-Positive Women and Men in Cape Town, South Africa: A Case Study. AIDS Behav (2016) 0.75
Under-five mortality and maternal HIV status in Tanzania: analysis of trends between 2003 and 2012 using AIDS Indicator Survey data. Glob Health Action (2016) 0.75
Contraceptive use among HIV-infected women and men receiving antiretroviral therapy in Lusaka, Zambia: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.75
Maternal and neonatal outcomes among women with HIV infection and their infants in Malawi. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2017) 0.75
High Proportion of Deaths Attributable to HIV Among Postpartum Women in Botswana Despite Widespread Uptake of Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2017) 0.75
Sexual and reproductive health and human rights of women living with HIV. J Int AIDS Soc (2015) 0.75
Uptake of services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a community cohort in rural Tanzania from 2005 to 2012. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Global Reduction in HIV-related Maternal Mortality: ART as a Key Strategy. Int J MCH AIDS (2015) 0.75
Are women with complications of an incomplete abortion more likely to be HIV infected than women without complications? BMC Womens Health (2015) 0.75
The association between HIV (treatment), pregnancy serum lipid concentrations and pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Infect Dis (2017) 0.75
Emtonjeni-A Structural Intervention to Integrate Sexual and Reproductive Health into Public Sector HIV Care in Cape Town, South Africa: Results of a Phase II Study. AIDS Behav (2016) 0.75
WHO analysis of causes of maternal death: a systematic review. Lancet (2006) 20.24
Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis. Lancet (2011) 14.16
Verbal autopsy: current practices and challenges. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 6.66
Continued very high prevalence of HIV infection in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based longitudinal study. AIDS (2007) 5.54
Setting international standards for verbal autopsy. Bull World Health Organ (2007) 3.59
Trends and measurement of HIV prevalence in northern Malawi. AIDS (2003) 3.24
Trends in HIV and sexual behaviour in a longitudinal study in a rural population in Tanzania, 1994-2000. AIDS (2003) 2.67
Core verbal autopsy procedures with comparative validation results from two countries. PLoS Med (2006) 2.36
The population impact of HIV on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS (2004) 2.32
Seven-year trends in HIV-1 infection rates, and changes in sexual behaviour, among adults in rural Uganda. AIDS (2000) 2.22
Mortality associated with HIV infection in rural Rakai District, Uganda. AIDS (2000) 2.15
Effect of human immunodeficiency virus treatment on maternal mortality at a tertiary center in South Africa: a 5-year audit. Obstet Gynecol (2009) 2.15
Facility-based maternal death review in three districts in the central region of Malawi: an analysis of causes and characteristics of maternal deaths. Womens Health Issues (2008) 2.01
The contribution of HIV to pregnancy-related mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS (2013) 1.99
Translating global health research aims into action: the example of the ALPHA network. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 1.99
Spread of HIV infection in a rural area of Tanzania. AIDS (1999) 1.90
The empirical evidence for the impact of HIV on adult mortality in the developing world: data from serological studies. AIDS (2004) 1.89
Age-specific mortality patterns in HIV-infected individuals: a comparative analysis of African community study data. AIDS (2007) 1.87
HIV incidence in 3 years of follow-up of a Zimbabwe cohort--1998-2000 to 2001-03: contributions of proximate and underlying determinants to transmission. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 1.54
A rural HIV epidemic in Zimbabwe? Findings from a population-based survey. Int J STD AIDS (2001) 1.53
The effect of AIDS on maternal mortality in Malawi and Zimbabwe. AIDS (2002) 1.51
A study of maternal mortality at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: the emergence of tuberculosis as a major non-obstetric cause of maternal death. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis (1999) 1.43
HIV and the magnitude of pregnancy-related mortality in Pointe Noire, Congo. AIDS (2005) 1.37
Incidence of HIV-1 infection in adults and socio-demographic characteristics of seroconverters in a rural population in Uganda: 1990-1994. Int J Epidemiol (1996) 1.33
Adolescents, sexual behaviour and HIV-1 in rural Rakai district, Uganda. AIDS (1997) 1.30
Understanding methods for estimating HIV-associated maternal mortality. J Pregnancy (2011) 1.10
Adjusting HIV prevalence for survey non-response using mortality rates: an application of the method using surveillance data from Rural South Africa. PLoS One (2010) 1.04
Evidence for a 'healthy pregnant woman effect' in Niakhar, Senegal? Int J Epidemiol (2001) 1.00
Anonymous HIV testing with participant-controlled access to results using handheld computers: a new model of HIV testing used in a household survey in rural South Africa. Sex Transm Dis (2008) 0.93
Maternal mortality audit in a hospital in Northern Namibia: the impact of HIV/AIDS. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2006) 0.88
Countdown to 2015 decade report (2000-10): taking stock of maternal, newborn, and child survival. Lancet (2010) 12.15
Health information systems: the foundations of public health. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 10.84
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life: an intervention cohort study. Lancet (2007) 9.92
The genome of the kinetoplastid parasite, Leishmania major. Science (2005) 8.64
High coverage of ART associated with decline in risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Science (2013) 8.24
The genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease. Science (2005) 7.61
Cohort Profile: Africa Centre Demographic Information System (ACDIS) and population-based HIV survey. Int J Epidemiol (2007) 6.81
Late postnatal transmission of HIV-1 in breast-fed children: an individual patient data meta-analysis. J Infect Dis (2004) 5.93
Effect of concurrent sexual partnerships on rate of new HIV infections in a high-prevalence, rural South African population: a cohort study. Lancet (2011) 5.58
Continued very high prevalence of HIV infection in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based longitudinal study. AIDS (2007) 5.54
Equity in maternal, newborn, and child health interventions in Countdown to 2015: a retrospective review of survey data from 54 countries. Lancet (2012) 5.31
Single-dose azithromycin versus penicillin G benzathine for the treatment of early syphilis. N Engl J Med (2005) 5.05
Increases in adult life expectancy in rural South Africa: valuing the scale-up of HIV treatment. Science (2013) 5.01
Maternal health in poor countries: the broader context and a call for action. Lancet (2006) 4.72
The INDEPTH Network: filling vital gaps in global epidemiology. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 4.64
Cause-specific mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa and Bangladesh. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 4.12
High HIV incidence in a community with high HIV prevalence in rural South Africa: findings from a prospective population-based study. AIDS (2008) 4.05
Child survival gains in Tanzania: analysis of data from demographic and health surveys. Lancet (2008) 4.03
Verbal autopsy: methods in transition. Epidemiol Rev (2010) 3.99
Adult mortality and antiretroviral treatment roll-out in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 3.77
Cohort profile: Hlabisa HIV treatment and care programme. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 3.72
Global and regional causes of death. Br Med Bull (2009) 3.71
Prevalence of resistance to nevirapine in mothers and children after single-dose exposure to prevent vertical transmission of HIV-1: a meta-analysis. Int J Epidemiol (2007) 3.69
Huge poor-rich inequalities in maternity care: an international comparative study of maternity and child care in developing countries. Bull World Health Organ (2007) 3.67
Interventions to increase antiretroviral adherence in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of evaluation studies. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 3.63
The effects of male circumcision on female partners' genital tract symptoms and vaginal infections in a randomized trial in Rakai, Uganda. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2008) 3.60
Setting international standards for verbal autopsy. Bull World Health Organ (2007) 3.59
Modelling and understanding primary health care accessibility and utilization in rural South Africa: an exploration using a geographical information system. Soc Sci Med (2006) 3.55
Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial. AIDS (2007) 3.51
Assessing a new approach to verbal autopsy interpretation in a rural Ethiopian community: the InterVA model. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 3.47
Domestic violence in rural Uganda: evidence from a community-based study. Bull World Health Organ (2003) 3.45
Localized spatial clustering of HIV infections in a widely disseminated rural South African epidemic. Int J Epidemiol (2009) 3.42
Equity in use of home-based or facility-based skilled obstetric care in rural Bangladesh: an observational study. Lancet (2006) 3.42
Limitations of rapid HIV-1 tests during screening for trials in Uganda: diagnostic test accuracy study. BMJ (2007) 3.41
Regression discontinuity designs in epidemiology: causal inference without randomized trials. Epidemiology (2014) 3.39
Age differences in sexual partners and risk of HIV-1 infection in rural Uganda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2003) 3.11
The socioeconomic determinants of HIV incidence: evidence from a longitudinal, population-based study in rural South Africa. AIDS (2007) 3.02
Surveillance of mother-to-child transmission prevention programmes at immunization clinics: the case for universal screening. AIDS (2007) 3.01
HIV prevalence and incidence are no longer falling in southwest Uganda: evidence from a rural population cohort 1989-2005. AIDS (2008) 3.01
Infant feeding, HIV transmission and mortality at 18 months: the need for appropriate choices by mothers and prioritization within programmes. AIDS (2008) 2.96
Retention in HIV care for individuals not yet eligible for antiretroviral therapy: rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2011) 2.96
Ageing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration. Glob Health Action (2010) 2.94
Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection increases HIV incidence: a prospective study in rural Tanzania. AIDS (2002) 2.93
Two-dose intrapartum/newborn nevirapine and standard antiretroviral therapy to reduce perinatal HIV transmission: a randomized trial. JAMA (2002) 2.91
Updates to the Spectrum/Estimation and Projection Package (EPP) model to estimate HIV trends for adults and children. Sex Transm Infect (2012) 2.88
How changes in coverage affect equity in maternal and child health interventions in 35 Countdown to 2015 countries: an analysis of national surveys. Lancet (2012) 2.88
Immunodeficiency at the start of combination antiretroviral therapy in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2014) 2.79
National, regional, and global trends in infertility prevalence since 1990: a systematic analysis of 277 health surveys. PLoS Med (2012) 2.78
Scale-up of a decentralized HIV treatment programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: does rapid expansion affect patient outcomes? Bull World Health Organ (2010) 2.72
Human immunodeficiency virus acquisition associated with genital ulcer disease and herpes simplex virus type 2 infection: a nested case-control study in Rakai, Uganda. J Infect Dis (2003) 2.72
Revising the WHO verbal autopsy instrument to facilitate routine cause-of-death monitoring. Glob Health Action (2013) 2.69
Institutional delivery in rural India: the relative importance of accessibility and economic status. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2010) 2.69
Trends in HIV and sexual behaviour in a longitudinal study in a rural population in Tanzania, 1994-2000. AIDS (2003) 2.67
Mortality in HIV-infected and uninfected children of HIV-infected and uninfected mothers in rural Uganda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2006) 2.66
China's facility-based birth strategy and neonatal mortality: a population-based epidemiological study. Lancet (2011) 2.64
Stochastic simulation of the impact of antiretroviral therapy and HIV vaccines on HIV transmission; Rakai, Uganda. AIDS (2003) 2.60
Determinants of reduction in maternal mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: a 30-year cohort study. Lancet (2007) 2.53
Duration from seroconversion to eligibility for antiretroviral therapy and from ART eligibility to death in adult HIV-infected patients from low and middle-income countries: collaborative analysis of prospective studies. Sex Transm Infect (2008) 2.49
Maternity wards or emergency obstetric rooms? Incidence of near-miss events in African hospitals. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2005) 2.48
Revealing the burden of maternal mortality: a probabilistic model for determining pregnancy-related causes of death from verbal autopsies. Popul Health Metr (2007) 2.43
Estimating incidence from prevalence in generalised HIV epidemics: methods and validation. PLoS Med (2008) 2.42
Net survival of perinatally and postnatally HIV-infected children: a pooled analysis of individual data from sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Epidemiol (2011) 2.41
Population based prevalence of high blood pressure among adults in Addis Ababa: uncovering a silent epidemic. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2009) 2.37
HIV incidence in rural South Africa: comparison of estimates from longitudinal surveillance and cross-sectional cBED assay testing. PLoS One (2008) 2.35
Accessibility and utilisation of delivery care within a Skilled Care Initiative in rural Burkina Faso. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 2.35
The population impact of HIV on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS (2004) 2.32
The impact of adult mortality on household dissolution and migration in rural South Africa. AIDS (2004) 2.25
The effects of high HIV prevalence on orphanhood and living arrangements of children in Malawi, Tanzania, and South Africa. Popul Stud (Camb) (2007) 2.24
Data cleaning: detecting, diagnosing, and editing data abnormalities. PLoS Med (2005) 2.21
Uptake of HIV voluntary counselling and testing services in rural Tanzania: implications for effective HIV prevention and equitable access to treatment. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 2.20
Monitoring the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy programmes: methods to estimate coverage. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 2.20
Applying verbal autopsy to determine cause of death in rural Vietnam. Scand J Public Health Suppl (2003) 2.18
Deploying artemether-lumefantrine with rapid testing in Ethiopian communities: impact on malaria morbidity, mortality and healthcare resources. Trop Med Int Health (2009) 2.17
Coerced first intercourse and reproductive health among adolescent women in Rakai, Uganda. Int Fam Plan Perspect (2004) 2.10
Increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in HIV-infected women treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy in Europe. AIDS (2004) 2.10
Lack of a decline in HIV incidence in a rural community with high HIV prevalence in South Africa, 2003-2007. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2009) 2.09
Women's groups' perceptions of maternal health issues in rural Malawi. Lancet (2006) 2.09
Updates to the spectrum model to estimate key HIV indicators for adults and children. AIDS (2014) 2.09
Public and global engagement with global health. Lancet (2013) 2.04
HIV and mortality of mothers and children: evidence from cohort studies in Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi. Epidemiology (2005) 2.04
Microbial translocation, the innate cytokine response, and HIV-1 disease progression in Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 2.03
Foreskin surface area and HIV acquisition in Rakai, Uganda (size matters). AIDS (2009) 2.01
Coercive sex in rural Uganda: prevalence and associated risk factors. Soc Sci Med (2004) 2.00
Previously transmitted HIV-1 strains are preferentially selected during subsequent sexual transmissions. J Infect Dis (2012) 2.00
The contribution of HIV to pregnancy-related mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS (2013) 1.99