Edward Jere
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17 Papers
6 Citations
Edward Jere is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Referral. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
Recruiting male partners for couple HIV testing and counselling in Malawi's option B+ programme: an unblinded randomised controlled trial
Nora E. Rosenberg,Tiwonge Mtande,Friday Saidi,Christopher C. Stanley,Edward Jere,Lusubiro Paile,Kondwani Kumwenda,Innocent Mofolo,Wingston Ng’ambi,William C. Miller,Irving F. Hoffman,Mina C. Hosseinipour +11 more
TL;DR: An invitation plus tracing strategy was highly effective at increasing CHTC uptake and could have many substantial benefits if brought to scale.
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Effectiveness of an intervention to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men with sexually transmitted infections in Malawi: a preinterventional and postinterventional study
Mitch Matoga,Evarista Kudowa,Beatrice Ndalama,Naomi Bonongwe,Esther Mathiya,Edward Jere,B. Kamtambe,Maganizo Chagomerana,Charles S Chasela,Sara Jewett,Mina C Hosseinipour +10 more
TL;DR: A multistrategy intervention increased voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) uptake by 100% among men with sexually transmitted infections in Malawi, with significant improvements in time to VMMC and predictors of uptake, particularly among men with genital warts.
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A randomized controlled trial evaluating combination detection of HIV in Malawian sexually transmitted infections clinics
Jane S Chen,Mitch Matoga,Brian W. Pence,Kimberly A. Powers,Courtney N Maierhofer,Edward Jere,Cecilia Massa,Shiraz Khan,Sarah E. Rutstein,Sam Phiri,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Myron S. Cohen,Irving F. Hoffman,William C. Miller,William C. Miller,Kathryn E. Lancaster +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate an intervention combining acute HIV infection screening, contract partner notification and social contact referral versus the Malawian standard of care: serial rapid serological HIV tests and passive partner referral.
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Effects of Urethritis on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Semen: Implications for HIV Prevention and Cure.
Jane S Chen,Mitch Matoga,Cecilia Massa,Gerald Tegha,Beatrice Ndalama,Naomi Bonongwe,Esther Mathiya,Edward Jere,Gabriel Banda,Amy James Loftis,Kathryn E. Lancaster,William C. Miller,William C. Miller,Irving F. Hoffman,Myron S. Cohen +14 more
TL;DR: The male genital tract is highlighted as a local source of HIV that can be reversibly activated in men with urethritis receiving ART and implications for the cure of HIV are highlighted.
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Estimating syphilis seroprevalence among patients in a sexually transmitted infections clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Jane S Chen,Mitch Matoga,Shiraz Khan,Edward Jere,Cecilia Massa,Beatrice Ndalama,Arlene C. Seña,Kathryn E. Lancaster,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Myron S. Cohen,William C. Miller,William C. Miller,Irving F. Hoffman +12 more
TL;DR: Seroprevalence of rapid serology tests for syphilis screening at a Malawian sexually transmitted infections clinic was 9% and was highest among patients with genital ulcers and newly diagnosed HIV infection.
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