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Nicola Desmond
Researcher at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Publications - 97
Citations - 2242
Nicola Desmond is an academic researcher from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 80 publications receiving 1812 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicola Desmond include University of Glasgow & Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme.
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The uptake and accuracy of oral kits for HIV self-testing in high HIV prevalence setting: a cross-sectional feasibility study in Blantyre, Malawi.
Augustine T. Choko,Nicola Desmond,Emily L. Webb,Kondwani Chavula,Sue Napierala-Mavedzenge,Charlotte A. Gaydos,Simon D Makombe,Treza Chunda,S. Bertel Squire,Neil French,Victor Mwapasa,Elizabeth L. Corbett +11 more
TL;DR: The uptake and acceptability of home-based supervised oral HIV self-testing in Malawi is assessed, demonstrating the feasibility of this approach in a high-prevalence, low-income environment.
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Uptake, accuracy, safety, and linkage into care over two years of promoting annual self-testing for HIV in Blantyre, Malawi : a community-based prospective study
Augustine T. Choko,Peter MacPherson,Emily L. Webb,Barbara Willey,Helena Feasy,Rodrick Sambakunsi,Aaron Mdolo,Simon D Makombe,Nicola Desmond,Richard J. Hayes,Hendramoorthy Maheswaran,Elizabeth L. Corbett +11 more
TL;DR: Community-based HIVST achieved high coverage in two successive years and was safe, accurate, and acceptable, suggesting proactive HIVST strategies, supported and monitored by communities, could substantially complement existing approaches to providing early HIV diagnosis and periodic repeat testing to adolescents and adults in high-HIV settings.
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Effect of optional home initiation of HIV care following HIV self-testing on antiretroviral therapy initiation among adults in Malawi: a randomized clinical trial.
Peter MacPherson,Peter MacPherson,David G. Lalloo,Emily L. Webb,Hendramoorthy Maheswaran,Hendramoorthy Maheswaran,Augustine T. Choko,Simon D Makombe,Anthony E. Butterworth,Joep J. van Oosterhout,Joep J. van Oosterhout,Nicola Desmond,Nicola Desmond,Deus Thindwa,Stephen Bertel Squire,Richard J. Hayes,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett +17 more
TL;DR: Among Malawian adults offered HIV self-testing, optional home initiation of care compared with standard HIV care resulted in a significant increase in the proportion of adults initiating ART.
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Transactional sex and HIV: understanding the gendered structural drivers of HIV in fishing communities in Southern Malawi.
Eleanor E MacPherson,Eleanor E MacPherson,John Sadalaki,Macdonald Njoloma,Victoria Nyongopa,Lawrence Nkhwazi,Victor Mwapasa,David G. Lalloo,Nicola Desmond,Nicola Desmond,Janet Seeley,Janet Seeley,Sally Theobald +12 more
TL;DR: In Southern Malawi, the fishing industry is highly gendered, with men carrying out the fishing and women processing, drying and selling the fish, where the power dynamics in these exchanges favour men and can make it more difficult for women to negotiate safe sex.
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A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania.
Nicola Desmond,C. Allen,Simon Clift,Butolwa Justine,Joseph Mzugu,Mary L. Plummer,Mary L. Plummer,Mary L. Plummer,Deborah Watson-Jones,Deborah Watson-Jones,David Ross,David Ross,David Ross +12 more
TL;DR: Qualitative research was conducted in a small town adjacent to a large-scale commercial gold mine in north-western Tanzania to identify populations at high risk of HIV and suggest suitable behavioural interventions by gaining an understanding of sexual behaviour patterns in the town.