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Sylvia Kaaya
Researcher at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Publications - 122
Citations - 6576
Sylvia Kaaya is an academic researcher from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 108 publications receiving 5824 citations. Previous affiliations of Sylvia Kaaya include University of Manchester & College of Health Sciences, Bahrain.
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Grand challenges in global mental health
Pamela Y. Collins,Vikram Patel,Vikram Patel,Sarah S. Joestl,Dana March,Dana March,Thomas R. Insel,Abdallah S. Daar,Abdallah S. Daar,Isabel Altenfelder Santos Bordin,E. Jane Costello,Maureen S. Durkin,Christopher G. Fairburn,Roger I. Glass,Wayne Hall,Yueqin Huang,Steven E. Hyman,Kay Redfield Jamison,Sylvia Kaaya,Shitij Kapur,Arthur Kleinman,Adesola Ogunniyi,Angel Otero-Ojeda,Mu-ming Poo,Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath,Barbara J. Sahakian,Shekhar Saxena,Peter Singer,Dan J. Stein,Warwick P Anderson,Muhammad A. Dhansay,Wendy Ewart,Anthony G. Phillips,Susan B. Shurin,Mark Walport +34 more
TL;DR: A consortium of researchers, advocates and clinicians announces here research priorities for improving the lives of people with mental illness around the world, and calls for urgent action and investment.
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Explaining Adherence Success in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Ethnographic Study
Norma C. Ware,John Idoko,Sylvia Kaaya,Irene Andia Biraro,Monique A. Wyatt,Oche Agbaji,Guerino Chalamilla,David R. Bangsberg +7 more
TL;DR: An explanation and theoretical model of ART adherence success in sub-Saharan Africa can be explained as a means of fulfilling social responsibilities and thus preserving social capital in essential relationships.
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Predictors of HIV-1 serostatus disclosure: a prospective study among HIV-infected pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Gretchen Antelman,Mary C. Smith Fawzi,Sylvia Kaaya,Jessie Mbwambo,Gernard I. Msamanga,David J. Hunter,Wafaie W. Fawzi +6 more
TL;DR: A substantial proportion of HIV-infected pregnant women never disclosed their result to a partner or a close female relative, suggesting lack of disclosure may have limited their ability to engage in preventive behaviors or to obtain the necessary emotional support for coping with their serostatus or illness.
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Depressive symptoms increase risk of HIV disease progression and mortality among women in Tanzania.
Gretchen Antelman,Sylvia Kaaya,Ruilan Wei,Jessie Mbwambo,Gernard I. Msamanga,Wafaie W. Fawzi,Mary C. Smith Fawzi +6 more
TL;DR: Depression is common among HIV-infected Tanzanian women and increases the risk of disease progression, and Screening for depression and providing psychosocial interventions should be considered part of comprehensive HIV care.
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Validity of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist‐25 amongst HIV‐positive pregnant women in Tanzania
TL;DR: The Hopkins Symptom Checklist‐25 (HSCL‐25) for use as a depression screen amongst human immuno‐deficiency virus (HIV) positive pregnant women is validated.