Joseph Larmarange
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 749113 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Joseph Larmarange |
| NOMBRES | Joseph |
| APELLIDO | Larmarange |
| FIRMA | LARMARANGE J |
| AFILIACIONES | Inserm |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7097-700X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Syndromic and biological screening for sexually transmitted infections in female sex workers in Côte d’Ivoire
Background Female sex workers (FSWs) are at high risk of contracting STIs, in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa. The implementation of oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis provided an opportunity to draw attention to the sexual health needs of FSWs. Innovative strategies to screen for and reduce the burden of STIs is thus a priority. This study describes STI screening among FSWs enrolled in the PRINCESSE project in Côte d’Ivoire. Methods The PRINCESS…
The Effect of Sexual and Gender Minority Violence on Depression, Hazardous Drinking, Condom Use, and HIV Acquisition
Knowledge gaps in existing research exploring sexual fluidity and mental health among young adults
While there is a large body of evidence indicating that sexual minority youth experience inequitably high rates of mental health problems (eg, depression, suicidality), we know little about how temporal changes in sexual attractions, identities and behaviour may impact mental health (and other) outcomes. In this essay, we review existing research regarding sexual fluidity and mental health among young adults in order to identify critical knowledg…
Therapeutic mobility and breast cancer in France
While breast cancer is the most common cancer globally, not all women have access to quality care. Long considered a disease of high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are now facing a major public health issue regarding cancer. This is the case in sub-Saharan Africa, where access to quality breast cancer treatment is often lacking. This context leads some women to travel abroad, particularly to France, hoping to save their lives.…
Population-level viremia predicts HIV incidence at the community level across the Universal Testing and Treatment Trials in eastern and southern Africa
Universal HIV testing and treatment (UTT) strategies aim to optimize population-level benefits of antiretroviral treatment. Between 2012 and 2018, four large community randomized trials were conducted in eastern and southern Africa. While their results were broadly consistent showing decreased population-level viremia reduces HIV incidence, it remains unclear how much HIV incidence can be reduced by increasing suppression among people living with…
Orientation sexuelle et identité de genre
À l’inverse de quelques travaux pionniers en sciences humaines et sociales, la question de l’homosexualité masculine est restée inexistante dans les enquêtes quantitatives en Afrique subsaharienne jusqu’au début des années 2000, malgré les épidémies de VIH qui ravageaient le continent. C’est en 2005 qu’est publiée, pour la première fois, une étude quantitative bio-comportementale (Wade et al., 2005) sur une population d’hommes ayant des rapports …
Seriously accounting for local categories
In most African countries, a significant proportion of “men who have sex with men” (MSM) are divided according to a spectrum of sex-role stereotypes, with some identifying themselves as more feminine and others as more masculine. These gendered roles correspond to local categories and specific terms that are rarely considered by quantitative surveys. In a telephone-based survey conducted in 2018 and 2019 among 518 MSM in Côte d’Ivoire that includ…
Costs and economies of scale in repeated home-based HIV counselling and testing
Universal HIV testing is now recommended in generalised HIV epidemic settings. Although home-based HIV counselling and testing (HB-HCT) has been shown to be effective in achieving high levels of HIV status awareness, little is still known about the cost implications of universal and repeated HB-HCT. We estimated the costs of repeated HB-HCT and the scale economies that can be obtained when increasing the population coverage of the intervention. W…
Reproducible Summary Tables with the gtsummary Package
The gtsummary package provides an elegant and flexible way to create publication-ready summary tables in R. A critical part of the work of statisticians, data scientists, and analysts is summarizing data sets and regression models in R and publishing or sharing polished summary tables. The gtsummary package was created to streamline these everyday analysis tasks by allowing users to easily create reproducible summaries of data sets, regression mo…
Enthusiasm for Introducing and Integrating HIV Self-Testing but Doubts About Users
Since 2019, the ATLAS project, coordinated by Solthis in collaboration with national AIDS programs, has introduced, promoted and delivered HIV self-testing (HIVST) in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. Several delivery channels have been defined, including key populations: men who have sex with men, female sex workers and people who use injectable drugs. At project initiation, a qualitative study analyzing the perceptions and attitudes of key stake…
Costs and Scale-Up Costs of Integrating HIV Self-Testing Into Civil Society Organisation-Led Programmes for Key Populations in Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Mali
Despite significant progress on the proportion of individuals who know their HIV status in 2020, Côte d'Ivoire (76%), Senegal (78%), and Mali (48%) remain far below, and key populations (KP) including female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), and people who use drugs (PWUD) are the most vulnerable groups with a HIV prevalence at 5–30%. HIV self-testing (HIVST), a process where a person collects his/her own specimen, performs a te…
Challenges of HIV Self-Test Distribution for Index Testing When HIV Status Disclosure Is Low
Context: The rate of HIV status disclosure to partners is low in Mali, a West African country with a national HIV prevalence of 1.2%. HIV self-testing (HIVST) could increase testing coverage among partners of people living with HIV (PLHIV). The AutoTest-VIH, Libre d'accéder à la connaissance de son Statut (ATLAS) program was launched in West Africa with the objective of distributing nearly half a million HIV self-tests from 2019 to 2021 in Côte d…
Introducing and Implementing HIV Self-Testing in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal
Background: The ATLAS program promotes and implements HIVST in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal. Priority groups include members of key populations—female sex workers (FSW), men having sex with men (MSM), and people who use drugs (PWUD)—and their partners and relatives. HIVST distribution activities, which began in mid-2019, were impacted in early 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This article, focusing only on outreach activities among key…
Describing, analysing and understanding the effects of the introduction of HIV self-testing in West Africa through the Atlas programme in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal
ATLAS is the first comprehensive study on HIV self-testing in West Africa. The ATLAS programme focuses particularly on the secondary distribution of HIVST. This protocol was approved by three national ethic committees and the WHO's Ethical Research Committee
A community-based healthcare package combining testing and prevention tools, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), immediate HIV treatment, management of hepatitis B virus, and sexual and reprodu…
The PRINCESSE project was registered on the Clinicaltrial.gov website ( NCT03985085 ) on June 13, 2019
Effect of organizational models of provider-initiated testing and counseling (Pitc) in health facilities on adult HIV testing coverage in sub-Saharan Africa
The purpose of this paper is to identify which Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) organizational models are the most efficient to maximize testing coverage. We conducted a systematic literature review to identify published articles that evaluated routine PITC programs implemented in adult health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. We considered only articles measuring PITC offer, PITC acceptability and PITC coverage. Adjusted meta…
Early ART Initiation Improves HIV Status Disclosure and Social Support in People Living with HIV, Linked to Care Within a Universal Test and Treat Program in Rural South Africa (ANRS 12249 TasP Trial)
Practices and Obstacles to Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (Pitc) Among Healthcare Providers in Côte d’Ivoire
Practices of Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) remains suboptimal in Côte d'Ivoire. The aim of this survey was to identify the practices and obstacles to PITC among healthcare professionals in Côte d'Ivoire. A nationally representative cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2018 by telephone among three separate samples of midwives, nurses and physicians practicing in Côte d'Ivoire. The number of HIV tests proposed during cons…
Factors associated with antiretroviral treatment initiation amongst HIV-positive individuals linked to care within a universal test and treat programme
Prompt uptake of antiretroviral treatment (ART) is essential to ensure the success of universal test and treat (UTT) strategies to prevent HIV transmission in high-prevalence settings. We describe ART initiation rates and associated factors within an ongoing UTT cluster-randomized trial in rural South Africa. HIV-positive individuals were offered immediate ART in the intervention arm vs. national guidelines recommended initiation (CD4≤350 cells/m…
Community perceptions of repeat HIV-testing
In the context of the ANRS 12249 Treatment as Prevention (TasP) trial, we investigated perceptions of regular and repeat HIV-testing in rural KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), an area of very high HIV prevalence and incidence. We conducted two qualitative studies, before (2010) and during the early implementation stages of the trial (2013-2014), to appreciate the evolution in community perceptions of repeat HIV-testing over this period of rapid chang…
“It is better to die”
The ANRS 12249 Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) cluster-randomized trial in rural South Africa uses a "test and treat" approach. Home-based testing services and antiretroviral treatment initiation satellite clinics were implemented in every cluster as part of the trial. A social science research agenda was nested within TasP with the aim of understanding the social, economic and contextual factors that affect individuals, households, communities an…
Faisabilité et représentativité d'une enquête téléphonique avec échantillonnage aléatoire de lignes mobiles en Côte d'Ivoire
Cet article présente les résultats d'une enquête exploratoire pilote sur le dépistage du VIH/sida (DOD-CI) visant à tester la faisabilité et la représentativité d'une enquête nationale en population générale en Côte d'Ivoire à partir d'un échantillon aléatoire de numéros de téléphones portables. Les refus ont été peu nombreux et inférieurs à ce qui est habituellement observé dans des enquêtes similaires en France. En termes de représentativité, l…
Addressing social issues in a universal HIV test and treat intervention trial (ANRS 12249 TasP) in South Africa
Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01509508; South African Trial Register: DOH-27-0512-3974
Reduction in risk-taking behaviors among MSM in Senegal between 2004 and 2007 and prevalence of HIV and other STIs. ElihoS Project, ANRS 12139
An epidemiological survey conducted in Senegal in 2004 among men having sex with men (MSM) revealed high HIV prevalence and a high rate of risky behaviors within this population. Consequently, several prevention campaigns targeting MSM were implemented. A second survey was carried out in 2007 to assess the impact of these measures. This paper aims to examine trends in HIV and STI prevalence and in sexual behaviors between 2004 and 2007. The two s…
Homosexualité et bisexualité au Sénégal
Les premières enquêtes menées au Sénégal auprès d'hommes ayant des rapports sexuels avec d'autres hommes, dans le cadre de la lutte contre le sida, révèlent des taux élevés de bisexualité. En 2007, une nouvelle enquête épidémiologique et comportementale (ELIHoS) a été réalisée, dans laquelle la question des pratiques bisexuelles a été abordée de façon approfondie. Cette enquête est utilisée ici pour décrire la pluralité de formes que peut recouvr…
Homosexualité et bisexualité au Sénégal
Les premières enquêtes menées au Sénégal auprès d'hommes ayant des rapports sexuels avec d'autres hommes, dans le cadre de la lutte contre le sida, révèlent des taux élevés de bisexualité. En 2007, une nouvelle enquête épidémiologique et comportementale (ELIHoS) a été réalisée, dans laquelle la question des pratiques bisexuelles a été abordée de façon approfondie. Cette enquête est utilisée ici pour décrire la pluralité de formes que peut recouvr…
Faisabilité et représentativité d'une enquête téléphonique avec échantillonnage aléatoire de lignes mobiles en Côte d'Ivoire
Cet article présente les résultats d'une enquête exploratoire pilote sur le dépistage du VIH/sida (DOD-CI) visant à tester la faisabilité et la représentativité d'une enquête nationale en population générale en Côte d'Ivoire à partir d'un échantillon aléatoire de numéros de téléphones portables. Les refus ont été peu nombreux et inférieurs à ce qui est habituellement observé dans des enquêtes similaires en France. En termes de représentativité, l…
Homosexuality and Bisexuality in Senegal
International audience
À propos des partenaires féminines des hommes ayant des pratiques homosexuelles au Sénégal
Les travaux sur les comportements bisexuels en Afrique sont rares. En 2004, une étude menée au Sénégal auprès de 463 hommes ayant des rapports sexuels avec des hommes révèle que 74 % ont eu des partenaires féminines dans l’année. En 2007, une nouvelle enquête a été complétée par un volet qualitatif consacré aux comportements bisexuels. De douze entretiens auprès d’hommes ayant des rapports sexuels avec des hommes et des femmes et douze auprès de …
Homosexuality and Bisexuality in Senegal
International audience
Reduction in risk-taking behaviors among MSM in Senegal between 2004 and 2007 and prevalence of HIV and other STIs. ElihoS Project, ANRS 12139
An epidemiological survey conducted in Senegal in 2004 among men having sex with men (MSM) revealed high HIV prevalence and a high rate of risky behaviors within this population. Consequently, several prevention campaigns targeting MSM were implemented. A second survey was carried out in 2007 to assess the impact of these measures. This paper aims to examine trends in HIV and STI prevalence and in sexual behaviors between 2004 and 2007. The two s…
Homosexualité et bisexualité au Sénégal
Les premières enquêtes menées au Sénégal auprès d'hommes ayant des rapports sexuels avec d'autres hommes, dans le cadre de la lutte contre le sida, révèlent des taux élevés de bisexualité. En 2007, une nouvelle enquête épidémiologique et comportementale (ELIHoS) a été réalisée, dans laquelle la question des pratiques bisexuelles a été abordée de façon approfondie. Cette enquête est utilisée ici pour décrire la pluralité de formes que peut recouvr…
Addressing social issues in a universal HIV test and treat intervention trial (ANRS 12249 TasP) in South Africa
Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01509508; South African Trial Register: DOH-27-0512-3974
Factors associated with antiretroviral treatment initiation amongst HIV-positive individuals linked to care within a universal test and treat programme
Prompt uptake of antiretroviral treatment (ART) is essential to ensure the success of universal test and treat (UTT) strategies to prevent HIV transmission in high-prevalence settings. We describe ART initiation rates and associated factors within an ongoing UTT cluster-randomized trial in rural South Africa. HIV-positive individuals were offered immediate ART in the intervention arm vs. national guidelines recommended initiation (CD4≤350 cells/m…
Community perceptions of repeat HIV-testing
In the context of the ANRS 12249 Treatment as Prevention (TasP) trial, we investigated perceptions of regular and repeat HIV-testing in rural KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), an area of very high HIV prevalence and incidence. We conducted two qualitative studies, before (2010) and during the early implementation stages of the trial (2013-2014), to appreciate the evolution in community perceptions of repeat HIV-testing over this period of rapid chang…
“It is better to die”
The ANRS 12249 Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) cluster-randomized trial in rural South Africa uses a "test and treat" approach. Home-based testing services and antiretroviral treatment initiation satellite clinics were implemented in every cluster as part of the trial. A social science research agenda was nested within TasP with the aim of understanding the social, economic and contextual factors that affect individuals, households, communities an…
Faisabilité et représentativité d'une enquête téléphonique avec échantillonnage aléatoire de lignes mobiles en Côte d'Ivoire
Cet article présente les résultats d'une enquête exploratoire pilote sur le dépistage du VIH/sida (DOD-CI) visant à tester la faisabilité et la représentativité d'une enquête nationale en population générale en Côte d'Ivoire à partir d'un échantillon aléatoire de numéros de téléphones portables. Les refus ont été peu nombreux et inférieurs à ce qui est habituellement observé dans des enquêtes similaires en France. En termes de représentativité, l…
Effect of organizational models of provider-initiated testing and counseling (Pitc) in health facilities on adult HIV testing coverage in sub-Saharan Africa
The purpose of this paper is to identify which Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) organizational models are the most efficient to maximize testing coverage. We conducted a systematic literature review to identify published articles that evaluated routine PITC programs implemented in adult health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. We considered only articles measuring PITC offer, PITC acceptability and PITC coverage. Adjusted meta…
Early ART Initiation Improves HIV Status Disclosure and Social Support in People Living with HIV, Linked to Care Within a Universal Test and Treat Program in Rural South Africa (ANRS 12249 TasP Trial)
Practices and Obstacles to Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (Pitc) Among Healthcare Providers in Côte d’Ivoire
Practices of Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) remains suboptimal in Côte d'Ivoire. The aim of this survey was to identify the practices and obstacles to PITC among healthcare professionals in Côte d'Ivoire. A nationally representative cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2018 by telephone among three separate samples of midwives, nurses and physicians practicing in Côte d'Ivoire. The number of HIV tests proposed during cons…
Reproducible Summary Tables with the gtsummary Package
The gtsummary package provides an elegant and flexible way to create publication-ready summary tables in R. A critical part of the work of statisticians, data scientists, and analysts is summarizing data sets and regression models in R and publishing or sharing polished summary tables. The gtsummary package was created to streamline these everyday analysis tasks by allowing users to easily create reproducible summaries of data sets, regression mo…
Enthusiasm for Introducing and Integrating HIV Self-Testing but Doubts About Users
Since 2019, the ATLAS project, coordinated by Solthis in collaboration with national AIDS programs, has introduced, promoted and delivered HIV self-testing (HIVST) in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. Several delivery channels have been defined, including key populations: men who have sex with men, female sex workers and people who use injectable drugs. At project initiation, a qualitative study analyzing the perceptions and attitudes of key stake…
Costs and Scale-Up Costs of Integrating HIV Self-Testing Into Civil Society Organisation-Led Programmes for Key Populations in Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Mali
Despite significant progress on the proportion of individuals who know their HIV status in 2020, Côte d'Ivoire (76%), Senegal (78%), and Mali (48%) remain far below, and key populations (KP) including female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), and people who use drugs (PWUD) are the most vulnerable groups with a HIV prevalence at 5–30%. HIV self-testing (HIVST), a process where a person collects his/her own specimen, performs a te…
Challenges of HIV Self-Test Distribution for Index Testing When HIV Status Disclosure Is Low
Context: The rate of HIV status disclosure to partners is low in Mali, a West African country with a national HIV prevalence of 1.2%. HIV self-testing (HIVST) could increase testing coverage among partners of people living with HIV (PLHIV). The AutoTest-VIH, Libre d'accéder à la connaissance de son Statut (ATLAS) program was launched in West Africa with the objective of distributing nearly half a million HIV self-tests from 2019 to 2021 in Côte d…
Introducing and Implementing HIV Self-Testing in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal
Background: The ATLAS program promotes and implements HIVST in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal. Priority groups include members of key populations—female sex workers (FSW), men having sex with men (MSM), and people who use drugs (PWUD)—and their partners and relatives. HIVST distribution activities, which began in mid-2019, were impacted in early 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This article, focusing only on outreach activities among key…
Describing, analysing and understanding the effects of the introduction of HIV self-testing in West Africa through the Atlas programme in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal
ATLAS is the first comprehensive study on HIV self-testing in West Africa. The ATLAS programme focuses particularly on the secondary distribution of HIVST. This protocol was approved by three national ethic committees and the WHO's Ethical Research Committee
A community-based healthcare package combining testing and prevention tools, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), immediate HIV treatment, management of hepatitis B virus, and sexual and reprodu…
The PRINCESSE project was registered on the Clinicaltrial.gov website ( NCT03985085 ) on June 13, 2019
Seriously accounting for local categories
In most African countries, a significant proportion of “men who have sex with men” (MSM) are divided according to a spectrum of sex-role stereotypes, with some identifying themselves as more feminine and others as more masculine. These gendered roles correspond to local categories and specific terms that are rarely considered by quantitative surveys. In a telephone-based survey conducted in 2018 and 2019 among 518 MSM in Côte d’Ivoire that includ…
Costs and economies of scale in repeated home-based HIV counselling and testing
Universal HIV testing is now recommended in generalised HIV epidemic settings. Although home-based HIV counselling and testing (HB-HCT) has been shown to be effective in achieving high levels of HIV status awareness, little is still known about the cost implications of universal and repeated HB-HCT. We estimated the costs of repeated HB-HCT and the scale economies that can be obtained when increasing the population coverage of the intervention. W…
Therapeutic mobility and breast cancer in France
While breast cancer is the most common cancer globally, not all women have access to quality care. Long considered a disease of high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are now facing a major public health issue regarding cancer. This is the case in sub-Saharan Africa, where access to quality breast cancer treatment is often lacking. This context leads some women to travel abroad, particularly to France, hoping to save their lives.…
Population-level viremia predicts HIV incidence at the community level across the Universal Testing and Treatment Trials in eastern and southern Africa
Universal HIV testing and treatment (UTT) strategies aim to optimize population-level benefits of antiretroviral treatment. Between 2012 and 2018, four large community randomized trials were conducted in eastern and southern Africa. While their results were broadly consistent showing decreased population-level viremia reduces HIV incidence, it remains unclear how much HIV incidence can be reduced by increasing suppression among people living with…
Orientation sexuelle et identité de genre
À l’inverse de quelques travaux pionniers en sciences humaines et sociales, la question de l’homosexualité masculine est restée inexistante dans les enquêtes quantitatives en Afrique subsaharienne jusqu’au début des années 2000, malgré les épidémies de VIH qui ravageaient le continent. C’est en 2005 qu’est publiée, pour la première fois, une étude quantitative bio-comportementale (Wade et al., 2005) sur une population d’hommes ayant des rapports …
Knowledge gaps in existing research exploring sexual fluidity and mental health among young adults
While there is a large body of evidence indicating that sexual minority youth experience inequitably high rates of mental health problems (eg, depression, suicidality), we know little about how temporal changes in sexual attractions, identities and behaviour may impact mental health (and other) outcomes. In this essay, we review existing research regarding sexual fluidity and mental health among young adults in order to identify critical knowledg…
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (22 obras) · Medicine (22 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (19 obras) · Family medicine (12 obras) · Public health (11 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Environmental health (9 obras) · Nursing (9 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (7 obras) · Demography (7 obras)