Wisdom Basera

Datos Biográficos

ID7581066
NOMBREWisdom Basera
NOMBRESWisdom
APELLIDOBasera
FIRMABASERA W
AFILIACIONESSouth African Medical Research Council
ORCID0000-0002-4006-1858
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2018
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Multilevel Factors Influencing Linkage to HIV Care in a High HIV Prevalence District in South Africa

    Open AccessEdward Nicol, Wisdom Basera et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    Timely linkage to HIV care is essential for achieving South Africa’s treatment goals, yet significant gaps persist in the early stages of the HIV care continuum. This study examined multilevel factors influencing linkage to care in a high HIV-prevalence rural district. A prospective convergent mixed-methods cohort study was conducted over 21 months among 1,194 adults newly diagnosed with HIV across 18 facilities in KwaZulu-Natal. Quantitative ana…

  • Alcohol restrictions and suicide rates in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessAnthony Fish Hodgson, Jason Bantjes et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is a well-established potentially modifiable risk factor for suicide, yet few studies have investigated the impact of alcohol restrictions on suicide rates, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS: We used data from nationally representative annual surveys of postmortem investigations in 2017 (n=6117) and 2020/21 (n=6586) to estimate changes in suicide rates associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and relat…

  • A primary health care Re-Engineering approach to enhance PrEP initiation and adherence among high-risk, sexually active adolescents and young adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Open AccessThubelihle Mathole, Jeannine Uwimana Nicol et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    This study explores the decentralisation of PrEP services through primary health care (PHC) re-engineering structures such as schools, pharmacies, youth zones, community halls, and mobile clinics to improve PrEP uptake and adherence among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In-depth interviews were conducted from August 2021 to July 2023 with 48 purposively selected participants from a cohort of 2,772 newly diagnos…

  • Assessing PrEP Initiation and Adherence Among High-Risk, Sexually Active Adolescents and Young Adults

    Open AccessEdward Nicol, Wisdom Basera et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention strategy for high-risk populations, including adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) and adolescent boys and young men (ABYM). While various PrEP-delivery models exist in South Africa, little is known about optimizing PrEP-uptake and adherence for AGYW and ABYM. This study explored preferred and feasible PrEP care models to enhance initiation and adherence among at-risk adolescents a…

  • Comparing PrEP initiation rates by service delivery models among high risk adolescent boys and young men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Open AccessMbuzeleni Hlongwa, Wisdom Basera et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    This study provided evidence suggesting that expanding PrEP services to non-traditional settings, such as high schools, TVET colleges, and community-based organizations, may have a potential to increase PrEP access among ABYM in South Africa

  • Enhancing linkage to HIV care in the “Universal Test and Treat” era

    Open AccessEdward Nicol, Ngcwalisa Jama et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Ending AIDS by 2030 would depend on how successful health systems are in linking people living with HIV (PLHIV) into care. The World Health Organization recommended the 'Universal Test and Treat' (UTT) strategy - initiating all individuals testing positive on antiretroviral therapy (ART) irrespective of their CD4 count and clinical staging. This study aimed to explore the enablers and barriers to linkage to HIV care among adults with a new HIV di…

  • Barriers and Facilitating Factors to HIV Treatment Among Men in a High-HIV-Burdened District in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Open AccessMbuzeleni Hlongwa, Ngcwalisa Jama et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Men s Health2022

    Despite enormous increases in the proportion of people living with HIV accessing treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, major gender disparities persist, with men experiencing lower rates of testing, linkage to treatment, and retention in care. In this study, we investigated the barriers and facilitating factors to HIV treatment among men in uThukela, a high-HIV-burdened district in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. We conducted a qualitative study…

  • Linkage to HIV Care and Early Retention in Care Rates in the Universal Test-and-Treat Era

    Open AccessEdward Nicol, Wisdom Basera et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

    HIV linkage, and retention are key weaknesses in South Africa's national antiretroviral therapy (ART) program, with the greatest loss of patients in the HIV treatment pathway occurring before ART initiation. This study investigated linkage-to and early-retention-in-care (LTRIC) rates among adults newly diagnosed with HIV in a high-HIV prevalent rural district. We conducted an observational prospective cohort study to investigate LTRIC rates for a…

  • Is the routine health information system ready to support the planned national health insurance scheme in South Africa

    Open AccessEdward Nicol, Lyn A Hanmer et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    Implementation of a National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa requires a reliable, standardized health information system that supports Diagnosis-Related Groupers for reimbursements and resource management. We assessed the quality of inpatient health records, the availability of standard discharge summaries and coded clinical data and the congruence between inpatient health records and discharge summaries in public-sector hospitals to suppo…

  • A prospective cohort study of school-going children investigating reproductive and neurobehavioral health effects due to environmental pesticide exposure in the Western Cape, South Africa

    Open AccessShala Chetty-Mhlanga, Wisdom Basera et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    The inclusion of three different agricultural areas will yield a wide range of pesticide exposure situations. The prospective longitudinal design is a further strength of this study to evaluate the reproductive and neurobehavioural effects of different pesticides on children. This research will inform relevant policies and regulatory bodies to improve the health, safety and learning environments for children and families in agricultural settings