Gesine Meyer-Rath

Datos Biográficos

ID8520199
NOMBREGesine Meyer-Rath
NOMBRESGesine
APELLIDOMeyer-Rath
FIRMAMEYER-RATH G
AFILIACIONESUniversity of the Witwatersrand
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS12
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR12
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2016
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Using sputum and tongue swab specimens for in-home point-of-care targeted universal testing for tuberculosis of household contacts

    Open AccessCharl Bezuidenhout, Lawrence Long et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Effective strategies are essential for early tuberculosis (TB) detection. Reliance on passive case detection, symptom screening and collection of sputum results in delayed or undiagnosed TB, contributing to on-going TB transmission. This study assessed the acceptability of in-home targeted universal TB testing (TUTT) using GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra at point-of-care (POC) during household contact investigations (HCIs) and the feasibili…

  • The cost of adding rapid screening for diabetes, hypertension, and Covid-19 to Covid-19 vaccination queues in Johannesburg, South Africa

    Open AccessSithabiso Masuku, Sithabiso D Masuku et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    We show the cost of finding potentially new cases of DM and HTN in a vaccine queue, which is an essential first step in understanding the feasibility and resource requirements for such initiatives. However, there is a need for comparative economic analyses that include linkage to care and retention data to fully understand this cost and determine whether opportunistic screening should be added to general mass health activities

  • A quantitative assessment of the consistency of projections from five mathematical models of the HIV epidemic in South Africa

    Open AccessHaroon Moolla, Andrew Phillips et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    While models produced consistent estimates for several outputs, there are areas of variability that should be investigated. This is important if projections are to be used in subsequent cost-effectiveness studies

  • Integration of point-of-care screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension into the Covid-19 vaccine programme in Johannesburg, South Africa

    Open AccessAlana T Brennan, Beatrice Vetter et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Our study underscores the value of utilizing even brief healthcare interactions as opportunities for screening additional health conditions, thereby aiding the identification of previously undiagnosed cases. Integrating NCD screenings into routine healthcare visits holds promise, especially in resource-constrained settings. Nonetheless, concerted efforts to strengthen care linkage are crucial for holistic NCD management and control. These finding…

  • Reduction in initiations of drug-sensitive tuberculosis treatment in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessMariet Benade, Lawrence Long et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    In response to the global pandemic of COVID-19, South Africa implemented a strict lockdown in March 2020 before its first COVID-19 wave started, gradually lifted restrictions between May and September 2020, and then re-imposed restrictions in December 2020 in response to its second wave. There is concern that COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality, the deprioritization of TB activities, fear of transmission, and societal restrictions led to a r…

  • The cost and intermediary cost-effectiveness of oral HIV self-test kit distribution across 11 distribution models in South Africa

    Open AccessKatleho Matsimela, Linda Sande et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: Countries around the world seek innovative ways of closing their remaining gaps towards the target of 95% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) knowing their status by 2030. Offering kits allowing HIV self-testing (HIVST) in private might help close these gaps. METHODS: We analysed the cost, use and linkage to onward care of 11 HIVST kit distribution models alongside the Self-Testing AfRica Initiative's distribution of 2.2 million HIVST k…

  • The cost effectiveness and optimal configuration of HIV self-test distribution in South Africa

    Open AccessLise Jamieson, Leigh F Johnson et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been shown to be acceptable, feasible and effective in increasing HIV testing uptake. Novel testing strategies are critical to achieving the UNAIDS target of 95% HIV-positive diagnosis by 2025 in South Africa and globally. METHODS: We modelled the impact of six HIVST kit distribution modalities (community fixed-point, taxi ranks, workplace, partners of primary healthcare (PHC) antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

  • Costs of integrating HIV self-testing in public health facilities in Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe

    Open AccessLinda Sande, Linda Alinafe Sande et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: As countries approach the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets, there is a need for innovative and cost-saving HIV testing approaches that can increase testing coverage in hard-to-reach populations. The HIV Self-Testing Africa-Initiative distributed HIV self-test (HIVST) kits using unincentivised HIV testing counsellors across 31 public facilities in Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. HIVST was distributed either through secondary (partn…

  • Modelling costs of community-based HIV self-testing programmes in Southern Africa at scale

    Open AccessMarc d’Elbée, Gabriela B Gomez et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: Following success demonstrated with the HIV Self-Testing AfRica Initiative, HIV self-testing (HIVST) is being added to national HIV testing strategies in Southern Africa. An analysis of the costs of scaling up HIVST is needed to inform national plans, but there is a dearth of evidence on methods for forecasting costs at scale from pilot projects. Econometric cost functions (ECFs) apply statistical inference to predict costs; however, …

  • Role of data from cost and other economic analyses in healthcare decision-making for HIV, TB and sexual/reproductive health programmes in South Africa

    Open AccessJoshua P Murphy, Sharon Kgowedi et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    An increasing focus on the use of the results of cost analyses and other economic evaluations in health programme decision-making by governments, donors and technical support partners working in low- and middle-income countries is accompanied by recognition that this use is impeded by several factors, including the lack of skills, data and coordination between spheres of the government. We describe our experience generating economic evaluation da…

  • Designing an optimal HIV programme for South Africa

    Open AccessCalvin Chiu, Leigh F Johnson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Conventional league tables may exaggerate the cost-effectiveness of interventions when programmes are implemented at scale. Accounting for interaction and non-linear scale-up effects provides more realistic estimates in highly saturated real-world settings

  • Prospects for HIV control in South Africa

    Open AccessLeigh F Johnson, Calvin Chiu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2016

    BACKGROUND: The goal of virtual elimination of horizontal and mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa (SA) has been proposed, but there have been few systematic investigations of which interventions are likely to be most critical to reducing HIV incidence. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate SA's potential to achieve virtual elimination targets and to identify which interventions will be most critical to achieving HIV incidence reduct…