Winnie Muyindike

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ID	4470665
NOME	Winnie Muyindike
PRENOMES	Winnie
SOBRENOME	Muyindike
ASSINATURA	MUYINDIKE W
AFILIAÇÕES	Mbarara University of Science and Technology
ORCID	0000-0002-6694-2645
VERIFICADO	Sim
TOTAL DE OBRAS	38
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES	1
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	38
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2014
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2026
ÍNDICE H	1

Self-reported and Point-of-Care Biomarkers of Substance Use Measures Among Older Adults with HIV from Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Open AccessKathryn E Lancaster, Melissa A Stockton et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026
Measuring alcohol and other drug (AOD) use remains challenging in HIV care in low- and middle-income countries, where self-report and point-of-care (POC) urine biomarkers capture different time windows. Among 2,059 people with HIV aged 40 years or older across eight IeDEA clinics (2020 to 2022), we examined what self-reported AOD use (AUDIT, ASSIST) and POC urine tests (uEtG for alcohol; 5-panel drug screen) each capture. Self-report identified m…
Association Between Alcohol Use, CD4 Count, and Depressive Symptoms Among People with HIV with Viral Load Suppressed in Southwestern Uganda
Open AccessAlain Favina, Robin Fatch et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026
Despite the current effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) and viral suppression, depression remains the most prevalent mental health challenge among people with HIV (PWH) in Uganda and worldwide. This study examined the relationship between CD4 cell count and depressive symptoms among PWH on ART with viral suppression, and the potential modification effect of alcohol use on this relationship. We combined baseline data from two longitudinal studi…
The implementation of tuberculosis preventive therapy in HIV care clinics in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Open AccessRemo Schmutz, Nicolas Banholzer et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026
INTRODUCTION: Towards the 'End TB Strategy' targets, the WHO recommends the provision of tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) for high-risk groups including people living with HIV (PLWH). 3 years after the release of the updated 2020 WHO guidelines, we investigated the implementation of TPT services at HIV clinics in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), focusing on TB screening, populations eligible for TPT and available TPT regi…
Lingering sex and age disparities in dolutegravir uptake among adults with HIV
Open AccessEllen Brazier, Matthew L Romo et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026
INTRODUCTION: Since July 2019, the WHO has recommended dolutegravir (DTG)-based regimens as preferred first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) for adults and adolescents living with HIV (DTG-for-All), a reversal of a 2018 safety alert on use of DTG-based regimens by women of reproductive age (WRA). We examined sex and age disparities in DTG uptake before and after DTG-for-All in the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS. METHODS: W…
Kidney disease screening at ART initiation among adults with HIV in Uganda
Open AccessGrace Kansiime, Joseph Baruch Baluku et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
Kidney disease affects 850 million people worldwide, with Sub-Saharan Africa bearing a significant burden. People living with HIV (PWH) are at increased risk due to nephrotoxicity of antiretroviral therapy (ART), in part due to widespread use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. In response, Uganda recommends routine kidney disease screening by doing a serum creatinine test at ART initiation. However, the extent of adherence to these guidelines rema…
High Prevalence of Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Persons with HIV, Viral Non-suppression and Any Alcohol Use in Mbarara, Uganda
Open AccessRebecca Fisk-Hoffman, Allen Kekibiina et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026
Unhealthy alcohol use is associated with HIV viral non-suppression. It is unclear how common unhealthy alcohol use is among non-suppressed persons with HIV (PWH) who drink alcohol. We conducted chart reviews to recruit PWH in Uganda with recent viral non-suppression for a study on the efficacy of gabapentin for promoting viral suppression among those with unhealthy alcohol use. Of the 288 PWH screened, 87% self-reported unhealthy alcohol use on t…
Intersectional Stigma and Health of People Living with HIV on ART Who Use Alcohol in Southwestern Uganda
Open AccessSarah A Gutin, Esther C Atukunda et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026
HIV, TB, and alcohol use are stigmatized conditions that lead to poor care engagement and health outcomes. Stigmatized traits can operate independently or be intersectional. We examined the relationships between intersectional HIV-, TB-, and alcohol-related stigma on poorer perceived health among people with HIV (PWH) receiving antiretroviral therapy in a study examining TB infection risk among PWH in HIV care in southwestern Uganda (2022-2023). …
Covid-19, tuberculosis, and HIV triad
Open AccessHelena Huerga, Maëlenn Gouillou et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and severe COVID-19. TB and COVID-19 present with overlapping symptoms and co-infection can lead to poor outcomes. We assessed the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 positive serology and SARS-CoV-2 infection and the risk of mortality at 6 months in PLHIV with TB disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection. This multi-country, prospective, observational study, conducted between 7 th September 2…
The Lived Experiences of Unhealthy Alcohol Use among Young People with HIV in Southwestern Uganda
Open AccessRaymond Odokonyero, Wilson Winstons Muhwezi et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
Unhealthy alcohol use among adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYAH), is common and poses risks to their health and social wellbeing. However, research that explores comorbid unhealthy drinking and HIV among AYAH is limited in Uganda. We conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with 14 AYAH who self-reported current alcohol use, recruited from the adolescent immunosuppression (ISS) clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in S…
Participant perspectives on incentives for TB preventative therapy adherence and reduced alcohol use
Open AccessAyesha Appa, Amanda P Miller et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
Economic incentives to promote health behavior change are highly efficacious for substance use disorders as well as increased medication adherence. Knowledge about participants’ experiences with and perceptions of incentives is needed to understand their mechanisms of action and optimize future incentive-based interventions. The Drinkers’ Intervention to Prevent Tuberculosis (DIPT) trial enrolled people with HIV (PWH) in Uganda with latent tuberc…
Sexually transmitted infection (STI) knowledge and perceptions among people in HIV-sero-different partnerships in rural southwestern Uganda
Open AccessPooja Chitneni, Moran Owembabazi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
Globally, over one million people acquire curable sexually transmitted infections (STI) each day. Understanding how people think about STIs is key to building culturally appropriate STI prevention and treatment programs. We explored STI knowledge and perceptions in rural, southwestern Uganda to inform future interventions. From August 2020 to December 2020, we conducted individual in-depth interviews among adult men and women (≥18 years) with rec…
Implementation of a safer conception programme for HIV-affected men and women in rural Uganda
Open AccessLynn T Matthews, Moran Owembabazi et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2024
We integrated safer conception care into a Ugandan HIV clinic. People with HIV (PWH), or partnered with a PWH, and desiring children were eligible for the Healthy Families Clinic Program. Clients completed quarterly safer conception counselling visits and questionnaires to provide information around method preferences and outcomes (partner pregnancy, partner seroconversion). We used clinic level data to evaluate longitudinal viral suppression amo…
Psychometric assessment of the Runyankole-translated Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale among persons with HIV in Uganda
Open AccessCristina Espinosa da Silva, Robin Fatch et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024
We detected and mitigated measurement error in the 28-item Runyankole-translated SDS, and found that the modified 27-item scale had satisfactory construct validity and internal consistency in our sample. Future studies should continue to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Runyankole-translated SDS, including retranslating Item 14 and reevaluating its performance
Effects of Alcohol Use on Patient Retention in HIV Care in East Africa
Open AccessAlexa Monroy, Suzanne Goodrich et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024
We sought to investigate the association between hazardous alcohol use and gaps in care for people living with HIV over a long-term follow-up period. Adults who had participated in our previously published Phase I study of hazardous alcohol use at HIV programs in Kenya and Uganda were eligible at their 42 to 48 month follow-up visit. Those who re-enrolled were followed for an additional ~ 12 months. Hazardous alcohol use behavior was measured usi…
A Qualitative Exploration of Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV/TB Coinfected Persons With Problematic Alcohol Use Participating in an Incentive-Based Alcohol/Medication Adherence Intervention in Uga…
Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Ayesha Appa et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2024Referências: 4
In Uganda, four in ten women report experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the past year. Salient drivers of IPV in sub-Saharan Africa include stress related to household finances, alcohol use, and partner infidelity. We conducted 42 interviews with participants ( n = 32) in the Drinkers' Intervention to Prevent Tuberculosis (DIPT) study which included economic incentives, and their partners ( n = 10) to understand how participating in D…
Understanding Patients’ Experiences with a Brief Alcohol Reduction Intervention among People Living with HIV in Uganda
Open AccessMargaret W Gichane, Carol S Camlin et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2023
Background: Brief alcohol reduction interventions for people living with HIV (PLWH) have resulted in mixed findings with some studies showing null or limited treatment effects. To better understand factors that may contribute to their success or failure, this qualitative study sought to explore participants’ experiences in a randomized trial (RCT) of a brief counseling-based alcohol reduction intervention, including challenges that may have imped…
The Relationship between Age at Initiation of Regular Drinking of Alcohol and Viral Suppression Status, and Depression Symptoms Among People Living with HIV in South-Western Uganda
Open AccessRaymond Odokonyero, Robin Fatch et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023
Alcohol use is an important factor in achieving and maintaining viral suppression and optimal mental health among persons with HIV (PWH), however, the effect of age at first regular drinking on viral suppression and depression remains poorly understood. Here, using secondary data from the Alcohol Drinkers' Exposure to Preventive Therapy for Tuberculosis (ADEPT-T) study, we used logistic regression analyses to explore whether there is an associati…
Costs of a Brief Alcohol Consumption Reduction Intervention for Persons Living with HIV in Southwestern Uganda
Open AccessJudith A Hahn, Sebastian Kevany et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023
Low-cost interventions are needed to reduce alcohol use among persons with HIV (PWH) in low-income settings. Brief alcohol interventions hold promise, and technology may efficiently deliver brief intervention components with high frequency. We conducted a costing study of the components of a randomized trial that compared a counselling-based intervention with two in-person one-on-one sessions supplemented by booster sessions to reinforce the inte…
Effects of a Covid-19 Public Health Lockdown on Drinking and Health Behavior Among Persons with HIV and with Unhealthy Alcohol use in Uganda
Open AccessBrian Beesiga, Kara Marson et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023
To better understand the impact of Uganda’s initial COVID-19 lockdown on alcohol use, we conducted a cross-sectional survey (August 2020-September 2021) among persons with HIV (PWH) with unhealthy alcohol use (but not receiving an alcohol intervention), enrolled in a trial of incentives to reduce alcohol use and improve isoniazid preventive therapy. We examined associations between bar-based drinking and decreased alcohol use, and decreased alcoh…
I still desire to have a child’
Open AccessMadeline C Pratt, Moran Owembabazi et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2023
This study explored the intersecting forms of stigma experienced by HIV-serodifferent couples with unmet reproductive goals in rural Uganda. The parent mixed-methods study, which included 131 HIV-exposed women with plans for pregnancy, offered comprehensive HIV prevention counselling and care over a nine-month period. In-depth interviews were conducted with 37 women and seven male partners to explore care experiences and the use of safer concepti…
Unhealthy alcohol use and intimate partner violence among men and women living with HIV in Uganda
Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Robin Fatch et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
Prevalence of IPV victimization was comparable to estimates from a recent national survey, while perpetration among men was lower than expected. Alcohol use level was not associated with IPV victimization. It is possible that alcohol use in this sample was too high to detect differences in IPV. Our results suggest that women and younger PWH are priority populations for IPV prevention
Bar Attendance and Alcohol Use Before and After Covid-19 Related Restrictions Among HIV-infected Adults in South-Western Uganda
Open AccessCaroline Asiimwe, Robin Fatch et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022
Alcohol use is especially problematic for people living with HIV (PLWH) and was likely to be impacted by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its restrictions. In a study of PLWH with latent tuberculosis infection, we measured unhealthy alcohol use with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C), phosphatidylethanol (PEth) and bar attendance. We analyzed data collected before and after COVID-19 restrictions, and used Gener…
Concordance Between Point-of-Care Urine Ethyl Glucuronide Alcohol Tests and Self-Reported Alcohol Use in Persons with HIV in Uganda
Open AccessKarl C Alcover, Nneka Emenyonu et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022
Exploring the Association Between Social Support and Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Persons Living with HIV in South Western Uganda
Open AccessChristine Ngabirano, Robin Fatch et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022
Cultural Adaptation of an Intervention to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Use Among People Living with HIV in Southwestern Uganda
Open AccessAnna M Leddy, Judith A Hahn et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021