William Kilembe

Biographic Data

ID5223795
NAMEWilliam Kilembe
GIVEN NAMESWilliam
FAMILY NAMEKilembe
SIGNATUREKILEMBE W
AFFILIATIONSEmory University
ORCID0000-0002-9012-7325
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • The role of Zambia’s expansive Inter-agency Coordinating Committee (ICC) in supporting evidence-based vaccine and health sector programming

    Open AccessZoë Sakas, Katie Rodríguez et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    New vaccines, technologies, and regulations, alongside increased demand for vaccines, all require prioritization and coordination from key players within the vaccine sector. Inter-agency Coordinating Committees (ICC) support decision-making and coordination at the national-level and act as key drivers for sustainable improvements in vaccination programming. We utilized a previous qualitative case study, which investigated critical success factors…

  • Developing a diversity, equity and inclusion compass to guide scientific capacity strengthening efforts in Africa

    Open AccessVictoria Kasprowicz, Kim Darley Waddilove et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science is vital to improve the scientific process and ensure societal uptake and application of scientific results. DEI challenges include a full spectrum of issues from the lack of, and promotion of, women in science, to the numerous barriers in place that limit representation of African scientists in global scientific efforts. DEI principles in African science remain relatively underdeveloped, with limi…

  • Use of “Strengthening Our Vows” Video Intervention to Encourage Negotiated Explicit Sexual Agreements in Zambian Heterosexual HIV Seroconcordant-Negative Couples

    Open AccessTyronza Sharkey, Rachel Parker et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2023References: 101

  • Evolution of Condom Use Among a 5-Year Cohort of Female Sex Workers in Zambia

    Open AccessKalonde Malama, Matt A Price et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Loss to follow-up among female sex workers in Zambia

    Kalonde Malama, Luis Sagaon-Teyssier et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2020

    HIV-incidence studies are used to identify at-risk populations for HIV-prevention trials and interventions, but loss to follow-up (LTFU) can bias results if participants who remain differ from those who drop out. We investigated the incidence of and factors associated with LTFU among Zambian female sex workers (FSWs) in an HIV-incidence cohort from 2012 to 2017. Enrolled participants returned at month one, month three and quarterly thereafter. FS…

  • African-led health research and capacity building- is it working

    Open AccessVictoria Kasprowicz, Denis Chopera et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Our experiences so far suggest that African-led research has the potential to overcome the vicious cycle of brain-drain and may ultimately lead to improvement of health and science-led economic transformation of Africa into a prosperous continent

  • Risky Sex and HIV Acquisition Among HIV Serodiscordant Couples in Zambia, 2002–2012

    Open AccessDvora Joseph Davey, William Kilembe et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017

    In this paper we evaluate the effects of heavy alcohol consumption on sexual behavior, HIV acquisition, and antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation in a longitudinal open cohort of 1929 serodiscordant couples in Lusaka, Zambia from 2002 to 2012. We evaluated factors associated with baseline heavy alcohol consumption and its association with condomless sex with the study partner, sex outside of the partnership, and ART initiation using multivari…

  • Promotion of couples’ voluntary HIV counseling and testing

    Open AccessApril L Kelley, A K Hagaman et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    CVCT has long been endorsed for HIV prevention but few couples have been reached. Influential social networks can successfully promote evidence-based HIV prevention in Africa. Support from more senior INLs and group presentations leveraged INAs' one-on-one promotions. The INL/INA model was effective in promoting couples to seek joint HIV testing and counseling and may have broader application to other sub-Saharan African countries to sustainably …

  • Implementation of an electronic fingerprint-linked data collection system

    Open AccessKristin M Wall, William Kilembe et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2015

    BACKGROUND: Patient identification within and between health services is an operational challenge in many resource-limited settings. When following HIV risk groups for service provision and in the context of vaccine trials, patient misidentification can harm patient care and bias trial outcomes. Electronic fingerprinting has been proposed to identify patients over time and link patient data between health services. The objective of this study was…

  • Implementation of couples’ voluntary HIV counseling and testing services in Durban, South Africa

    Open AccessWilliam Kilembe, Kristin M Wall et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Implementation of standard CVCT services was found to be feasible in Durban. The burden of HIV and couple serodiscordance in Durban was extremely high. CVCT would greatly benefit couples in Durban as an HIV prevention strategy