Heidi O'Bra

Biographic Data

ID6074334
NAMEHeidi O'Bra
GIVEN NAMESHeidi
FAMILY NAMEO'Bra
SIGNATUREBRA H O
AFFILIATIONSElysia Larson is with the American Schools of Public Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, South Africa. Heidi O'Bra, Thurma Goldman, and Jeffrey D. Klausner are with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, South Africa. J.W. Brown is with the US Agency for International Development, South Africa. Yogan Pillay is with the National Department of Health, South Africa.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX0

  • Supporting the massive scale-up of antiretroviral therapy

    Open AccessE Larson, Heidi O'Bra et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    To mitigate the gap between those needing and those receiving ART, more facilities were supported. The proportion of government facilities supported and the median number of persons treated at these facilities increased. This shift could potentially be sustainable as government sites reach more individuals and receive government funding. These results demonstrate that PEPFAR was able to support a massive scale-up of ART services in a short period…

  • Equitable Distribution of Pepfar-Supported HIV/Aids Services in South Africa

    E Larson, Heidi O'Bra et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2011References: 1

    This letter to the editor describes South Africa’s lack of proper health infrastructure which has led to inequalities in access to healthcare. This primarily affects the population’s access to HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis treatments. The South African government and the U.S.’s PEPFAR program have been working to reverse this trend. Recent data indicates that there is an association between the burden of HIV/AIDS and the people tested for HIV/AIDS as…