Samuel S Malamba

Biographic Data

ID6959507
NAMESamuel S Malamba
GIVEN NAMESSamuel S
FAMILY NAMEMalamba
SIGNATUREMALAMBA S S
AFFILIATIONSUganda Virus Research Institute
ORCID0000-0001-8087-8849
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Factors associated with retention and adherence on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in Kigali, Rwanda

    Open AccessSezi Mubezi, Samuel S Malamba et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as an HIV prevention measure for men who have sex with men (MSM). We assessed factors associated with PrEP retention and adherence among MSM in Kigali, Rwanda. We undertook a retrospective cross-sectional study and used a questionnaire to obtain PrEP retention and adherence history from MSM enrolled in the key population (KP) program that attended scheduled follow-up clinics from four (4) health faci…

  • Factors associated with retention on pre-exposure prophylaxis among female sex workers in Kigali, Rwanda

    Open AccessSezi Mubezi, Gallican Rwibasira et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as an additional HIV prevention measure for persons at substantial risk of HIV acquisition. Although uptake of PrEP among female sex workers (FSW) has increased, retention remains low, resulting in suboptimal benefits. This study aimed at determining PrEP retention rates and associated factors among FSW in Kigali, Rwanda. We retrospectively studied records of 309 FSW abstracted from five (5) health c…

  • HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B virus infection and male circumcision in five Sub-Saharan African countries

    Open AccessMegan E Peck, Megan Bronson et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has primarily been promoted for HIV prevention. Evidence also supports that male circumcision offers protection against other sexually transmitted infections. This analysis assessed the effect of circumcision on syphilis, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and HIV. Data from the 2015 to 2019 Population-based HIV Impact Assessments (PHIAs) surveys from Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe were us…

  • Cango Lyec (Healing the Elephant)

    Open AccessJue Luo, David Zamar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Migration and Health2022References: 6

    Cango Lyec participants displayed lower than previously reported yet significant levels of probable PTSD and depression. Based on findings from this study, providing trauma-informed care, ensuring food and housing security, eliminating gender-based violence, and reintegrating former abductees remain important tasks to facilitate post-conflict rehabilitation in Northern Uganda

  • Child mortality associated with maternal HIV status

    Open AccessEric Remera, Frédérique Chammartin et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: Child mortality remains highest in regions of the world most affected by HIV/AIDS. The aim of this study was to assess child mortality rates in relation to maternal HIV status from 2005 to 2015, the period of rapid HIV treatment scale-up in Rwanda. METHODS: We used data from the 2005, 2010 and 2015 Rwanda Demographic Health Surveys to derive under-2 mortality rates by survey year and mother's HIV status and to build a multivariable …

  • No differences in clinical outcomes with the addition of viral load testing to CD4 cell count monitoring among HIV infected participants receiving ART in rural Uganda

    Open AccessStephen Okoboi, Paul Ekwaru et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    We found no differences in clinical outcomes associated with the addition of quarterly VL monitoring to quarterly CD4 cell count monitoring

  • Disclosure of HIV Status and Adherence to Daily Drug Regimens Among HIV-infected Children in Uganda

    Open AccessWinnie Bikaako-Kajura, Emmanuel Luyirika et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2006

  • Living with discordance

    Rebecca Bunnell, R E Bunnell et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2005

    Prevalence of HIV-discordance among couples in sub-Saharan Africa is high. Negative partners are at high risk of HIV infection but few HIV/AIDS service providers have developed effective counseling messages for HIV-discordant couples. To identify clients' explanations for discordance, challenges, and prevention strategies, 24 in-depth interviews and 4 focus group discussions were conducted with 32 female and 35 male members of HIV-discordant coup…

  • Rates of HIV-1 transmission within marriage in rural Uganda in relation to the HIV sero-status of the partners

    Lucy Carpenter, Lucy M Carpenter et al.ARTICLEAIDS1999

    OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of transmission of HIV-1 within married couples in rural Uganda according to the sero-status of the partners. DESIGN: Estimation of HIV incidence rates for 2200 adults in a population cohort followed for 7 years comparing male-to-female with female-to-male transmission and sero-discordant with concordant sero-negative couples. METHODS: Each year, adults (over 12 years of age) resident in the study area were linke…