Amy Wise

Datos Biográficos

ID7987003
NOMBREAmy Wise
NOMBRESAmy
APELLIDOWise
FIRMAWISE A
AFILIACIONESUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ORCID0000-0001-5182-9060
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Postpartum continuity of care for women with HIV

    Open AccessLaura Rossouw, Amy Wise et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    Introduction Postpartum disengagement from HIV care increases risks for adverse maternal health outcomes and transmission of HIV through breastfeeding. In January 2015, South Africa implemented Option B+, a policy extending lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) eligibility to all pregnant women living with HIV (PWLWH) regardless of CD4 count. We assessed the impact of Option B+ on postpartum retention in HIV care for PWLWH and identified predicto…

  • Identifying delays in healthcare seeking and provision

    Open AccessElisa Garcia Gomez, Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Delays in illness recognition, healthcare seeking, and in the provision of appropriate clinical care are common in resource-limited settings. Our objective was to determine the frequency of delays in the “Three Delays-in-Healthcare”, and factors associated with delays, among deceased infants and children in seven countries with high childhood mortality. We conducted a retrospective, descriptive study using data from verbal autopsies and medical r…

  • Antepartum Sars-CoV-2 infection and adverse birth outcomes in South African women

    Open AccessMarta C Nunes, Stephanie Jones et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2022

    Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women has been associated with severe illness in the women and higher rates of premature delivery. There is, however, paucity of data on the impact of the timing of SARS-CoV-2 infection and on symptomatic or asymptomatic infections on birth outcomes. Data from low-middle income settings is also lacking. Methods: We conducted a longitudinal study from April 2020 to March 2021, in South Africa, where sym…

  • Iodine status of pregnant women living in urban Johannesburg, South Africa

    Open AccessSicelosethu S Siro, Lizelle Zandberg et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2021

    Adequate intake of iodine is important during pregnancy because of its essential role in foetal growth and neurodevelopment. Data on iodine status of South African pregnant women are scarce, and the salt reduction policy implemented in 2016 may decrease iodine intake of South Africans. This cross-sectional study assessed the iodine status of pregnant women residing in urban Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of 250 pregnant women were enrolled i…