William Sambisa

Dados Biográficos

ID4257326
NOMEWilliam Sambisa
PRENOMESWilliam
SOBRENOMESambisa
ASSINATURASAMBISA W
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS12
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES12
TOTAL COMO AUTOR12
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2006
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2023
ÍNDICE H3

  • Unintended consequences of implementing non-pharmaceutical interventions for the Covid-19 response in Africa

    Open AccessIssakha Diallo, Rawlance Ndejjo et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2023

    INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic is one of the most terrifying disasters of the twenty-first century. The non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented to control the spread of the disease had numerous positive consequences. However, there were also unintended consequences-positively or negatively related to the nature of the interventions, the target, the level and duration of implementation. This article describes the uni…

  • Covid-19 surveillance in Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda

    Open AccessOlufunmilayo I Fawole, Segun Bello et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    All the four countries demonstrated a prompt public health surveillance response and adopted similar approaches to surveillance with some adaptations as the pandemic progresses. There is need for investments to enhance surveillance approaches and systems including decentralizing surveillance to the subnational and community levels, strengthening capabilities for genomic surveillance and use of digital technologies, among others. Investing in heal…

  • Private sector engagement in the Covid-19 response

    Open AccessSteven Ndugwa Kabwama, Suzanne N Kiwanuka et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2022

  • A case study of community-based distribution and use of Misoprostol and Chlorhexidine in Sokoto State, Nigeria

    Open AccessMolly Cannon, Zulfiya Charyeva et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2016

    The United States Agency for International Development/Targeted States High Impact Project supported Sokoto State, Nigeria government in the development of a community-based intervention aimed at preventing post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) and cord infection among women and children, respectively. This paper describes the innovative intervention within the Nigeria health delivery system. It then explains the case study approach to assessing this int…

  • Contraceptive Discontinuation and Unintended Pregnancy

    Siân Curtis, Emily Evens et al.ARTICLEInternational Perspectives on…2011

    CONTEXT: Contraceptive discontinuation is a common event that may be associated with low motivation to avoid pregnancy. If this is the case, a substantial proportion of pregnancies that follow discontinuation will be reported as intended. METHODS: Demographic and Health Survey data from six countries (Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Kazakhstan, Kenya, the Philippines and Zimbabwe) over the period 1999-2003 were used to explore the proportions…

  • A Venue-Based Approach to Reaching MSM, IDUs and the General Population with VCT

    Open AccessKavita Singh, Paul Henry Brodish et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2011

  • Ethnic Differences in Sexual Behaviour Among Unmarried Adolescents and Young Adults in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessWilliam Sambisa, Siân L Curtis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2010

    Understanding the social and cultural contextual determinants of sexual behaviour of adolescents and young adults is an essential step towards curtailing the spread of HIV. This study examined the effects of one cultural factor, ethnicity, on sexual abstinence, faithfulness, condom use at last sex, and risky sex among young people in Zimbabwe. Data from the cross-sectional, population-based 2005–06 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey were used…

  • Aids stigma as an obstacle to uptake of HIV testing

    William Sambisa, Siân Curtis et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2010

    Using the 2005-2006 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey, we investigated the prevalence of HIV testing uptake within a sample of women (6839) and men (5315), and identified the independent effects of AIDS stigma on testing uptake, with particular emphasis on three pathways to testing: voluntary testing, testing when offered, and testing when required. The prevalence of self-reported HIV testing was higher among women (31%) than men (22%). For …

  • Physical and Sexual Abuse of Wives in Urban Bangladesh

    Open AccessWilliam Sambisa, Gustavo Angeles et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2010Citada por: 5Referências: 84

    Using data from 8,320 husbands’ self reports for the 2006 Urban Health Survey, this article examines the prevalence of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated by husbands against their wives in Bangladesh and identifies risk markers associated with such violence. Of the men included in the sample for this study, 55 percent reported perpetrating physical IPV against their wives at some point in their married lives, 23 perce…

  • Targeting HIV Interventions for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Southern Africa

    Open AccessKavita Singh, William Sambisa et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2009

  • Individual- and community-level determinants of social acceptance of people living with HIV in Kenya

    Open AccessChien Chiao, Vinod Mishra et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2008Citada por: 4Referências: 8

  • Rural/Urban Residence, Migration, HIV/Aids, and Safe Sex Practices among Men in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessWilliam Sambisa, C Shannon StokesARTICLERural Sociology2006Citada por: 3Referências: 21

    The AIDS epidemic was initially thought to be primarily an urban phenomenon. However, migration between rural and urban areas has resulted in the spread of the virus to all segments of the population. Prevention efforts continue to focus on the ABCs of AIDS, namely, abstinence among young adults, being faithful within a monogamous relationship, and/or using condoms at each sexual encounter. We examine the effects of residence, migration status, a…