Rebecca Dirks

Dados Biográficos

ID7766014
NOMERebecca Dirks
PRENOMESRebecca
SOBRENOMEDirks
ASSINATURADIRKS R
AFILIAÇÕESFamily Health International 360
ORCID0000-0002-9965-1780
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2009
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2017
ÍNDICE H0

  • Evaluation of a community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in Ghana

    Open AccessPeter Lamptey, Amos Laar et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    The high burden of hypertension among the studied population, coupled with high awareness, yet very low level of hypertension treatment and control requires in-depth investigation of the bottlenecks to treatment and control. The low hypertension treatment and control rates despite current and previous general educational programs particularly in the intervention district, may suggest that such programs are not necessarily impactful on the health …

  • Use of service data to inform pediatric HIV-free survival following prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs in rural Malawi

    Open AccessJustin Mandala, Tiwonge Moyo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    When mothers and newborns received nevirapine, the estimated 24-month probability of HIV-free survival among children was high at 82% (CI: 54% to 99%). However this conclusion should be interpreted cautiously 1) due to the wide confidence interval; and 2) because the confidence interval range includes 55%, which is the natural HIV-free survival rate in the absence of a PMTCT intervention. This analysis highlighted the need of quality data and wel…

  • Is single-dose NVP relevant in the era of more efficacious PMTCT regimens? Lessons from Zambia

    Kwasi Torpey, Prisca Kasonde et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2010

    For almost a decade, single-dose nevirapine (sdNVP) has been proven to be a safe and effective drug for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. With the advent of the use of more efficacious combination therapy strategy in reducing mother-to-child transmission, sdNVP has been relegated as a lower tier intervention. Availability of infrastructural capacity coupled with the practical reality that very few women attend an ante…

  • Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Zambia

    Open AccessJustin Mandala, Kwasi Torpey et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2009

    Efficacious ARV regimens beyond sdNVP can be implemented in resource-constrained PHCs. The majority (73.0%) of women identified eligible for ART were initiated on cART; however, a minority (11.3%) of HIV-positive pregnant women were assessed for CD4 count and had their test results available. Factors associated with implementation of more efficacious ARV regimens include timing of blood-draw for CD4 count and capacity to initiate cART onsite wher…