Lessons Learned and Study Results from HIVCore, an HIV Implementation Science Initiative

• Naomi Rutenberg and Waimar Tun, guest editors
• Iryna Zablotska and Marlène Bras, supplement editors

Contents

• Editorial: Lessons learned and study results from HIVCore: An HIV implementation science initiative
  Naomi Rutenberg, Waimar Tun, and Nagesh N. Borse
• Retention of mothers and infants in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme is associated with individual and facility-level factors in Rwanda
  Godfrey B. Woelk, Dieudonne Ndatimana, Sally Behan, Martha Mukaminega, Epiphanie Nyirabahizi, Heather J. Hoffman, Placidie Mugwaneza, Muhayimpundu Ribakare, Anouk Amzel, and B. Ryan Phelps
• Factors associated with long-term antiretroviral therapy attrition among adolescents in rural Uganda: A retrospective study
  Stephen Okoboi, Livingstone Ssali, Aisha I. Yansaneh, Celestin Bakanda, Josephine Birungi, Sophie Nantume, Joanne Lyavala Okullu, Alana R. Sharp, David M. Moore, and Samuel Kalibala
• Limited accessibility to HIV services for persons with disabilities living with HIV in Ghana, Uganda and Zambia
  Waimar Tun, Jerry Okal, Katie Schenk, Selina Esantsi, Felix Mutale, Rita Kusi Kyeremaa, Edson Ngirabakunzi, Hilary Asiah, Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, and Grimond Moono
• Reducing HIV-related risk and mental health problems through a client-centred psychosocial intervention for vulnerable adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  Nrupa Jani, Lung Vu, Lynnette Kay, Kassahun Habtamu, and Samuel Kalibala
• Results from a rapid national assessment of services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Côte d’Ivoire
  S. Adam Granato, Stephen Gloyd, Julia Robinson, Serge A. Dali, Irma Ahoba, David Aka, Seydou Kouyaté, Doroux A. Billy, Samuel Kalibala, and Ahoua Koné
• Assessment of linkages from HIV testing to enrolment and retention in HIV care in Central Mozambique
  Celso Azarias Inguane, Stephen Gloyd, João Luis Manuel, Charlene Brown, Vincent Wong, Orvalho Augusto, Wisal Mustafa Hassan, Lúcia Vieira, Pires Afonso, Mehol Jamnadás, Jama Joy Bernard, James Cowan, Samuel Kalibala, and James Pfeiffer
• Annual cost of antiretroviral therapy among three service delivery models in Uganda
  Lung Vu, Samuel Waliggo, Brady Zieman, Nrupa Jani, Lydia Buzaalirwa, Stephen Okoboi, Jerry Okal, Nagesh N. Borse, and Samuel Kalibala
• Opportunities and challenges in conducting secondary analysis of HIV programmes using data from routine health information systems and personal health information
  Stephen Gloyd, Bradley H. Wagenaar, Godfrey B. Woelk, and Samuel Kalibala
• Experiences in implementation and publication of operations research interventions: Gaps and a way forward
  Samuel Kalibala, Godfrey B. Woelk, Stephen Gloyd, Nrupa Jani, Lynnette Kay, Avina Sarna, Jerry Okal, Charity Ndwiga, Nicole Haberland, and Irit Sinai