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Joanna Busza is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine, Social Sciences, and Health Professions, with particular emphasis on subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The central topics of Joanna Busza's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Sex Work and Related Issues, HIV, Drug Use, and Sexual Risk, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Global Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Tract Infections Research, and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Recent publications by Joanna Busza include the following:

  • "Three lessons for the COVID-19 response from pandemic HIV" (2020), published in The Lancet HIV
  • "'It went through the roof': an observation study exploring the rise in PrEP uptake among Zimbabwean female sex workers in response to adaptations during Covid-19" (2021), published in Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • "The impact of the DREAMS partnership on HIV incidence among young women who sell sex in two Zimbabwean cities: results of a non-randomised study" (2021), published in BMJ Global Health
  • "Exploring data quality and use of the routine health information system in Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study" (2021), published in BMJ Open
  • "The impact of community-based integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health services for youth on population-level HIV viral load and sexually transmitted infections in Zimbabwe: protocol for the CHIEDZA cluster-randomised trial" (2022), published in Wellcome Open Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Joanna Busza include:

  • Frances M. Cowan
  • James Hargreaves
  • Owen Mugurungi
  • Sungai T. Chabata
  • Fortunate Machingura

Joanna Busza's research has been published in several venues multiple times, including:

  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • The Lancet Global Health
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Trials

Their work contributes to advancing understanding and interventions related to HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, and public health systems in diverse settings, particularly in African contexts. These contributions involve exploring epidemiological trends, community-based interventions, and health service delivery models addressing vulnerabilities among young women and sex workers.

Best Publications

  • Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trial

    Paul M Pronyk;Paul M Pronyk;James R Hargreaves;James R Hargreaves;Julia C Kim;Julia C Kim;Linda A Morison

  • Understanding the Impact of a Microfinance-Based Intervention on Women’s Empowerment and the Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa

    Julia C. Kim;Charlotte H. Watts;James R. Hargreaves;Luceth X. Ndhlovu

  • Prevalence and risk of violence and the physical mental and sexual health problems associated with human trafficking: systematic review.

    Siân Oram;Heidi Stöckl;Joanna Busza;Louise M. Howard

  • A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour in young female participants

    Paul M. Pronyk;Julia C. Kim;Tanya Abramsky;Godfrey Phetla

  • A transformative stand-alone goal on achieving gender equality womens rights and womens empowerment: Imperatives and key components. In the context of the post-2015 development framework and sustainable development goals.

    Brooks R;Oram S;Stockl H;Busza J

  • Can social capital be intentionally generated? A randomized trial from rural South Africa

    Paul M. Pronyk;Trudy Harpham;Joanna Busza;Godfrey Phetla

  • Providing comprehensive health services for young key populations: needs, barriers and gaps

    Sinead Delany-Moretlwe;Frances M Cowan;Joanna Busza;Carolyn Bolton-Moore

  • Barriers to Accessing Antiretroviral Therapy in Kisesa, Tanzania: A Qualitative Study of Early Rural Referrals to the National Program.

    Gerry Hillary Mshana;Joyce Wamoyi;Joanna Busza;Basia Zaba

  • The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South Africa

    J R Hargreaves;L A Morison;J C Kim;C P Bonell

  • Barriers to sustaining antiretroviral treatment in Kisesa, Tanzania: a follow-up study to understand attrition from the antiretroviral program.

    Maria Roura;Joanna Busza;Alison Wringe;Doris Mbata

  • Scaling up stigma? The effects of antiretroviral roll-out on stigma and HIV testing. Early evidence from rural Tanzania.

    Maria Roura;Mark Urassa;Joanna Busza;Doris Mbata

  • Revealing the full extent of households’ experiences of HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa

    Victoria Hosegood;Eleanor Preston-Whyte;Joanna Busza;Sindile Moitse

  • Men's involvement in the South African family: engendering change in the AIDS era.

    Catherine M. Montgomery;Victoria Hosegood;Victoria Hosegood;Joanna Busza;Ian M. Timaeus;Ian M. Timaeus

  • Effects of micro-enterprise services on HIV risk behaviour among female sex workers in Kenya's urban slums.

    Willis Omondi Odek;Joanna Busza;Chester N. Morris;John Cleland

  • "You are wasting our drugs": health service barriers to HIV treatment for sex workers in Zimbabwe

    Sibongile Mtetwa;Joanna Busza;Samson Chidiya;Stanley Mungofa

  • Targeted combination prevention to support female sex workers in Zimbabwe accessing and adhering to antiretrovirals for treatment and prevention of HIV (SAPPH-IRe): a cluster-randomised trial.

    Frances M Cowan;Calum Davey;Elizabeth Fearon;Phillis Mushati

  • Barriers to provider-initiated testing and counselling for children in a high HIV prevalence setting: a mixed methods study.

    Katharina Kranzer;Jamilah Meghji;Tsitsi Bandason;Ethel Dauya

  • From HIV diagnosis to treatment: evaluation of a referral system to promote and monitor access to antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania

    Ray Nsigaye;Alison Wringe;Maria Roura;Samuel Kalluvya

  • The HIV Care Cascade Among Female Sex Workers in Zimbabwe: Results of a Population-Based Survey From the Sisters Antiretroviral Therapy Programme for Prevention of HIV, an Integrated Response (SAPPH-IRe) Trial.

    Frances M. Cowan;Calum B. Davey;Elizabeth Fearon;Phillis Mushati

  • Promoting the positive: Responses to stigma and discrimination in Southeast Asia

    J. R. Busza

  • Three lessons for the COVID-19 response from pandemic HIV.

    James Hargreaves;Calum Davey;Judith Auerbach;Jamie Blanchard

Frequent Co-Authors

James R Hargreaves
James R Hargreaves London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
John Porter
John Porter London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mark Urassa
Mark Urassa Medical Research Council
Andrew N. Phillips
Andrew N. Phillips University College London
Chris Bonell
Chris Bonell London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Abigail M. Hatcher
Abigail M. Hatcher University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Cleland
John Cleland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Cathy Zimmerman
Cathy Zimmerman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Victoria Hosegood
Victoria Hosegood University of Southampton
Ian M. Timæus
Ian M. Timæus London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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