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Miriam Taegtmeyer is affiliated with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their primary research falls within the broad field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Finance in relation to healthcare.

The scientist has contributed to several topics in health research including HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Frequent publication venues for Miriam Taegtmeyer's work include:

  • BMC Public Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • BMJ Global Health
  • BMJ Open

Miriam Taegtmeyer has been involved in numerous research publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Dolutegravir versus efavirenz in women starting HIV therapy in late pregnancy (DolPHIN-2): an open-label, randomised controlled trial," 2020, The Lancet HIV
  • "72 weeks post-partum follow-up of dolutegravir versus efavirenz initiated in late pregnancy (DolPHIN-2): an open-label, randomised controlled study," 2022, The Lancet HIV
  • "Using research networks to generate trustworthy qualitative public health research findings from multiple contexts," 2020, BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • "'I fear my partner will abandon me': the intersection of late initiation of antenatal care in pregnancy and poor ART adherence among women living with HIV in South Africa and Uganda," 2022, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • "Community-based HIV self-testing: a cluster-randomised trial of supply-side financial incentives and time-trend analysis of linkage to antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe," 2021, BMJ Global Health

The scientist collaborates frequently with multiple coauthors, including:

  • Yussif Alhassan
  • Cheryl Johnson
  • Karin Hatzold
  • Elizabeth L. Corbett
  • Rachel Tolhurst

Best Publications

  • Which intervention design factors influence performance of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review

    Maryse C Kok;Marjolein Dieleman;Miriam Taegtmeyer;Jacqueline E W Broerse

  • How does context influence performance of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries? Evidence from the literature

    Maryse C Kok;Maryse C Kok;Sumit S Kane;Olivia Tulloch;Hermen Ormel

  • Performance of community health workers: situating their intermediary position within complex adaptive health systems.

    Maryse C. Kok;Jacqueline E. W. Broerse;Sally Theobald;Hermen Ormel

  • Limits and opportunities to community health worker empowerment: A multi-country comparative study.

    Sumit Kane;Maryse Kok;Hermen Ormel;Lilian Otiso

  • Optimising the benefits of community health workers' unique position between communities and the health sector: A comparative analysis of factors shaping relationships in four countries.

    Maryse C. Kok;Hermen Ormel;Jacqueline E. W. Broerse;Sumit Kane

  • 'I will choose when to test, where I want to test': investigating young people's preferences for HIV self-testing in Malawi and Zimbabwe.

    Pitchaya P. Indravudh;Euphemia L. Sibanda;Marc d’Elbée;Moses K. Kumwenda

  • Salaried and voluntary community health workers: exploring how incentives and expectation gaps influence motivation

    Hermen Ormel;Maryse Kok;Sumit Kane;Rukhsana Ahmed

  • Realizing the potential for HIV self-testing.

    C. Johnson;R. Baggaley;S. Forsythe;H. van Rooyen

  • A qualitative assessment of health extension workers’ relationships with the community and health sector in Ethiopia: opportunities for enhancing maternal health performance

    Maryse C. Kok;Maryse C. Kok;Aschenaki Z. Kea;Daniel G. Datiko;Jacqueline E.W. Broerse

  • How equitable are community health worker programmes and which programme features influence equity of community health worker services? A systematic review.

    Rosalind McCollum;Woedem Gomez;Sally Theobald;Miriam Taegtmeyer

  • Increasing access to HIV counseling and testing through mobile services in Kenya: strategies, utilization, and cost-effectiveness.

    Kristina L Grabbe;Nick Menzies;Miriam Taegtmeyer;Gideon Emukule

  • Dynamics and constraints of early infant diagnosis of HIV infection in rural Kenya

    Amin S. Hassan;Erick M. Sakwa;Helen M. Nabwera;Miriam M. Taegtmeyer

  • How do gender relations affect the working lives of close to community health service providers? Empirical research, a review and conceptual framework.

    Rosalind Steege;Miriam Taegtmeyer;Rosalind McCollum;Kate Hawkins

  • What Should the Ideal HIV Self-Test Look Like? A Usability Study of Test Prototypes in Unsupervised HIV Self-Testing in Kenya, Malawi, and South Africa

    Roger B. Peck;Jeanette M. Lim;Heidi van Rooyen;Wanjiru Mukoma

  • Supervision of community health workers in Mozambique: a qualitative study of factors influencing motivation and programme implementation

    Sozinho Daniel Ndima;Mohsin Sidat;Celso Give;Hermen Ormel

  • Does Supportive Supervision Enhance Community Health Worker Motivation? A Mixed-Methods Study in Four African Countries

    Maryse C Kok;Frédérique Vallières;Olivia Tulloch;Meghan Bruce Kumar

  • Dolutegravir versus efavirenz in women starting HIV therapy in late pregnancy (DolPHIN-2): an open-label, randomised controlled trial.

    Kenneth Kintu;Thokozile R Malaba;Jesca Nakibuka;Christiana Papamichael

  • Indicators of sustainable capacity building for health research: analysis of four African case studies

    Imelda Bates;Miriam Taegtmeyer;S Bertel Squire;Daniel Ansong

  • HIV self-testing could "revolutionize testing in South Africa, but it has got to be done properly": perceptions of key stakeholders.

    Tawanda Makusha;Lucia Knight;Miriam Taegtmeyer;Olivia Tulloch

  • Strengthening referral systems in community health programs: a qualitative study in two rural districts of Maputo Province, Mozambique

    Celso Give;Sozinho Ndima;Rosalind Steege;Hermen Ormel

  • Scale-up of Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing in Kenya

    Elizabeth Marum;Miriam Taegtmeyer;Kenneth Chebet

  • Susceptibility of healthcare workers in Kenya to hepatitis B: new strategies for facilitating vaccination uptake

    R. M. Suckling;Miriam Taegtmeyer;P. M. Nguku;S. S. Al-Abri

Frequent Co-Authors

Sally Theobald
Sally Theobald Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Edwine Barasa
Edwine Barasa KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Jacqueline E. W. Broerse
Jacqueline E. W. Broerse Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Philip Hyland
Philip Hyland National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Sassy Molyneux
Sassy Molyneux University of Oxford
Charles F. Gilks
Charles F. Gilks University of Queensland
Matthew Price
Matthew Price University of Vermont
Christopher M. Parry
Christopher M. Parry Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
John R. Horton
John R. Horton The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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