New publication in PLOS Global Public Health: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

New publication in BMJ Open: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/1...

New Publication in Pediatrics: Epidemiology of Pediatric Tuberculosis in the Western Cape: A Population-Based Study (2017–2023) publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

New publication in JIAS: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/6JPAUF...

Here's an Ehwoza short film on some work CIDER has been involved in in Eastern Cape. The project explores how antibiotics are used and how resistance develops across people, animals, and the environment in rural communities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWSv...

New paper in AIDS: Infectious-cause hospitalisation in a province-wide cohort of children with antenatal HIV exposure compared to children without HIV exposure. journals.lww.com/aidsonline/a...

New paper in PLOS Medicine: Evaluation of economic strengthening in South Africa and its impact on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage births: A modelling study dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

New paper: Impact of HIV and hospitalization on the incidence of subsequent rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis after initiation of first-line tuberculosis treatment: a retrospective cohort study in South Africa www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

Congrats to CIDER's Jonathan Euvrard on his senior authorship of this new paper, providing much-needed data on Advanced HIV disease: journals.lww.com/jaids/abstra...

Exciting work from CIDER in South Africa’s Eastern Cape! We’re proud to be part of an innovative project using a tiny rural lab to tackle a global health crisis Read the full story here:

CIDER's Emma Kalk will be speaking at this upcoming event: sciencesummitnyc.org/science-summ...

24 Hours to Save AIDS Research is an all-day, online marathon that will include >70 speakers from around the world, enabling people from all time zones to access the programming in real time. Join us! Register bit.ly/45U1keO and join us on YouTube bit.ly/45Qftts. #HIV #saveAIDSresearch #HIVresearch

New paper: Life-years lost associated with mental disorders in people with HIV: a cohort study in South Africa, Canada and the United States. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New paper from Morna Cornell: Men's health policies: long overdue pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

New paper from Haroon Moolla: Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral therapy interruptions: a focused review journals.lww.com/jaids/citati...

New paper from Haroon Moolla: Short-term CD4+ cell count declines during antiretroviral therapy interruptions: a focused review. journals.lww.com/jaids/citati...

New paper from Amohelang Lehloa: Comorbidities in pregnant South African women living with HIV and associations with adverse birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186...

🤱Over 200,000 pregnant women and their infants suffer from TB each year. 📣 Our Maternal and Child TB Working Group led the call for research to #endTB in pregnant and lactating women. They played a vital role in the @who.int call to action and consensus statement: theunion.org/news/union-m...

Ncumisa Msolo, MSc student with CIDER, presenting her poster on breastfeeding and mental health at the Southern African HIV Clinician's Society Conference on Friday

New paper: Diarrhoeal admissions among children aged <5 years in public sector facilities in Western Cape Province, South Africa, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019 - 2021) samajournals.co.za/index.php/sa...

Well done to Meg Osler who recently gave input into this WHO technical brief: Promoting sustainable data quality management to enhance HIV programmes. iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...

Meet the Speakers for the upcoming International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects meeting. Deadline to register is 31 August: confco.eventsair.com/icbdsr-2025-...

Kim Anderson presented an oral at the Pediatrics and HIV workshop in Kigali: #18 Infectious morbidity among children HIV-exposed uninfected in South Africa: Elevated risk in infancy but not thereafter ve-ame.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Abstract_boo...

Kim Anderson presented her research in Kigali at #IAS2025 and at the Pediatrics and HIV workshop: Viral load monitoring during pregnancy and postpartum in the Western Cape province, South Africa, 2018-2021

Shani de Beer's research was featured in a poster walk at the Peds Workshop: Abstract #26 Association between maternal antenatal HIV service engagement and well-child visit utilisation in the Western Cape, South Africa ve-ame.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Abstract_boo...

New pre-print: Identifying priority populations for HIV interventions using acquisition and transmission indicators: a combined analysis of 15 mathematical models from 10 African countries www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

New paper: Age-specific all-cause mortality rates among adolescents and youth living with and without HIV: Evidence from a cohort study in South Africa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/NP8JDG...

New publication: The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis care and infection control measures in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) clinics in low- and middle-income countries: a multiregional site survey in Asia and Africa gh.bmj.com/content/10/3...

New publication: Age-specific all-cause mortality rates among adolescents and youth living with and without HIV: Evidence from a cohort study in South Africa doi.org/10.1002/jia2...

51st Annual Meeting of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects in South Africa from November 2-5, 2025. This year’s theme: "Data that Counts: Transforming Lives Through Birth Defects Surveillance" Abstract Submissions: icbdsr2025.co.za/call-for-abs... Deadline extended to July 18, 2025.

New publication from @leighjohnsoncpt.bsky.social : The cost of the plunge: The impact and cost of a cessation of PEPFAR-supported services in South Africa journals.lww.com/aidsonline/a...

CIDER is pleased to be part of capacity building in infectious disease modelling with aspiring modellers from around Africa, through the annual Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data (MMED) clinic, delivered by the International Clinics on Infectious Disease Dynamics and Data (ICI3D)

MUST READ | 8 million people living with HIV. 6 million on treatment. Behind these big numbers lurk a universe of fascinating dynamics. In this special briefing, Spotlight editor @marcuslowx.bsky.social unpacks what we know about the state of HIV in SA. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/06/09/i...

Reminder for tomorrow: Results from the partnership between the Center for Data Integration and Knowledge for Health (CIDACS/Fiocruz Bahia), the Western Cape Provincial Health Data Center and CIDER - a federated analysis with administrative health data on gestational syphilis and maternal TB

“Data that Counts: Transforming Lives Through Birth Defects Surveillance”. Join us for the 51st Meeting of International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research Mount Grace Hotel, South Africa, 2-5 Nov 2025. Registration and Abstracts submission open: icbdsr2025.co.za

New Paper: Association between changes in script renewal periods and HIV viral non-suppression: a cohort study of a South African private-sector HIV program journals.lww.com/jaids/abstra...

New paper: Incidence, Disease Spectrum, and Outcomes of Tuberculous Meningitis in South African Children: The initial impact of COVID-19 www.mdpi.com/3302174

New preprint: Epidemiological insights into paediatric tuberculosis trends in the Western Cape, South Africa www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

New paper: Identifying gaps in the HIV treatment cascade in Africa: a model comparison study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

ICBDSR Annual Meeting coming up. Registration is now open

New paper: Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New paper in @nature.com: Tracing the spatial origins and spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages in South Africa rdcu.be/eodjY

Great article from @spotlightnsp.bsky.social, with contributions from CIDER's Kim Anderson and @leighjohnsoncpt.bsky.social, explaining some of the complex dynamics of paediatric HIV in South Africa. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/05/26/a...

South-South Collab: A Common Data Model for Maternal Health Research. A collaboration to strengthen data science in health. Results from the partnership between CIDACS/Fiocruz Bahia, the WC-PHDC/CIDER to pioneer a federated analysis on gestational syphilis and maternal tuberculosis

Save the Date! UCT School of Public Health's annual research day

Our new preprint provides more detail on previously reported impacts of HIV funding cuts: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Assessing the impact of HIV funding cuts in South Africa: groundup.org.za/article/us-f...

Abstracts now open for SAPRIN 2025: This conference aims to bring together scientists, role players and stakeholders in the population science field to enhance research capacity, foster interdisciplinary approaches, showcase research and dynamic data utilization. events.samrc.ac.za/EventDetails...

Latest Thembisa estimates for HIV in South Africa

New paper: Exploring the validity of routine individuated service data for antenatal HIV surveillance in the Western Cape rdcu.be/ef5D5