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Ari Robert Ho-Foster, B.Sc., M.Sc.

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Epidemiologist, Botswana UPenn Partnership Program
Operations Director, Botswana UPenn Partnership Program
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Botswana-UPenn Partnership
UB Main Campus - Block 244G, Room 107
P O Box AC 157 ACH
Gaborone,
Office: +267 355 4855
Fax: +267 393 2267
Education:
BSc (Biology)
McMaster University, 1998.
MSc (Applied Epidemiology)
Autonomous University of Guerrero - Tropical Disease Research Center, 2003.
Post-Graduate Training
AIDS prevention trials and the use of epidemiology in planning (2-four week and 1-one week module), CIET Trust (Botswana), 2007-2009.
Principles of Clinical Epidemiology (1 week), University of Pretoria (South Africa), 2011-2011.
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Selected Publications

Ho-Foster A, Tenforde MW, Arscott-Mills T, Maramba M, Sedigeng P, Mbeha B, Banda F, Steenhoff AP: Risk factors for gastric aspirate culture contamination in children evaluated for tuberculosis in Botswana. Int J Tuberc Lung Disease 22(9): 1044-1050, Sep 2018.

Opondo PR, Ho-Foster AR, Ayugi J, Hatitchki B, Pumar M, Bilker WB, Thase ME, Jemmott JB, Blank MB, Evans DL: HIV Prevalence Among Hospitalized Patients at the Main Psychiatric Referral Hospital in Botswana. AIDS Behav 22(5): 1503-1516, May 2018.

Gersh JK, Feldman Z, Greenberger E, Chandra A, Friedman HM, Ho-Foster A, Haas MK: Tuberculosis among individuals with community-acquired pneumonia presenting to emergency in Gaborone, Botswana. J Public Health Afr 9(1): 803, May 2018.

Shin SS, Modongo C, Zetola NM, Wang Q, Phologolo T, Kestler M, Ho-Foster A: High rates of exposure to tuberculosis patients among HIV-infected health care workers in Botswana. Int J Tuberc Lung Disease 22(4): 366-370, Apr 2018.

Park E, Masupe T, Joseph J, Ho-Foster A, Chavez A, Jammalamadugu S, Marek A, Arumala R, Ketshogileng D, Littman-Quinn R, Kovarik C: Information needs of Botswana health care workers and perceptions of wikipedia. Int J Med Inform 95: 8-16, Nov 2016.

Ha YP, Tesfalul MA, Littman-Quinn R, Antwi C, Green RS, Mapila TO, Bellamy SL, Ncube RT, Mugisha K, Ho-Foster AR, Luberti AA, Holmes JH, Steenhoff AP, Kovarik CL: Evaluation of a Mobile Health Approach to Tuberculosis Contact Tracing in Botswana. J Health Commun 21(10): 1115-21, Oct 2016.

Reid MJA, Haas MK, Sedigeng P, Ramogola-Masire D, Friedman HM, Ho-Foster A: Leveraging HIV Programming to Enhance Access to Noncommunicable Disease Care in Southern Botswana. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care 15(1): 7-10, Jan-Feb 2016.

Wirth KE, Wolf ER, Goldfarb DM, Ho-Foster A, Tolle M, Jacovides C, Kirk B, Chise M, Steenhoff AP: Risk factors for measles in HIV-infected children and adolescents in Botswana. Pediatr Infect Dis J 34(10): 1093-5, Oct 2015.

Grover S, Raesima M, Bvochora-Nsingo M, Chiyapo SP, Balang D, Tapela N, Balogun O, Kayembe MKA, Russell AH, Monare B, Tanyala S, Bhat J, Thipe K, Nchunga M, Mayisela S, Kizito B, Ho-Foster A, Gaolebale BE, Gaolebale PA, Efstathiou JA, Dryden-Peterson S, Zetola N, Hahn SM, Robertson ES, Lin LL, Morroni C, Ramogola-Masire D: Cervical Cancer in Botswana: Current State and Future Steps for Screening and Treatment Programs. Front Oncol 5: 239, 2015.

Chandra A, Mullan P, Ho-Foster A, Langeveldt A, Caruso N, Motsumi J, Kestler A: Epidemiology of patients presenting to the emergency centre of Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana. AfJEM 4(3): 109-114, Sept 2014.

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