Selected Publications

Giordano J, Lewis-Kulzer J, Akama E, Adhiambo HF, Nyadieka E, Iguna S, Bukusi EA, Odeny T, Camlin CS, Thirumurthy H, Petersen M, Geng EH: Experiences and perceptions of conditional cash incentive provision and cessation among people with HIV for care engagement: A qualitative study. Research Square Feb 2024 Notes: This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.

Mangenah C, Sibanda EL, Maringwa G, Sithole J, Gudukeya S, Mugurungi O, Hatzold K, Terris-Prestholt F, Maheswaran H, Thirumurthy H, Cowan FM: Provider and female client economic costs of integrated sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in Zimbabwe. PLoS One 19(2): e0291082, Feb 2024.

Chamie G, Hahn JA, Kekibiina A, Emenyonu N, Beesiga B, Marson K, Fatch R, Lodi S, Adong J, Thirumurthy H, McDonell MG, Gandhi M, Bryant K, Havlir DV, Kamya MR, Muyindike WR: Financial incentives for reduced alcohol use and increased isoniazid adherence during tuberculosis preventive therapy among people with HIV in Uganda: an open-label, factorial randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health 11(12): e1899-e1910, Dec 2023.

Wango GN, Chakrabarti A, Bair EF, Thirumurthy H, Ochilo M, Okumu O, Kemunto E, Bosire R, Napierala, Agot K: Access to Oral Fluid-Based Human Immunodeficiency Virus Self-Tests Increases Testing Among Male Partners of Adolescent Girls in Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health 73(4): 632-639, Oct 2023.

Medina-Marino A, Sibanda N, Putt M, Davey DJ, Smith P, Thirumurthy H, Bekker LG, Buttenheim A: Improving HIV testing, linkage, and retention in care among South African men through U=U messaging: A study protocol for two sequential hybrid type 1 effectiveness- implementation randomized controlled trials. Research Square Oct 2023 Notes: This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.

Jones HS, Anderson RL, Cust H, McClelland RS, Richardson BA, Thirumurthy H, Malama K,Hensen B, Platt L, Rice B, Cowan FM, Imai-Eaton JW, Hargreaves JR, Stevens O: HIV incidence among women engaging in sex work in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. medRxiv Oct 2023 Notes: This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.

Varghese JS, Venkateshmurthy NS, Sudharsanan N, Jeemon P, Patel SA, Thirumurthy H, Roy A, Tandon N, Narayan KMV, Prabhakaran D, Ali MK: Hypertension Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control in India. JAMA Network Open 6(10): e2339098, Oct 2023.

Govathson C, Pascoe S, Chetty-Makkan C, Schmucker L, Mistri P, Thirumurthy H, Mabuto T: Effect of Behaviourally Informed Text Messages to Promote Retention in HIV Care: A Randomized Trial in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa. medRxiv Page: 23297725, Oct 2023 Notes: This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.

Ali MK, Sudharsanan N, Thirumurthy H: Behaviour change in the era of biomedical advances. Nature Human Behaviour 7(9): 1417-1419, Sep 2023.

Ritter J, Allen S, Cohen PD, Fajardo AF, Marx K, Loggetto P, Auste C, Lewis H, de Sá Rodrigues KE, Hussain S, Omotola A, Bolous NS, Thirumurthy H, Essue BM, Steliarova-Foucher E, Huang IC, Meheus F, Bhakta N: Financial hardship in families of children or adolescents with cancer: a systematic literature review. The Lancet Oncology 24(9): e364-e375. Sep 2023.