co-PI , SAGE, World Health Organization
Countries Studied
South Africa, Uganda.
Projects
Direct and indirect impacts of HIV on older adults; a SAGE sub-study.
Related Publications & Presentations
Mugisha, Joseph, Francien Scholten, Sebastian Owilla, Nirmala Naidoo, Janet Seeley, Somnath Chatterji, Paul Kowal, and Ties Boerma et al. 2013. “Caregiving responsibilities and burden among older people by HIV status and other determinants in Uganda.” AIDS Care Published online: 11 Feb 2013. [DOI]
Mutevedzi, Portia, A J Rodger, Makandwe Nyirenda, Marie-Louise Newell Newell, and Paul Kowal. Forthcoming. 2013. “Decreased chronic morbidity but elevated HIV associated cytokine levels in HIV-infected older adults receiving HIV treatment: Benefit of enhanced access to care?” AIDS
Nyirenda, Makandwe, Marie-Louise Newell Newell, Joseph Mugisha, Portia Mutevedzi, Janet Seeley, Francien Scholten, and Paul Kowal et al. 2013. “Health, wellbeing, and disability among older people infected or affected by HIV in Uganda and South Africa.” Global Health Action 6:19201. [DOI]
Negin, Joel, and Paul Kowal. 2012. “Prevalence of HIV and chronic comorbidities among older adults.” AIDS 26(S1):S55-63.
Nyirenda, Makandwe, and Paul Kowal. 2012. “An investigation of factors associated with the health and wellbeing of HIV-infected and HIV-affected older people in rural South Africa.” BMC Public Health 12:259. [DOI]
Nyirenda, Makandwe, Somnath Chatterji, Jane C Falkingham, Portia Mutevedzi, Victoria Hosegood, Maria Evandrou, Paul Kowal, and Marie-Louise Newell Newell. 2012. “An investigation of factors associated with the health and well-being of HIV-infected or HIV-affected older people in rural South Africa.” BMC Public Health 12:259. [DOI]
Scholten, Francien, and Paul Kowal. 2011. “Health and functional status among older people with HIV/AIDS in Uganda.” BMC Public Health 11:886. [DOI]
Medical Research Council/Uganda, Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda. 2011. “Direct and indirect effects of HIV/AIDS and anti-retroviral treatment on the health and well-being of older people.” (Prepared by a team led by Francine Scholten. Published by WHO: Geneva.)