Publications, Reports & Conference Presentations

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Van Tonder E, Wenhold FAM, Esterhuizen T, Blaauw R. Relative validity of surrogate measures within the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) phenotypic criteria for diagnosing adult malnutrition in resource-constrained settings. Clinical Nutrition Open Science 2026;65:100618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutos.2025.12.012
• White Z, Walsh LM, Pretorius A, Wenhold FAM. Fat-free mass predictions from anthropometrics in South African prepubertal children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2026;0:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70276
• Nel S, Feucht UD, Botha T, Arashi M, Wenhold FAM. First-year growth patterns of preterm infants receiving kangaroo mother care: associations with early life factors and 1-year anthropometry. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2026;80:62-72. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-025-01662-6  [IF3.3] (Quartile 1: Nutrition & Dietetics)
• Coetzee M, Naidoo H, Tshehla RM, Mulol H, Feucht U. Necrotising enterocolitis in infants with in-utero SARS-CoV-2 exposure in Tshwane, South Africa. South African Journal of Child Health 2026;20(1): [IF 0.52]
• Nel S, Wenhold FAM, Mulol H, Yende-Zuma N, Feucht UD. Placental insufficiency and lower birth weight negatively impact infant growth and body composition trajectories up to two years of age. Scientific Reports 2026; [IF3.9] (Quartile 1: Multidisciplinary)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• 17th International Newborn Brain Conference, Naples, Italy, February 2026.
• Marna Nel (oral presentation): “Impact of antenatally detected placental function on early neurodevelopment of term infants in Tshwane District, South Africa.”

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Van Tonder E, Wenhold FAM, Blaauw R. Paving the way to detect adult malnourished patients in resource-limited settings: the first step to the right to nutritional care. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2025;38(1):1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/16070658.2025.2455287 [IF 1.0]
• Pretorius A, Wood PS, Becker PJ, Wenhold FAM. Low variability of resting metabolic rate among early, middle, and late achievers of steady state suggests a shortened indirect calorimetry protocol for young children. Nutrition 2025:112779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2025.112779  [IF 3.3]
• Nyofane M, Makhetha L, Moeno L, Tshiambara P. Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among peri-urban mothers living with and without HIV in Lesotho. HIV Research & Clinical Practice 2025;26(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/25787489.2025.2598187 [IF 1.8]
• Marume A, Feucht U, Ayo Yusuf O. An analysis of DHS surveys of 414,232 women from 29 countries, SSA. Tobacco Induced Diseases 2025;23(Suppl 1):A333. https://doi.org/10.18332/852498tivblr [IF 2.8]
• WHO expert consultative group on small and/or sick newborn indicators for Every Newborn Action Plan. Measuring ENAP interventions for small and/or sick newborns in routine health information systems: indicators and considerations from a WHO expert consultation. Journal of Global Health 2025;15:04134.  https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.04134 [IF 5.3] (Quartile 1: Health Policy).
• Tshiambara P, Hoffman M, Legodi H, Mulol H, Feucht U. Haemoglobin levels and growth of South African infants aged 6-12 months, exposed to maternal HIV infection. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2025;38(4):206-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/16070658.2025.2561453 [IF 1.0]
• Feucht U. Neonatal death in facility rate, in section on Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, in District Health Barometer 2023/24. Durban: Health Systems Trust; March 2025. p30-38. ISBN: 978-1-928479-15-4. https://www.hst.org.za/publications/Pages/District-Health-Barometer-202324.aspx
• Nyofane M, Hoffman M, Mulol H, Ndlangamandla Q, Pattinson R, Feucht U..Associations of maternal HIV infection, anaemia, and placental insufficiency with neurodevelopment and anaemia in South African children: a cross-sectional study. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2025;38(4):173-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/16070658.2025.2538402 [IF 1.0]
• Coetzee M, Tshehla R, Naidoo H, Mulol H, Feucht U. Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on neonatal services and outcomes in a tertiary hospital in Tshwane, South Africa. South African Journal of Child Health 2025:19(3):e2893. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCH.2025.v19i4.2893 [IF 0.522]
• Nyofane M, Hoffman M, Mulol H, Botha T, Vannevel V, Pattinson R, Feucht, U. Growth, neurodevelopmental outcomes and micronutrient intake in 18-month-old children with exposure to maternal human immunodeficiency virus and placental insufficiency: The UmbiGodisa cross-sectional study. Clinical Nutrition ESPN 2025;68:608-618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.06.010 [IF 2.6].
• De Sevaux MAJ, …. Mulol H, Feucht U, ….. Wells JCK. Predicting total body water in infants aged 0.5 - 24 months and the implications for measuring breast milk intake: a secondary analysis of isotope dilution data.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2025;122(3):820-829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.06.004 [IF 6.77] (Quartile 1: Nutrition & Dietetics).
• Gilfillan M, Wenhold FAM, Mulol H, Feucht UD. Maternal phenotype, infant size and breast milk composition in women living with HIV. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2024:e13807. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13807 [IF 2.6] (Quartile 1: Nutrition & Dietetics).
• Bergh AM, van Rooyen E, Kritzinger A, Skhosana MR, Tshukudu M, Feucht UD. The challenging road to sustainable kangaroo mother care practice and service: reflections from a South African health district. BMC Health Services Research 25:425.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12581-4 [IF 2.7] (Quartile 1: Health Policy).
• Singata-Madliki M, …. Soma-Pillay P…. Hofmeyer GJ. Suction tube uterine tamponade versus uterine balloon tamponade for treatment of refractory postpartum hemorrhage: a randomized clinical feasibility trial. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2025;170(1):326377. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.16164 [IF 2.4] (Q1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Senkubuge F, Soma-Pillay P, Basu D, Madhi S, Motara F et al. Cost-cutting at the expense of care and training: the predictable consequences of attempts at austerity by the Gauteng Department of Health. South African Medical Journal 2025;115 (5). [IF 2.2]
• Fox CE, Kaur R, Vigneswaran K, Small R, Carter J, O’Donoghue K, Heazell AEP, David AL, Simpson N, Care A, Starrs L, Shennan A, Gonzalez CMV, Soma-Pillay P et al. Triage and care for women with symptoms or diagnosis of pregnancy loss between 14+0 and 21+6 weeks’ gestation. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2025;00:1-26. [IF 2.4] (Q1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Muhumuza S, Lutalo IM, Ssendiwala J, Latigi G, Pirio P, Msukwa C, Mwanyumba F, Gohar F, Hailegebriel TD, Asfaw AG, Bergh AM. Measurement of district health system strengthening efforts for maternal and newborn health service delivery: synchronized application of evaluation models in the West Nile region, Uganda, 2019-2021. BMC Health Services Research 2025;25(1):261. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12276-w [IF 3.0] (Quartile 1: Health Policy).
• Mulol H, Nel S, Wenhold FAM, Feucht UD. Exploring infant size and body composition at 18 months: an ambidirectional peri-urban South African cohort study. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2024:e13780. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13780 [IF 2.6] (Quartile 1: Nutrition & Dietetics).
• Tshiambara P, Hoffman M, Legodi H, Balakrishna Y, Feucht U. Dietary intake and growth of HIV exposed and unexposed 6–12 months old infants in South Africa. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2024;21:e13740. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13740. [IF2.6] (Quartile 1: Nutrition & Dietetics)
• Basu J, Stewart A, Basu D, Wing J, Feucht U. Exploring the role of district clinical specialist teams in maternal health outcomes in a South African district: a mixed method study from 2012 to 2020. South African Medical Journal 2025;114(12):24-28. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i12.2205 [IF 2.2]

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

International Congress of Nutrition IUNS-ICN 2025, Paris, France, August 2025.

• Mothusi Nyofane (poster presentation): “Stunting and neurodevelopmental delays among HIV exposed and uninfected children at the age of 18 months."

3rd Provincial Research and Innovation Summit 2025 at the CSIR in Pretoria, South Africa, March 2025.

• Jeannette Wessels (oral presentation): “Providing a package of Integrated Postnatal Care for the Mother-Infant Pair.”

43rd Conference on Priorities in Perinatal Care in Southern Africa, Amanzimtoti, South Africa, March 2025.

• Khomotso Masemola (oral presentation): “Luswane Loluphilile – Lessons from a Newborn Care Health Improvement Initiative.” 
• Khomotso Masemola (oral presentation): “Luswane Loluphilile – A multipronged capacity-building approach for improving newborn care in Eswatini.” 
• Masemola K et al. (poster presentation): “A multipronged capacity-building approach for improving neonatal care in Eswatini.”

15th Biennial O&G Update, Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, May 2025.

• Felicia Molokoane (oral presentation): “Placental imaging and its influence on neonatal outcome.”
• Tsakane Hlongwane (oral presentation): “Overview on mid-trimester pregnancy loss.”

19th Society of Midwives South Africa (SOMSA) Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2025.

• Nthabiseng Serudu-Nageng (oral presentation): “Maximising opportunities for delivering essential maternal and child health services: implementing an integrated postnatal care package for mothers and infants in Tshwane District, Gauteng Province.”

South African Paediatrics Association (SAPA) 2025, Boardwalk Hotel & Convention Centre, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, September 2025. 

• Annemarie Olivier et al (oral presentation): “Early Childhood Neurodevelopment and Growth of Term Infants with Antenatally Detected Placental Insufficiency in Low-risk Pregnancies in South Africa – The UmbiBrain Study.”

12th SA Aids Conference, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2025. 

• Ute Feucht: satellite presentation: “Overview of Mother Infant Package of Care” in the session: “Triple elimination of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B: opportunities and challenges.”
• Jeannette Wessels et al. (poster presentation): “Using time and motion studies to improve integrated postnatal care for improved VTP outcomes in mother-baby pairs attending routine child health services in Tshwane District.”
• Jeannette Wessels et al. (poster presentation): “The acceptability of integrated postnatal care for mother-baby pairs as a ‘one-stop shop’.”
• Jeannette Wessels et al. (poster presentation): “Barriers to uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) amongst breastfeeding mothers in Tshwane District.”

Faculty Day, University of Pretoria Health Sciences, Pretoria, South Africa, September 2025.

• Felicia Molokoane et al (oral presentation): “Fetal growth and birth anthropometric outcomes in the context of exposure to maternal HIV infection and ART.”
• Clive Nkgadima et al. (poster presentation): “Geographic Access, Client Costs, and Service Fragmentation in Primary Care Child Health Services: Insights from Tshwane District, South Africa.”
• Nthabiseng Serudu-Nageng et al. (poster presentation): “From Initiation to Attrition: Breastfeeding Patterns and Barriers Along the Postnatal Continuum in Tshwane District, South Africa.”
• Mmakeng Modisane et al. (poster presentation): “Evaluating integrated postnatal screening practices for antiretroviral requirements, maternal mental health, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections in the Primary Healthcare setting in Tshwane District.”
• Renea Berry et al. (poster presentation): “The Acceptability and Preference for Appointment Scheduling Systems: Structured Interviews with Mothers/Caregivers Attending Primary Care Child Health Services.”
• Suzan Kekana et al. (poster presentation): “Barriers to uptake of HIV Pre Exposure Prophylaxis amongst breastfeeding mothers in Tshwane District: results from structured interviews with mothers attending primary care child health services.”
• Rebaone Madzivhandila et al. (poster presentation): “Maternal Adherence to HIV Treatment and Infant Prophylaxis in the Dolutegravir Era: Findings from the Sihamba Kunye Study.”
• Jeannette Wessels et al. (poster presentation): “Maximising opportunities for delivering essential maternal and child health services: interim results from the implementation of an integrated postnatal package of care for mothers and infants in Tshwane District, Gauteng Province.”
• Kgothatso Ntloana et al. (poster presentation): “Understanding unplanned pregnancies and contraception needs of postnatal mothers in Tshwane, South Africa.”

58th Annual South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (SASBCP) Conference, Umhlanga, South Africa, September 2025.

• Kaylene Pillay et al (oral presentation): “Breast milk tenofovir levels and macronutrient–growth relationships in HIV-exposed uninfected infants: Insights from the UmbiBaby cohort.” 
  Awarded 3rd place for podium presentations under Basic Pharmacology.

   

Tshwane District Health Research Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, September 2025.

• Jeannette Wessels (oral presentation): “The acceptability and preference for appointment scheduling systems: structured interviews with mothers/caregivers attending primary care child health services.”
• Jeannette Wessels (oral presentation): “Barriers to uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis amongst breastfeeding mothers in Tshwane District: results from structured interviews with mothers attending primary care child health services.”
• Jeannette Wessels – awarded prize for the best oral presentation

9th National Conference of the Neonatal Nursing Association of South Africa (NNASA), Groenkloof Campus, University of Pretoria, South Africa, September 2025.

• Ute Feucht: invited oral presentation: "Reflections on Neonatal Care in South Africa.”

XXV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, ICC Cape Town, South Africa, October 2025.

• Felicia Molokoane - invited speaker: “Fetal growth and neonatal outcome in the context of maternal HIV infection and antiretroviral exposure.”
• L Annandale et al. (poster presentation): “Bridging the gap: a training and mentorship model for sustainable antenatal ultrasound skills in South Africa.”
• S Shah et al. (poster presentation): “Strategy for implementation of midwife-led point-of-care ultrasound for high-risk obstetric conditions across South African public sector hospitals.”

MONEC (12th Annual Midwifery, Obstetric, Neonatal and Child Conference) hosted by Gauteng DoH, Sedibeng District Health Services, Sterkfontein Psychiatric Hospital, South Africa, October 2025.

• Louisa Seopela (oral presentation): Preventing Stillbirths - Umbiflow
• Jeannette Wessels (oral presentation): “Integrated Postnatal Care. A service delivery model for preventing vertical transmission in breastfeeding mothers” 

CSIR@80 G-STIC Conference, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, October 2025.

• Tsakane Hlongwane (oral presentation): “Umbiflow.”

Child Health Priorities Association (CHPA) Conference, virtual conference, November 2025.

• Nthabiseng Serudu-Nageng (oral presentation): “Integrated one-stop postnatal care: Can this be done in our setting? Inputs from the Sihamba Kunye initiative in Tshwane.”
• Marna Nel (oral presentation): “Impact of antenatally detected placental function on early neurodevelopment of term infants in Tshwane District.” 

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Piderit M, White Z, Becker PJ, Wenhold FAM. Dairy intake screener as web-based application is reliable and valid. Food Science & Nutrition 2024;12:5932–5941. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.4187 [IF 3.8]
• Wenhold FAM, MacIntyre U. Estimation accuracy of bean bags as portion size estimation aids for amorphous foods. South African Journal Clinical Nutrition 2024;37(3):106-115.  https://doi.org/10.1080/16070658.2024.2336290 [IF 0.6]
• Wenhold FAM. Nutritional role of milk in school feeding: A literature update and evaluation framework. Section C in: Dairy Bulletin N° 531/2024. International Dairy Federation (2024). The state of milk and milk products in school programmes around the world - Contributing to global child nutrition and development. Available from: https://doi.org/10.56169/HXUZ6019 (p55-71).
• Musarandega R, Nystrom L, Murewanhema G, Gwanzura C, Ngwenya S, Pattinson R, Machekano R, Munjaja SP, and the Zimbabwe Maternal and Perinatal Mortality Study Group. Incompleteness and misclassification of maternal deaths in Zimbabwe: data from two reproductive age mortality surveys, 2007–2008 and 2018–2019. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health 2024;1642-1649.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-024-00318-1 [IF 3.1]
• Nel M, Feucht U, Mulol H, Eksteen C. Neurological examination of healthy term infants at ages 6 and 10 weeks in Tshwane District. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 2024;80(1):a2072. https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/2072 [IF 1.2]
• Kritzinger A, Van Rooyen E, Bergh A-M. A swallowing and breastfeeding intervention programme for small and sick neonates embedded in kangaroo mother care. South African Journal of Communication Disorders 2024;71(1):a1055. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v71i1.1055 and https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/1055/2278 (Supplemental material) [IF 1.4]
• Basu JK, Stewart A, Feucht U, Wing J, Basu D. Adolescent maternal mortality at a district health services over a five year period in South Africa: a retrospective study. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2024;167:1084-1089. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.15763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.15763 [IF 2.4] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics & Gynecology)
• Nel S, Feucht UD, Botha T, Wenhold FAM. Infant growth by INTERGROWTH-21st and Fenton Growth Charts: Predicting 1-year anthropometry in South African preterm infants. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2024:e13663. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13663 [IF 2.6] (Quartile 1: Nutrition & Dietetics).
• Christie M, Mazanderani AH, Sherman G, Feucht U. How paediatric HIV services weathered the COVID-19 storm in Tshwane District, South Africa. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine 2024;25(1):a1557. [IF 2.3] https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/1557 | https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v25i1.1557
• Nel S, de Man J, van den Berg L, Wenhold FAM. Statistical assessment of reliability of anthropometric measurements in the multi-site South African National Dietary Intake Survey 2022. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2024;78:1005-1013. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-024-01449-1  [IF 3.3] (Quartile 1: Nutrition & Dietetics).
• Fawcus S, Gebhardt S, Niit R, Pattinson R. Resilience in the time of crisis: a review of the maternal, perinatal and reproductive health effects of COVID-19 in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 2024;114(5).https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i5.1757  [IF 2.2]
• Udani RH, Suman Rao PN, Bergh A-M. Kangaroo Mother Care in India: down the memory lane. Journal of Neonatology 2024;38(2):319-324. https://doi.org/10.1177/09732179241237885
• Nel S, Wenhold F, Botha T, Feucht U. One-year anthropometric follow-up of South African preterm infants in kangaroo mother care: which early-life factors predict malnutrition? Tropical Medicine & International Health 2024;29(4):292-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/ tmi.13973  [IF 2.3] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health)
• du Toit LDV, Mason S, van Reenen M, Rossouw TM, Louw R. Metabolic alterations in mothers living with HIV and their HIV-exposed, uninfected infants. Viruses 2024;16:313. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/v16020313 [IF 3.5] (Q1: Infectious Diseases)
• Hall M, Valencia CM, Soma-Pillay P, Luyt K, Jacobsson B, Shennan A. Effective and simple interventions to improve outcomes for preterm infants worldwide: the FIGO PremPrep-5 initiative. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2024;00:1-7. [IF 2.4] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics & Gynecology)
• Ribeiro-do-Valle CC, Bonet M, Brizuela V, Abalos E, Baguiya A, Bellissimo-Rodrigues F et al on behalf of the WHO GLOSS research group. Aetiology and use of antibiotics in pregnancy-related infections: results of the WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS), 1-week inception cohort. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024;23:21. [IF 3.6]
• Baguiya A, Bonet M, Brizuela V, Cuestsa C, Knight M, Lumbiganon P et al, WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study Research Group. Infection-related severe maternal outcomes and case fatality rates in 43 low and middle- income countries across the WHO regions: results from the Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS). PLoS Global Public Health 2024;4(4):e0003109. [IF 2.5]
• Anumba D, Soma-Pillay P, Bianchi A, Gonzalez CMV, Jacobbson B on behalf of the FIGO Committee for Preterm Birth. FIGO good practice recommendations on optimising models of care for the prevention and mitigation of preterm birth. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2024:1-8. [IF 2.4] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics & Gynecology).
• Amabebe E, Ikumi N, Oosthuizen A, Soma-Pillay P, Matjila M and Anumba DOC. Gestation-dependent increase in cervicovaginal pro-inflammatory cytokines and cervical extracellular matrix protein is associated with spontaneous preterm delivery within 2 weeks of index assessment in South African women. Frontiers in Immunology 2024;15:1377500.  [IF 5.9] (Quartile 1: Immunology).
• Gravett MG, Menon R, Tribe RM, Hezelgrave NL, Kacerovsky M, Soma-Pillay P, Jacobsson B, McElrath TF. Assessment of current biomarkers and interventions to identify and treat women at risk of preterm birth. Frontiers in Medicine 2024;11:1414428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1414428 [IF 3.0] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous))

TECHNICAL REPORTS

• National Integrated Maternal and Perinatal Care Guidelines for South Africa; South African National Department of Health. Pretoria 2024.
• Saving Mothers report 2020-2022.  8th triennial report on confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in South Africa. 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Grow Great Stunting Summit 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2024.

• Ute Feucht (invited presentation): “The First 280 Days of the 1,000 Days: Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Health.”

Nutrition Congress 2024, Durban, South Africa, October 2024.

• Sanja Nel (oral presentation): “First-year weight and length growth trajectories in preterm infants and their relationship to early life exposures and one-year anthropometry.”
• Sanja Nel (oral presentation): “Weight, length and body composition trajectories up to two years in full term infants with prenatal placental insufficiency.”
• Friede Wenhold (oral presentation): “Dairy in the diet of South Africans: a criterion-based evaluation.”
• Mothusi Nyofane (oral presentation): “Anaemia and neurodevelopmental delays in children exposed to maternal HIV infection and placental insufficiency.”
• Phumudzo Tshiambara (oral presentation): “Dietary intake of infants in the complementary feeding phase by maternal HIV status in Gauteng Province, South Africa.”

USANA Conference, Champagne Sports Resort, South Africa, September 2024. 

• Khomotoso Masemola (oral presentation): “A neonatal service improvement project in a low-middle income country: Situational analysis of neonatal care - “Luswane Loluphilile project.”
  Awarded 1st Prize. 

10th FIDSSA congress 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2024.

• Ute Feucht (invited presentation): “HIV Infant diagnosis and linkage to care and treatment.”

Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN) conference, Aalborg, Denmark May 2024.

• Carin Maree (poster presentation): “Luswane Loluphilile. Strengthening neonatal care in eSwatini.”

41st National Congress of the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SASOG), Sun City, South Africa, August 2024.

• Tsakane Hlongwane (oral presentation): "Addressing stillbirths in South Africa: early detection using Umbiflow."
• Tsakane Hlongwane (workshop presentation): "The role of CTG in prediction of cerebral palsy."
• Louisa Seopela (workshop presentation): "Blood matters: managing haematological disorders in pregnancy."
• Felicia Molokoane (workshop presentation): "Long term implications of maternal and fetal health outcomes- impact on child development and maternal health in subsequent pregnancies."
• Felicia Molokoane (poster presentation): "Teenage pregnancy and the maternal and neonatal outcomes at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital."

Faculty Research Day, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, August 2024. 

• Sanja Nel (poster presentation): “Longitudinal anthropometry and body composition trajectories up to 2 years in term infants with prenatal placental insufficiency.”

Metabolomics 2024 Conference (20th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society) in Osaka, Japan, June 2024. 

• Louise du Toit (poster presentation): “Metabolic alterations in mothers living with HIV and their HIV-exposed, uninfected infants.”

AIDS Conference Munich, Germany, July 2024.

• Ute Feucht (poster presentation): “Early childhood growth outcomes in periurban South Africa: unravelling the complex interplay of exposure to maternal HIV as well as placental insufficiency.”

International workshop on Paediatrics & HIV 2024 Hybrid Workshop, Munich, Germany, July 2024. 

• Mothusi Nyofane (poster presentation): “The impact of maternal HIV infection and anemia together with placental insufficiency on neurodevelopment and anemia in South African children.”

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Bergh AM, Gohar F, Kidula NA, Abdullah M. In uncharted territory “Together each achieves more”: a United Nations interagency collaboration for continuity of maternal and newborn health services during the coronavirus pandemic in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. Frontiers in Health Services 2023;3. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2023.1230414 [IF 2.7] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous)).
• Makanjee CR, Zhang J, Bergh AM. Roles and responsibilities in the transition to working independently: a qualitative study of recently graduated radiographers’ perspectives in Australia. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2023;16:2471-2483. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S416510 [IF 2.7]
• Kemp JE, Becker P, Wenhold FAM. High protein content in breast milk from South African mothers of preterm infants. Acta Paediatrica 2023;112(10):2129-2136. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16910 [IF 2.4] (Quartile 1: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health).
• Hlongwane TMAG, Pattinson RC, Bergh A-M. Implementation of continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound to detect the high-risk foetus in the low-risk mother: lessons from South Africa. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023;23:393. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05721-3 [IF 2.7] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Muhumuza S, Nsabagasani X, Muhangi CN, Latigi G, Pirio P, Msukwa C, Mwanyumba F, Gohar F, Hailegebriel TD, Asfaw AG, Bergh A-M. Perspectives of stakeholders regarding the value of maternal and newborn health interventions and practices supported by UNICEF and other partners in the West Nile region of Uganda: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research 2023;23(1):473. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09480-x [IF 2.7] (Quartile 1: Health Policy)
• Mohammadi M, Bergh A-M, Jahdi NS, Valizadeh L, Hosseini M, Hakimi S. Launching continuous kangaroo mother care through participatory action research in Iran. BMC Health Services Research 2023;23(1):436. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09372-0 [IF 2.7] (Quartile 1: Health Policy)
• Nel S, Pattinson R, Vannevel V, Feucht U, Mulol H, Wenhold FAM. Integrated growth assessment in the first 1000 days of life: an interdisciplinary conceptual framework. Public Health Nutrition 2023;26(8):1523-1538. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023000940 [IF 3.0]
• Festo C, Vannevel V, Ali H, Tamrat T, Mollel GJ, Hlongwane T, Fahmida KA, Alland K, Barriex M, Mehrtash H, Silva R, Thwin SS, Mehl G, Labrique AB, Masanja H,| Tunçalp, Ö. Accuracy of a smartphone application for blood pressure estimation in Bangladesh, South Africa, and Tanzania. npj Digital Medicine 2023;6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00804-z  [IF 12.4] (Quartile 1: Health Informatics).
• Chetty T, Pillay A, Balakrishna Y, Reddy T, Goga A, Moore DP, Karsas M, Cloete J, Archary M, Kwawegen AV, Thomas R, Nakwa FL, Waggie Z, Magrath S, Jeena P. Healthcare-associated infections drive antimicrobial prescribing in pediatric departments at three academic hospitals in South Africa. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2023;42:e283-289. [IF 2.2]
• Tshiambara P, Hoffman M, Legodi H, Botha T, Mulol H, Pisa P, Feucht U. Comparison of feeding practices and growth of urbanized African infants aged 6–12 months old by maternal HIV status in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Nutrients 2023;15:1500. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061500 [IF 4.8] (Quartile 1: Nutrition and Dietetics).
• Kinney MV, George AS, Rhoda NR, Pattinson RC, Bergh A-M. From pre-implementation to institutionalization: lessons from sustaining a perinatal audit program in South Africa. Global Health: Science and Practice 2023 11(2):e2200213. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00213 [IF 2.2]
• Nel S, Feucht UD, Mulol H, Wenhold FAM. Association of prenatal placental function with anthropometry and body composition through two years of age in South African infants: the UmbiBaby study. Journal of Nutrition 2023;153:958-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.02.007 [IF 3.7] (Quartile 1: Nutrition and Dietetics).
• Bonell A, Vannevel V, Sonko B et al. A feasibility study of the use of Umbiflow to assess the impact of heat stress on fetoplacental blood flow in field studies. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2023;160:430-436.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.14480 [IF 2.4] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics & Gynecology).
• du Toit LDV, Prinsloo A, Steel HC, Feucht U, Louw R, Rossouw TM. Immune and metabolic alterations in children with perinatal HIV exposure. Viruses 2023;15(2):279. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15020279 [IF 3.8] (Quartile 1: Infectious Diseases)
• Basu JK, Chauke L, Magoro T. The impact of COVID-19 variant 501Y.V2 on maternal and perinatal mortality among pregnant South African women. African Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health 2023;17(1):1-6. https://doi.org/10.12968/ajmw.2022.0009 [IF 0.3]
• Bhorat I, Buchmann E, Soma-Pillay P, Nicolaou E, Pistorius L, Smuts I, Velaphi S. Cerebral Palsy and its medicolegal implications in low-resource settings – the need to establish causality and revise criteria to implicate intrapartum hypoxia. South African Medical Journal 2023;113(6):e229. [IF 1.5]
• Bhorat I, Buchmann E, Frank K, Soma-Pillay P, Nicolaou E, Pistorius L, Smuts I. Causation of term perinatal hypoxic-ischemic basal ganglia and thalamus injury in the context of cerebral palsy litigation: Position statement. South African Medical Journal 2023;113(9):e1063. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i9.1063 [IF 1.5]

TECHNICAL REPORTS

• Feeding preterm and low-birthweight newborns, UNICEF Technical Report version 1.2, October 2023. Available Here 
• Born too soon: Decade of action on preterm birth. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 2023. 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

South African Paediatrics Association (SAPA) Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2023.

• Ute Feucht (invited oral presentation): “The SGA baby, or is it the growth-restricted baby?”

World Physiotherapy Congress, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2023.

• Marna Nel (oral presentation): “Hammersmith Neonatal Neurological Examination at 6 & 10 Weeks.” 

SA Aids Conference, Durban, South Africa, June 2023.

• Andrea Prinsloo (oral presentation): “Unravelling the immunological changes in HEU infants. The effects of in utero HIV and ART exposure on infant T-cell and monocyte/macrophage activation, function and regulation of immune-modulatory pathways.”

Pathology Research and Development (PathReD) Congress (hosted by the NHLS), South Africa, August 2023.

• Andrea Prinsloo (poster presentation): “Effects of in utero HIV and antiretroviral therapy exposure on infant T-cell and monocyte activation, function, and regulation of immunomodulation.”

15th International Workshop on HIV and Pediatrics Hybrid, Brisbane, Australia, July 2023.

• Mothusi Nyofane (poster presentation): “Growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes of 18-month-old children with exposure to maternal HIV and placental insufficiency in a peri-urban area of South Africa.”

5th Early Childhood Intervention Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2023.

• Marna Nel (oral presentation): “Hammersmith neonatal neurological examination of healthy term infants at ages 6 and 10 weeks in Tshwane district South Africa.”

5th International Developmental Paediatrics Association Congress (IDPA), Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2023.

• Ute Feucht (oral presentation): “The SGA baby or is it the growth-restricted baby?”  
• Marna Nel (oral presentation): “Hammersmith neonatal neurological examination of healthy term infants at ages 6 and 10 weeks in Tshwane District, South Africa.”
• Mothusi Nyofane (oral presentation): “Growth and neurodevelopment of children exposed to maternal HIV and placental insufficiency in a peri-urban area of South Africa.”

• Annemarie Olivier (poster presentation): “Early neurodevelopmental outcomes of low-risk South African term infants with prior placental insufficiency – the Umbi-Brain study”

   

14th Biennial O&G Update, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa, September 2023.

• Felicia Molokoane (oral presentation): “Foetal growth and infant outcomes in women living with HIV: Siyakhula study.”
• Sanja Nel (oral presentation): “Growth in the first 1000 days: conception to two years.”

10th Tshwane District Health Services Research Conference, South Africa, September 2023.

• Marna Nel (poster presentation): “Hammersmith neonatal neurological examination of healthy term infants at ages 6 and 10 weeks in Tshwane district South Africa.” 
  Received 1st prize trophy for Poster presentation.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Wenhold FAM, Nel S, Van den Berg VL. Hands-On Anthropometry: A South African handbook for large-scale nutrition studies. Training and standardisation manual. 2022. Pretoria. Available online at: https://www.up.ac.za/centre-for-maternal-fetal-newborn-and-childhealthcare/article/3043272/anthropometry-body-composition-and-growth-assessment
• Pretorius A, Wood P, Becker P, Wenhold F. Physical activity and related factors in pre-adolescent Southern African children of diverse population groups. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022;19:9912. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169912
• Piderit M, White Z, Wenhold FAM. The development and usability of a web-based mobile application as a dairy intake screener for South African adults. Journal of Dairy Research 2022;89:453–460. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022029922000802 [IF 2.02]
• Pretorius A, Piderit M, Becker P, Wenhold F. Resting energy expenditure of a diverse group of South African men and women. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 2022;35(6):1164-1177. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.13022 [IF 3.3]
• Nyofane M, Hoffman M, Mulol H, Botha T, Vannevel V, Pattinson R, Feucht, U. Early childhood growth parameters in South African children with exposure to maternal HIV infection and placental insufficiency. Viruses 2022;14:2745. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14122745 [IF 4.7] (Q1: Infectious Diseases)
• Odendaal H, Pattinson R, Schubert P, Mason D, Brink L, Gebhardt S, Groenewald C, Wright C. The key role of examining the placenta in establishing a probable cause for stillbirth. Placenta 2022;19:77-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2022.10.001 [3.71] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Odendaal W, Goga A, Chetty T, Schneider H, Pillay Y, Marshall C, Feucht U, Hlongwane T, Kauchali S, Makua M.  Early reflections on Mphatlalatsane, a maternal and neonatal quality improvement initiative implemented during COVID-19 in South Africa. Global Health: Science and Practice 2022;10(5):e2200022. https:doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00022 [IF 2.2]
• Loveday M, Goga A, Dhai A, Labuschaigne M, Rossouw T, Burgess T, Strode A, Wallace M, Blockman M, Daniels B, Spooner E, Bekker LG. Ethically acceptable consent approaches to adolescent research in South Africa. South African Journal of HIV Medicine 2022;23(1):a1385. https:doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1385 [IF 1.7]
• Daniels B, Kuhn L, Spooner E, Mulol H, Goga A, Feucht U, Essack SY, Coutsoudis A. Cotrimoxazole guidelines for infants who are HIV-exposed but uninfected: a call for a public health and ethics approach to the evidence. The Lancet Global Health 2022;10(8):e1198-203. https//doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00120-6 [IF 38.927] (Quartile 1: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health).
• Hlongwane TM, Botha T, Nkosi BS, Pattinson RC. Preventing antenatal stillbirths: an innovative approach for primary health care. South African Family Practice 2022;64(1):15487. https:doi.org/10.4102/safp.v64i1.5487
• Adam S, Pheiffer C, Dias S, Hlongwane T, Vannevel V, Soma-Pillay P, Abdullah F. Coronavirus and pregnancy: the challenges of the 21st century: a review. Frontiers in Microbiology 2022;13:923546. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.923546 [IF 5.2] (Quartile 1: Microbiology).
• Feucht U, Hlongwane T, Vannevel V, Mulol H, Botha T, Pattinson R. Identifying the high-risk fetus in the low-risk mother using fetal Doppler screening. Global Health: Science and Practice 2022;10(3):e2100692.https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00692 [IF 2.2]
• Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Machekano RN, Rosenthal PJ, Schell S, de Waard L, Bekker A, Gachuno OW, Kinuthia J, Mwongeli N, Budhram S. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a 6-country retrospective cohort analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022;8. [IF 11.8] (Quartile 1: Infectious Diseases).
• Worsley CM, van der Mescht MA, Hoffman D, Meyer PW, Ueckermann V, Rossouw TM. Decline in antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 post-vaccination poses a risk to health care workers. Journal of Infection 2022;12. [IF 11.9] (Quartile 1: Infectious Diseases).
• Kinney M, Bergh AM, Rhoda N, Pattinson R, George A. Exploring the sustainability of perinatal audit in four district hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa: a multiple case study approach. BMJ Global Health 2022;7(6):e009242. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009242 [IF 8.1] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).
• Nel S, Feucht UD, Nel AL, Becker PJ, Wenhold FA. A novel screening tool to predict severe acute malnutrition through automated monitoring of weight‐for‐age growth curves. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2022;19:e13364. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13364 [IF 3.84] (Quartile 1: Nutrition and Dietetics).
• Okafor O, Roos N, Abdosh AA, Adesina O, Alaoui Z, Romero WA, Assarag B, Aworinde O, de Bernis L, Castro R, Chrifi H,… Soma-Pillay P, … et al.. International virtual confidential reviews of infection-related maternal deaths and near-miss in 11 low-and middle-income countries–case report series and suggested actions. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2022;22(1):431. [IF 3.18] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Musarandega R, Ngwenya S, Murewanhema G, Machekano R, Magwali T, Nystrom L, Pattinson R, Munjanja S. Changes in causes of pregnancy-related and maternal mortality in Zimbabwe 2007-08 to 2018-19: findings from two reproductive age mortality surveys. BMC Public Health 2022;22(1):923. [IF 4.49] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health)
• Campbell F, Salam S, Sutton A, Jayasooriya SM, Mitchell C, Amabebe E, Balen J, Gillespie BM, Parris K, Soma-Pillay P, Chauke L, Narice B, Anumba DO. Interventions for the prevention of spontaneous preterm birth: a scoping review of systematic reviews. BMJ Open 2022;12(5):e052576. [IF 2.9] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous))
• Gillespie B, Balen J, Allen H, Soma-Pillay P, Anumba D. Shifting social norms and adolescent girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health services and information in a South African township. Qualitative Health Research 2022:10497323221089880. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323221089880 [IF 3.2] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).
• Richardson SI, Madzorera VS, Spencer H, Manamela NP, van der Mescht MA, Lambson BE, Oosthuysen B, Ayres F, Makhado Z, Moyo-Gwete T, Mzindle N. … Rossouw T … et al. SARS-CoV-2 Omicron triggers cross-reactive neutralization and Fc effector functions in previously vaccinated, but not unvaccinated, individuals. Cell Host & Microbe 2022.  [IF 21.023] (Quartile 1: Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)).
• Cloete J, Kruger A, Masha M, du Plessis NM, Mawela D, Tshukudu M, Manyane T, Komane L, Venter M, Jassat W, Goga A, Feucht U. Paediatric hospitalisations due to COVID-19 during the first SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) variant wave in South Africa: a multicentre observational study.  The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 2022;6(5):294-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00027-X [IF 19.9] (Quartile 1: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health).
• Kruger A, …. Feucht U. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s, maternal and child health services in Tshwane District, South Africa. South African Health Review 2022;25. Available from: https://sahr.hst.org.za/article/77852-effect-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-women-s-maternal-and-child-health-services-in-tshwane-district-south-africa
• Oosthuizen SJ, Bergh AM, Silver A, Malatji RE, Mfolo V, Botha T. The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions in a district quality improvement initiative: Experiences from the CLEVER Maternity Care programme. South African Family Practice 2022;64(1):a5359. https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v64i1.5359
• Abdullah F, Myers J, Basu D, Tintinger G, Ueckermann V, Mathebula M, Ramlall R, Spoor S, de Villiers T, Van der Walt Z, Cloete J, Soma-Pillay S, … et al. Decreased severity of disease during the first global omicron variant covid-19 outbreak in a large hospital in Tshwane, South Africa. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2022;116:38-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.357 [IF 4.3] (Quartile 1: Infectious Diseases).
• Kitchin D, Richardson SI, van der Mescht MA, Motlou T, Mzindle N, Moyo-Gwete T, Makhado Z, Ayres F, Manamela NP, Spencer H, Lambson B. Ad26. COV2. S breakthrough infections induce high titers of neutralizing antibodies against Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. Cell Reports Medicine 2022;3(3):100535. [IF 10.6] (Quartile 1: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)).
• Vannevel V, Vogel JP, Pattinson RC, Adanu R, Charantimath U, Goudar SS, Gwako G, Kavi A, Maya E, Osoti A, Pujar Y, Qureshi ZP, Rulisa S, Botha T, Oladapo OT. Antenatal Doppler screening for fetuses at risk of adverse outcomes: a multicountry cohort study of the prevalence of abnormal resistance index in low-risk pregnant women. BMJ Open 2022;12(3):e053622. IP: 2.692. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053622 [IF 2.9] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous)).
• Richardson SI, Manamela NP, Motsoeneng BM, Kaldine H, Ayres F, Makhado Z, Mennen M, Skelem S, Williams N, Sullivan NJ, Misasi J, … Rossouw T, … et al. SARS-CoV-2 Beta and Delta variants trigger Fc effector function with increased cross-reactivity. Cell Reports Medicine 2022;3(2):100510. [IF 10.6] (Quartile 1: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)).
• Musarandega R, Machekano R, Munjanja SP, Pattinson R. Methods used to measure maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1980 to 2020: a systematic literature review. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2022;156(2):206-215. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13695 [IF 3.82] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Rossouw TM, Anderson R, Manga P, Feldman C. Emerging role of vascular endothelium-platelet interactions in the pathogenesis of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection-associated myocardial injury. Frontiers in Immunology 2022 [IF 7.561] (Quartile 1: Immunology).
• Oosthuizen S, Bergh AM, Silver A, Malatji R, Mfolo V, Botha T. Maternity healthcare providers’ self-perceptions of well-being during COVID-19: a survey in Tshwane Health District, South Africa. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine 2022;14(1):10. [IF 1.7]
• Mwambenu B, Ramoloko V, Laubscher R, Feucht U. Growth and the pubertal growth spurt in South African adolescents living with perinatally-acquired HIV infection. PloS One 2022;17(1):e0262816.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262816 [IF 3.7] (Quartile 1: Multidisciplinary).
• Richardson SI, Manamela NP, M. Motsoeneng BM, Kaldine H, Ayres F, Makhado Z, Sullivan NJ, Misasi J, Ueckermann V, Rossouw TM, Boswell MT, Ntusi N, Burgers WA, Moore PL.  A SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern triggers Fc effector function with increased cross-reactivity. Cell Reports Medicine 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100510 [IF 10.6] (Quartile 1: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)).
• Philip RT, Feucht UD. Challenges in the provision of tuberculosis preventive therapy to children in Gauteng Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Child Health 2022;16(1):1-4. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCH.2022.v16.i1.1818 [IF 0.4]
• Keeton R, Tinco T, Amkele A, Baguma R, Benede N, Suzuki A, … Rossouw R, … Burgers W. T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike cross-recognize Omicron. Nature 2022;603:488-492. [IF 64.8] (Quartile 1: Multidisciplinary).
• Ngcobo S, Scheepers S, Mbatha N, Grobler E, Rossouw T. Roles, barriers and recommendations for community health workers providing community-based HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic, aggregated, narrative review." AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2022;36(4):130-144. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2022.0020 [IF 4.9] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).
• Wenhold FAM, Nel S. When is the estimation of weight and height good enough? A life cycle view. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2022;35(1):i-ii. https:doi.org/10.1080/16070658.2022.2039353 [IF 1.1].
• Soma-Pillay P, Wium LM, Pillay Y. The impact of climate change on maternal and child health. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2022;32 [IF 0.114]
• Soma-Pillay P, Nkosi-Thomas L, Pillay Y. Rights of the fetus: voice of the unborn baby and Constitutional Court decision. South African Journal of Bioethics and Law 2022;15:2 [IF 1.1]
• Ngcobo S, Rossouw T. Acceptability of home-based HIV care offered by community health workers in Tshwane district: a survey. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2022;36(2). https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2021.0216 [IF 4.28] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).

TECHNICAL REPORTS

• A practical stages-of-change model for planning and reviewing the implementation  of kangaroo mother care (KMC) and maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR), UNICEF Technical Report, December 2022. Available from: https://drupalwebprod-files.up.ac.za/Public/media/452/documents/inline/2809809/kmc-and-mpdsr-final.zp234349.pdf?VersionId=qAgEaVY755w2ndKl74sD6XMbyqrvEeuo

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Virtual workshop on Elimination of mother-to-child transmission, August 2022. 

• Ute Feucht (invited lecture): “Intrapartum and postnatal infant ARV prophylaxis.”

South African Medical Association (SAMA) conference. Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2022. 

• Ute Feucht (invited presentation): “The role of the DCST in the South African Health System.” 

40th Conference on Priorities in Perinatal Care in South Africa, Mpekweni Resort, Eastern Cape, South Africa, March 2022.

• Ute Feucht (invited keynote presentation): “Fetal and infant growth – a continuum interrupted by birth.”
• Felicia Molokoane (oral presentation): “Placental characteristics and function and birthweights in HIV‐exposed‐uninfected and HIV‐unexposed‐uninfected infants.”
• Tsakane Hlongwane (oral presentation): “The outcome of absent end diastolic flow in fetuses of
• clinically healthy pregnant women in South Africa.”
• Tsakane Hlongwane (oral presentation): “Implementation experiences of Umbiflow screening
• across nine sites in South Africa.”
• Valerie Vannevel (oral presentation): “Umbilical artery Doppler and birthweight in infants to HIV-positive and HIV‐ negative mothers.”
• Helen Mulol (oral presentation): “Use of UmbiflowTM to detect fetal growth restriction in utero and postnatal assessment of the infants’ anthropometry and body composition.”
• Marna Nel (oral presentation): “Milestone characteristics of neurological examination in healthy infants 6 and 10 weeks in South Africa.”
• Sarie Oosthuizen (oral presentation): “Changes in mental wellbeing during the coronavirus
• pandemic: self‐ perceptions of maternity healthcare providers in Tshwane District.”
• Sarie Oosthuizen (oral presentation): “Influence of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the CLEVER Maternity Care programme in Tshwane Health District: perceptions of maternity healthcare providers.”

13th Child Health Priorities Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2022. 

• Tshiambara P, Hoffman M, Legodi MH, Botha T, Feucht U, Mulol H, Wenhold F (oral presentation): “Anthropometric indices and nutritional classifications of HIV‐exposed‐uninfected compared to HIV‐unexposed‐uninfected infants in Tshwane District, SA.”
• Nel S, Feucht U, Mulol H, Wenhold F (oral presentation): “Association of prenatal placental function with body composition up to two years of age in South African infants: the UmbiBaby study.”

SAPA & SAJCH Research Day, September 2022. 

• Tshiambara P, Hoffman M, Feucht U (oral presentation): “Feeding practices for infants born to mothers living with and without HIV, residing in Tshwane, Gauteng Province, South Africa.”

AIDS 2022, Montreal, Canada. July 2022. 

• Prinsloo A, Steel HC, Feucht U, Rossouw TM (poster presentation): “The effects of in utero HIV and antiretroviral therapy exposure on infant T‐cell and monocyte activation, function, and regulation of the immunomodulatory pathways.”

SAIS conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 2022. Poster presentations.

du Toit LDV, Mason S, van Reenen M, Feucht UD, Molokoane F, Rossouw TM, Louw R (poster presentation): “Metabolic alterations in HIV-infected and –uninfected mothers and their infants.”

Prinsloo A, Steel HC, Feucht U, Rossouw TM (poster presentation): “The effects of in utero HIV and antiretroviral therapy exposure on infant T‐cell and monocyte activation, function, and regulation of the immunomodulatory pathways.”

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Pretorius A, Wood P, Becker P, Wenhold F. Resting energy expenditure and related factors in 6- to 9-year-old Southern African children of diverse population groups. Nutrients 2021;13:1983. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13061983. [IF 6.706] (Quartile 1: Nutrition and Dietetics).
• Kemp H. Becker PB, Wenhold FAM. In-hospital growth of very-low-birth-weight preterm infants in a middle-income country: Comparative effectiveness of two human milk fortifiers. Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2021;72(4):610-616. 
• https://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Fulltext/2021/04000/In_hospital_Growt h_of_Very_Low_Birth_Weight.26.aspx [IF 3.288] (Quartile 1: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health).
• Ngcobo S, Olorunju S, Nkwenika T, Rossouw T. Effect of a ward-based outreach team and adherence game on retention and viral load suppression. South African Journal of HIV Medicine 2022;23(1):a1446. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1446 [IF 1.7].
• Bhorat I, Buchmann E, Soma-Pillay P, Nicolaou E, Pistorius L, Smuts I. Cerebral palsy and criteria implicating intrapartum hypoxia in neonatal encephalopathy–an obstetric perspective for the South African setting. South African Medical Journal 2021;111(3b):780-788. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i3b.15399 [IF 1.285].
• Ahmed T, Rahman AE, Amole TG, Galadanci H, Matjila M, Soma-Pillay P, Gillespie BM, El Arifeen S, Anumba DO. The effect of COVID-19 on maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) services in Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa: call for a contextualised pandemic response in LMICs. International Journal for Equity in Health 2021;20(1):1-6. [If 4.28] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).
• Ntlemo P, Cronje T, Soma-Pillay P. Metabolic syndrome at 6 weeks after delivery in a cohort of pre-eclamptic and normotensive women. South African Medical Journal 2021;111(4):350-354. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-m_samj-v111-n4-a21
• Brizuela V, Cuesta C, Bartolelli G, Abdosh AA, Abou Malham S, Assarag B, Banegas RC, Díaz V, El-Kak F, El Sheikh M, Pérez AM. Availability of facility resources and services and infection-related maternal outcomes in the WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Global Health 2021;9(9):e1252-1261. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00248-5 [IF 9.68] (Quartile1: Medicine (miscellaneous).
  Baguiya A, Bonet M, Cecatti JG, Brizuela V, Curteanu A, Minkauskiene M, Jayaratne K, Ribeiro-do-Valle CC, Budianu MA, Souza JP, Kouanda S. Perinatal outcomes among births to women with infection during pregnancy. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106(10):946-953. [IF 4.92] (Quartile 1: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health).
• Budhram S, Vannevel V, Botha T, Chauke L, Bhoora S, Balie GM, Odell N, Lombaard H, Wise A, Georgiou C, Ngxola N. Maternal characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of hospitalized pregnant women with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in South Africa: an International Network of Obstetric Survey Systems‐based cohort study. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2021;155(3):455-465. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13917 [IF 4.447] (Q1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Gillespie B, Allen H, Pritchard M, Soma-Pillay P, Balen J, Anumba D. Agency under constraint: Adolescent accounts of pregnancy and motherhood in informal settlements in South Africa. Global Public Health 2021:1-4. [IF 3.356] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).
• Cebekhulu SN, Abdul H, Batting J, Chauke L, Dlakavu F, Fawcus S, Govender L, Majeke B, Mbongozi X, Singata-Madliki M, Middleton K, Mlandu P, Naidoo P, Ndaba S, Soma-Pillay P, Spence T, Ntambua SC, Hofmeyr J. "Suction Tube Uterine Tamponade" for treatment of refractory postpartum hemorrhage: Internal feasibility and acceptability pilot of a randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Gynaecology & Obstetrics 2021;158(1):79-85.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13963 [IF 4.447] (Q1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Brown AD, Hart JM, Modest AM, Hess PE, Abbas AM, Nieto‐Calvache AJ, Bhide A, Lim B, Dunjin C, Palacios‐Jaraquemada J, Sentilhes L. Geographic variation in management of patients with placenta accreta spectrum: an international survey of experts (GPASS). International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2021. [IF 4.447] (Q1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Pattinson R, Fawcus S, Gebhardt S, Soma-Pillay P, Niit R, Moodley J. The impact of Covid-19 on use of maternal and reproductive health services and maternal and perinatal mortality. South African Health Review 2021:185-200.
• Rubgega FD, Soma-Pillay P, Becker P. Caesarean section indications and outcomes at a tertiary level hospital in South Africa. In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2021;31(3):8-11. In House Publications.
• Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Budhram S, Taha TE, Vannevel V, Soma-Pillay P, Ishoso DK, Pipo MT, Nswe CB, Ditekemena J, Ayele BT. Effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes in Africa: an AFREhealth call for evidence through multicountry research collaboration. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021;104(2):461. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1553 [IF 3.707]
• Dornan JC, Feucht U, Dornan SS, Mulol H, Vannevel V, Hlongwane T, Pattinson R. Re: Next steps to prevent stillbirth associated with growth restriction: Continuous‐wave Doppler, fetal growth restriction and small‐for‐gestational‐age babies. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2021;128(5):940. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16643 [IF 7.331] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynaecology).
• Vogel JP, Vannevel V, Robbers G, Gwako G, Lavin T, Adanikin A, Hlongwane T, Pattinson RC, Qureshi ZP, Oladapo OT. Prevalence of abnormal umbilical arterial flow on Doppler ultrasound in low-risk and unselected pregnant women: a systematic review. Reproductive Health 2021;18(1):1-7.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01088-w [IF 3.2] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Hofmeyr GJ, Bernitz S, Bonet M, Bucagu M, Dao B, Downe S, Galadanci H, Homer C, Hundley V, Lavender T, Levy B, Lissauer D, Lumbiganon P, McConville FE, Pattinson R, Qureshi Z, Souza JP, Stanton ME, Ten Hoope-Bender P, Vannevel V, Vogel JP, Oladapo OT. WHO next-generation partograph: revolutionary steps towards individualised labour care. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2021;128(10):1658-1662. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16694 [IF 7.331] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Hlongwane TM, Cronje T, Nkosi BS, Pattinson RC. The prevalence of abnormal Doppler's of the umbilical artery in a low-risk pregnant population in South Africa. EClinicalMedicine. 2021:100792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100792 [IF 4.657] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous))
• Hlongwane T, Cronje T, Nkosi S, Pattinson R. Use of umbilical artery Doppler to prevent unexplained stillbirths in low-risk pregnancies. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2021;128:92-93. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.7_16715 [IF 7.331] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Hlongwane TM, Bozkurt B, Barreix MC, Pattinson R, Gülmezoglu M, Vannevel V, Tunçalp Ö. Implementing antenatal care recommendations, South Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2021;99(3):220-227. https://doi/org/10.2471/BLT.20.278945 [IF 13.8] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).
• Mueller D, Pattinson RC, Hlongwane TM, Busse R, Panteli D. Portable continuous wave Doppler ultrasound for primary healthcare in South Africa: can the EUnetHTA Core Model guide evaluation before technology adoption? Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2021;19(1):1-6.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-021-00261-z
• Hug L, You D, Blencowe H, Mishra A, Wang Z, Fix MJ, Wakefield J, Moran AC, Gaigbe-Togbe V, Suzuki E, Blau DM (Pattinson RC). Global, regional, and national estimates and trends in stillbirths from 2000 to 2019: a systematic assessment. The Lancet 2021;398(10302):772-785. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01112-0 [IF 202.731] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous)).
• Feucht U, Mulol H, Vannevel V, Pattinson R. The ability of continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound to detect fetal growth restriction. PloS One 2021;16(8):e0255960. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255960 [IF 3.54] (Quartile 1: Multidisciplinary).
• Maswime S, Pule C, Bebell LM, Hedt-Gauthier B, Chandiwana N, Haberer JE, Pattinson R. Stillbirth rate by maternal HIV serostatus and antiretroviral use in pregnancy in South Africa: an audit. South African Medical Journal 2021;111(9):822-823.
• Vannevel V, Hlongwane T, Wright C, Feucht U, Soma-Pillay P, Adam S, Mulol H, Fosu-Amoah D, Van Deventer H, Venter M, Mendes A, Coetzee M, Cloete J, Mbowane T, Chasela C, Pattinson R. Placental histology and umbilical artery Doppler in pregnant women with severe COVID-19. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2021:203-203. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15_16715 [IF 7.331] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Musarandega R, Machekano R, Pattinson R, Munjanja SP, Zimbabwe Maternal and Perinatal Mortality Study (ZMPMS) group. Protocol for analysing the epidemiology of maternal mortality in Zimbabwe: a civil registration and vital statistics trend study. PloS One 2021;16(6):e0252106 [IF 3.54] (Quartile 1: Multidisciplinary).
• Musarandega R, Nyakura M, Machekano R, Pattinson R, Munjanja SP. Causes of maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of studies published from 2015 to 2020. Journal of Global Health 2021;11.https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.11.04048 (Quartile 1: Health Policy).
• Masha M, Arendse T, Cohen C, Kufa-Chakezha T, Blumberg L, McIntyre J, Soma-Pillay P, Jassat W. Clinical characteristics, outcomes and epidemiology of pregnant women hospitalised with Covid-19 in South Africa.  COVID-19 Special Public Health Surveillance Bulletin 2021;18; Suppl. 8. https://www.nicd.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COVID-19-Special-Public-Health-Surveillance-Bulletin-5-March-2021.pdf 
• Masina T, Soma-Pillay P. Factors affecting VBAC success at a tertiary level hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2021;31(1):13. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ogf/article/view/211482
• Baguiya A, Bonet M, Cecatti JG, Brizuela, Curteanu A, Minkausjiene M et al. Perinatal outcomes among births to women with infection during pregnancy. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106:946-953. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-321865 (Quartile 1: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health).
• Wium L, Zampirini J, Soma-Pillay P. Vaccinate: protecting pregnant patients from COVID-19. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2021;31(1):12.  https://ihpublishing.com/documents/ogf-volume-31-issue-2/5/
• White M, Feucht U, Du Toit L, Rossouw T, Connor K. Workshop proceedings: Understanding the impact of maternal HIV infection on the health and well-being of mothers and infants in South Africa: Siyakhula Collaborative Workshop report. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2021;14:1987-1999. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S317829
• Peters RPH, Klausner JD, de Vos L, Feucht UD, Medina-Marino A. Aetiological testing compared with syndromic management for sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa: a non-randomised prospective cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2021;128:1335-1342. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16617 [IF 7.331] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Bergh A-M. (2021). Effective health promotion and health education (chapter). In V Flenady (ed), Elements of professional care and support before, during and after pregnancy. In The Continuous Textbook of Women’s Medicine – Obstetrics Module, Volume 3. Available from: https://www.glowm.com/article/heading/vol-3--elements-of-professional-care-and-support-before-during-and-after-pregnancy--effective-health-promotion-and-health-education/id/414253#.YDJmcmhLjIU
• Goga A, Feucht U, Pillay S, Reubenson G, Jeena P, Madhi S, Mayet NT, Velaphi S, McKerrow N, Mathivha LR, Makubalo N, Green RJ, Gray G. Parental access to hospitalised children during infectious disease pandemics such as COVID-19. South African Medical Journal 2021;111(2):100-105. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-m_samj-v111-n2-a6
• Hailegebriel TD, Bergh AM, Zaka N, Roh JM, Gohar F, Rizwan S, Asfaw AG, Heidarzadeh M, Zeck W. Improving the implementation of kangaroo mother care. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2021;99(1):69. https://doi/org.10.2471/BLT.20.252361 [IF 13.8] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).
• Janse van Rensburg GH, Feucht UD, Makin J, Le Clus N, Avenant T. Health Care without Borders: The health status of immigrant and non-immigrant children admitted to a large public sector hospital in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. PLoS Medicine 2021;18(3):e1003565. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003565.  [IF 11.613] (Quartile
• Mohammadi M, Bergh A-M, Heidarzadeh M, Hosseini MB, Sattarzadeh N, Valizadeh L, Sarvaran B, Hakimi S. Implementation and effectiveness of continuous kangaroo mother care: a participatory action research protocol. International Breastfeeding Journal 2021;16:24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-021-00367-3
• Ahmed T, Rahman AE, Amole TG…. Soma-Pillay P et al. The effect of COVID-19 on maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) services in Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa: call for a contextualised pandemic response in LMICs. International Journal for Equity in Health 2021;20:77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01414-5 [If 4.28] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).
• Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Budhram S, Taha TE, Vannevel V, Somapillay P, Ishoso DK, Pipo MT, Nswe CB, Ditekemena J, Ayele BT. Effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes in Africa: An AFREhealth call for evidence through multicountry research collaboration. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021;104(2):461-465. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1553 [IF 3.707].
• Peters RP, Feucht UD, de Vos L, Ngwepe P, McIntyre JA, Klausner JD, Medina-Marino A. Mother-to-child transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women in South Africa. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2021;32(9):799-805. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462421990218 [IF 1.494].
• Gooding C, Lavin Y, van Rooyen E, Bergh A-M, Preen DB. Evaluating maternal discharge readiness in kangaroo mother care. Indian Pediatrics 2021;58(10):932-935. https://www.indianpediatrics.net/oct2021/932.pdf [IF 5.319].

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Mapping the newborn care documents in UNICEF Eastern and Southern African countries – looking for needles in a haystack, UNICEF Technical Report, November 2021. Available HERE

Soma-Pillay P, Botha H. Recommendations for Covid-19 vaccinations in Pregnancy. 

Report to the Ministerial Advisory Committee for Vaccinations on behalf of the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of South Africa, 2021.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Inaugural South African Clinician Scientist Conference, virtual, February 2021.

Mulol H, Feucht U, Pattinson R, Vannevel V (oral presentation): “Infants identified as growth-restricted in utero using the UmbiflowTM device continue to lag behind in the first six months postnatally.”

Global Health Science and Practice Technical Exchange (GHTechX), April 2021. Virtual.

Feucht U, Mulol H, Vannevel V, Pattinson R (oral presentation): “UmbiflowTM and child growth,

including body composition.”

RCOG Virtual World Congress 2021, virtual, June 2021. 

Mulol H, Feucht U, Vannevel V, Pattinson R (poster presentation): “The ability of continuous‐wave

Doppler ultrasound to detect fetal growth restriction.” 

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Conference (SAHCS) 2021. Virtual. 23 Oct 2021. 

Ute Feucht (invited presentation): “Does undetectable = untransmittable for breastfeeding mothers and their infants?”

South African Paediatric Association (SAPA) conference 2021, virtual, August 2021. 

Ute Feucht (invited presentation): “The First 1000 days.”

10th South African AIDS Conference, June 2021.

Ute Feucht, Ameena Goga (invited plenary lecture): “Unfinished business towards elimination (PMTCT session).”

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Adam S, Lindeque G, Soma-Pillay P. Bioethics and self-isolation: What about low resource settings? South African Medical Journal 2020;110(5):350-352. (editorial) http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/12882/9234 [IF 1.285].
• Adam S, Soma-Pillay P, Maswime S, Matjila M, Chauke L, Botha MH, Pattinson R. Judicious use of personal protective equipment to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in maternity units. South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2020;26(1):2-3 (Editorial) https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-2069fad90f [IF 0.231].
• Bonet M, Brizuela V, Abalos E, Cuesta C, Baguiya A, Chamillard M, Fawole B, Knight M, Kouanda S, Lumbiganon P, Nabhan A. Frequency and management of maternal infection in health facilities in 52 countries (GLOSS): a 1-week inception cohort study. The Lancet Global Health 2020;8(5):e661-671. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30109-1[IF 21.597] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous)).
• Brizuela V, Bonet M, Romero CL, Abalos E, Baguiya A, Fawole B, Knight M, Lumbiganon P, Minkauskienė M, Nabhan A, Osman NB. Early evaluation of the ‘STOP SEPSIS!’WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Awareness Campaign implemented for healthcare providers in 46 low, middle and high-income countries. BMJ Open 2020;10(5):e036338. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036338 [IF 2.497] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous)).
• Charpak N, Angel NI, Banker D, Bergh A-M, Bertolotto AM, De Leon-Mendoza S, Godoy N, Lincetto O,  Lozano JM, Ludington-Hoe S, Mazia G, Mokhachane M, Montealegre AT, Ramirez E, Sirivansanti N, Solano JM, Day LT, Uy ME. Strategies discussed at the XIIth International Conference on Kangaroo Mother Care for implementation on a country-wide scale. Acta Paediatrica 2020;109:2278-2286. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15214 [IF 2.111].
• Cebekhulu SN, Pattinson RC. Maternal deaths due to sepsis: a slow but steady decline A summary of findings of data from the triennial assessment of maternal deaths 2017-2019. In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2020;30(4) https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-medog-v30-n4-a7 [IF 0.02].
• Doherty T, Horwood C, Haskins L, Magasana V, Goga A, Feucht U, Sanders D, Tylleskar T, Kauchali S, Dhansay MA, Rollins N. Breastfeeding advice for reality: women's perspectives on primary care support in South Africa. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2020;16(1):e12877.  https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12877 [IF 2.789] (Quartile 1: Nutrition & Dietetics).
• Goga A, Doherty T, Manda S, Nkwenika T, Haskins L, John V, Engebretsen IM, Feucht U, Dhansay A, Rollins N, Kroon M. Translating new evidence into clinical practice: a quasi-experimental controlled before–after study evaluating the effect of a novel outreach mentoring approach on knowledge, attitudes and confidence of health workers providing HIV and infant feeding counselling in South Africa. BMJ Open 2020;10(10):e034770. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034770 [IF 2.497] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous)).
• Herrey AS, Osman A, Soma-Pillay P, Sliwa K, Ntusi NA. COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system in pregnancy. SA Heart 2020;17(3):288-295. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-saheart-v17-n3-a8
• Horwood C, Haskins L, Goga A, Doherty T, John V, Engebretsen IM, Feucht U, Rollins N, Kroon M, Sanders D, Tylleskar T. An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2020;16(2):e12922. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12922 [IF 2.789] (Quartile 1: Nutrition & Dietetics).
• Lavin T, Pattinson RC, Kelty E, Pillay Y, Preen DB. The impact of implementing the 2016 WHO Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience on perinatal deaths: an interrupted time-series analysis in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. BMJ Global Health 2020;5(12):e002965. https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/12/e002965.abstract [IF 5.558] (Quartile 1: Health Policy).
• Makanjee CR, Xu D, Sarswat D, Bergh A-M. ‘It is just part of life’: patient perspectives and experiences of diagnostic imaging referrals. Australian Journal of Primary Health 2020;26(6):507-513.  https://doi.org/10.1071/PY20146 [IF 0.975].
• Medina-Marino A, Mudau M, Kojima N, Peters RPH, Feucht UD, De Vos L, Olivier D, Muzny CA, McIntyre JA, Klausner JD.  Persistent Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Trichomonas vaginalis positivity after treatment among human immunodeficiency virus-infected pregnant women, South Africa. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2020;31(4):294-302. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462419898612 [IF 1.406].
• Mhango P, Chipeta E, Muula AS, Robb-McCord J, White PM, Litch JA, Kamanga I, Freeman R, Bergh AM. Implementing the Family-Led Care model for preterm and low birth weight newborns in Malawi: Experience of healthcare workers. African Journal of Primary Health Care 2020;12(1):a2266. https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2266 [IF 0.993].
• Moodley K, Allwood B, Rossouw TM. Consent for critical care research after death from COVID-19: arguments for a waiver. South African Medical Journal 2020.  https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i7.14918 [IF 1.285].
• Moodley J, Fawcus S, Pattinson R. 21 years of confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in South Africa: reflections on maternal death assessments. In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2020;30(4):4-7. In House Publications. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-medog-v30-n4-a2 [IF 0.02].
• Moran N, Gebhardt S, Wise A, Hlongwane T. COVID-19 in pregnancy: update on the disease and its management. In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2020;30(3):7-11. In House Publications. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-medog_v30_i3_a03 [IF 0.02]
• Naidoo M, Pattinson RC. An approach to hypertensive disorders in pregnancy for the primary care physician. South African Family Practice 2020;62(1):e1-6. [IF 0.42] https://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/mp_safp_v62_n1_a3.pdf?expires=1606804832&id=id&accname=57715&checksum=B690119F69B68D2C0F090325425DD7A3
• Ongole J, Rossouw T, Fourie B, Stoltz A, Hugo J, Marcus T. MDRTB in South Africa – sustaining primary healthcare essentials in the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2020. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.20 [IF 2.268].
• Oosthuizen SJ, Bergh AM, Grimbeek J, Pattinson RC. CLEVER maternity care: a before-and-after study of women’s experience of childbirth in Tshwane, South Africa. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine 2020;12(1):8. https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2560 [IF 0.993].
• Rossouw TM, Boswell MT, Nienaber A, Moodley K.  Comorbidity in context: medical considerations around HIV and TB during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa (Part I). South African Medical Journal 2020;110(7):625-628. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i7.14856 [IF 1.285].
• Rossouw TM, Nienaber A, Boswell MT, Moodley K. Comorbidity in context: ethico-legal considerations around HIV and TB during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa (Part II). South African Medical Journal 2020;110(7):625-628. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i7.14857 [IF 1.285].
• Soma-Pillay P, Fawcus S, Ibrahim T, Moodley J. Maternal deaths from suicide reported to the National Committee on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths (NCCEMD) 2017-2019. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2020;30:24-27. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-medog-v30-n4-a8 [IF 0.02].
• Soma-Pillay P, Moodley J, Pattinson R, Fawcus S, Gebhardt S, Niit R. The effect of the first wave of Covid-19 on use of maternal and reproductive health services and maternal deaths in South Africa. In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2020;30(4):38-46. In House Publications. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-medog-v30-n4-a10 [IF 0.02].
• Wessels J, Sherman G, Bamford L; Makua M; Ntloana M, Nuttall J, Pillay Y, Goga A, Feucht UD.  The updated South African National Guideline for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of Communicable Infections (2019). Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine 2020;21(1):a1079. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v21i1.1079 [IF 2.744].
• White M, Feucht UD, Duffley E, Molokoane F, Durandt C, Cassol E, Rossouw T, Connor KL. Does in utero HIV-exposure and the early nutritional environment influence infant development and immune outcomes? Findings from a pilot study in Pretoria, South Africa. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2020:19003889. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00725-8 [IF 5.1].

NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Bergh A-M. (2019) Quality Assessment of Kangaroo Mother Care Practice In Different Facilities. Kangaroo Mother Care Foundation Newsletter (India), Vol X: 14-15. 

BOOKS / CHAPTER IN BOOKS

• Mocumbi A, Beaton A, Soma-Pillay P, Dougherty S, Sliwa K. Rheumatic Heart Disease In Pregnancy In Acute Rheumatic Heart Disease. Editors: Dougherty, Carapetis, Zuhlke, Wilson. Elsevier 2020.
• Bergh, A-M. (2020). Effective Health Promotion And Health Education (Chapter 7). In V Flenady (Ed), Elements Of Professional Care And Support Before, During And After Pregnancy. In The Continuous Textbook Of Women’s Medicine – Obstetrics Module, Volume 3. doi 10.3843/Glowm.00000

RESEARCH JOURNAL EDITORIALS OR COMMENTARIES

• Lavin T, Preen DB, Allanson E, Pattinson RC. Why correctly identifying maternal condition in perinatal death classification systems is crucial: a commentary. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2020;127(6):668-670. (Commentary)  https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1471-0528.16109  [IF 4.663] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).

TECHNICAL REPORTS

• Saving Mothers report 2014-2016.  Editor: Prof RC Pattinson.  7th report on confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in South Africa.  Short report

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

39th Conference on Priorities in Perinatal Care Conference in Southern Africa, Gauteng, South Africa, March 2020.

• RC Pattinson. Invited Keynote speaker: “Neonatal care and preventing stillbirths. “  
• Feucht U. Invited Keynote speaker: “South Africa’s PMTCT vision: Where are we on the PMTCT road?”
• Refilwe Malatji, Antonella Silver, Elizabeth Sithole, Sarie Oosthuizen): ‘CLEVER Maternity Care’: evaluation of the implementation process in Tshwane District.”
• Antonella Silver, Sarie Oosthuizen, Refilwe Malatji, Elizabeth Sithole, Tanita Cronjé, Robert Pattinson: “Preliminary results of the implementation of ‘CLEVER Maternity Care’ in Tshwane District, South Africa.”
• Tsakane Hlongwane (oral presentation): “The prevalence of abnormal Doppler and use of Doppler to prevent unexplained stillbirths in a low risk pregnant population in South Africa.”
• Helen Mulol (oral presentation): “Infant outcomes in pregnancies assessed as low and high risk using the UmbiflowTM device.”

Preterm Birth International Collaborative Global (PREBIC) Meeting, Ghana, 2020.  

• P Soma-Pillay (oral presentation): Preterm Birth in South Africa 

South African Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SASOG) Conference, South Africa, March 2020. 

• T Hlongwane (oral presentation): “The prevalence of abnormal Doppler and use of Doppler to prevent unexplained stillbirths in a low risk pregnant population in South Africa.” Received third place award for presentation of Umbiflow at SASOG conference

14th International South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (SAAFECS) Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, March 2020.

• Mamphwe P, Hoffman M, Feucht U (poster presentation): “Association between anaemia, anthropometric status and feeding practices in 6-12 month old infants living in an HIV-exposed environment.”

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Paris, France, April 2020.

• Peters R, Feucht UD, Olivier D, de Vos L, Ngwepe P, Klausner JD, Medina-Marino A (poster presentation): “Mother-to-child transmission of curable sexually-transmitted infections in HIV-infected women in South Africa.” 

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Koma BS, Bergh A-M, Costa-Black KM. Barriers to and facilitators for implementing an office ergonomics programme in a South African research organisation. Applied Ergonomics 2019;75:83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2018.09.003 [IF 3.145] (Quartile 1: Human Factors and Ergonomics)
• Oosthuizen SJ, Bergh AM, Grimbeek J, Pattinson RC. Midwife-led obstetric units working ‘CLEVER’: Improving perinatal outcome indicators in a South African health district. South African Medical Journal 2019;109(2):95-101. [IF 1.5]
• Pattinson RC, Bergh AM, Ameh C, Makin J, Pillay Y, van den Broek N, Moodley J. Reducing maternal deaths by skills-and-drills training in managing obstetric emergencies: A before-and-after observational study. South African Medical Journal 2019;109(4):241-245. [IF 1.5]
• Vannevel V, Swanepoel C, Pattinson RC. Global perspectives on operative vaginal deliveries. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2019;56:107-113. [IF 4.387] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Lavin T, Nedkoff L, Preen D, Theron G, Pattinson RC. INTERGROWTH-21st v. local South African growth standards (Theron-Thompson) for identification of small-for-gestational-age fetuses in stillbirths: A closer look at variation across pregnancy. South African Medical Journal 2019;109(7):519-525. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i7.13485 [IF 1.5]
• Nkosi S, Makin J, Hlongwane T, Pattinson RC. Screening and managing a low-risk pregnant population using continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound in a low-income population: A cohort analytical study. South African Medical Journal 2019;109(5):347-352. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i5.13611 [IF 1.5]
• van den Broek N, Ameh C, Madaj B, Makin J, White S, Hemming K, Moodley J, Pattinson R. Effects of emergency obstetric care training on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial in South Africa. BMJ Global Health 2019;4:e001670. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001670 [IF 2.396] (Quartile 1: Public Heath, Environmental and Occupational Health)
• Vannevel V, Swanepoel C, Pattinson RC. Global perspectives on operative vaginal deliveries. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2019;56:107-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2018.09.004 [IF 4.387] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• Moodley J, Soma-Pillay P, Buchmann E, Pattinson RC. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: 2019 National guideline. South African Medical Journal 2019;109(3 Suppl 1):S3-S16. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i3.14104 [IF 1.5]
• Pattinson RC, Hlongwane TMAG, Vannevel V. Challenges to improve antenatal and intrapartum care in South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 2019;109(11 Suppl 1):S15-S19. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i11b.14248 [IF 1.5]
• Horwood C, Haskins L, Goga A, Doherty T, John V, Engebretsen IMS, Feucht U, Rollins N , Kroon M, Sanders D, Tylleskar T. An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2019:e12922. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12922 [IF 2.789] (Quartile 1: Nutrition and Dietetics)
• Panpradist N, Beck IA, Vrana J, Higa N, McIntyre D, Ruth PS, So I, Kline ECE, Milne R, Kanthula R, Wong-On-Wing A, Lim J, Ko D, Rossouw T, Feucht UD, Chung M, Jourdain G, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Laomanit L, Soria J, Lai J, Klavins E, Frenkel LM, Lutz BR. OLA-Simple: A software-guided HIV-1 drug resistance test for low-resource laboratories. EBioMedicine 2019;50:34-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.11.002 [IF 6.68] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous))
• Goga A, Feucht U, Zar HJ, Vanker A, Wiysonge CS, McKerrow N, Wright CY, Loveday M, Odendaal W, Ramokolo V, Ramraj T, Bamford L, Green R, Pillay Y, Nannan N. Neonatal, infant and child health in South Africa: Reflecting on the past towards a better future. South African Medical Journal 2019;109(11 Suppl 1):83-90. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i11b.14301 [IF 1.5]
• Goga A, Slogrove A, Wedderburn C, Feucht U, Wessels J, Ramokolo V, Bhana A, du Plessis N, Pillay Y, Sherman G. The impact of health programmes to prevent vertical transmission of HIV. Advances, emerging health challenges and research priorities for children exposed to or living with HIV: Perspectives from South Africa. South African Medical Journal 2019;109(11 Suppl 1):77-82. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i11b.14292 [IF 1.5]
• Doherty T, Horwood C, Haskins L, Magasana V, Goga A, Feucht U, Sanders D, Tylleskar T, Kauchali S, Dhansay A, Rollins N, Kroon M, Engebretsen IMS. Breastfeeding advice for reality: women’s perspectives on infant feeding support received in primary health care settings in South Africa. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2019:e12877. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12877 [IF 2.789] (Quartile 1: Nutrition and Dietetics)
• Moyo F, Haeri Mazanderani A, Feucht U, Ngoma K, Bhardwaj S, Goosen M, Greyling D, Mhlongo O, Sherman GG. Monitoring diagnosis, retention in care and viral load suppression in children testing HIV PCR positive in two districts in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 2019;109(9):686-692.  https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i9.13765 [IF 1.5]
• Blignaut E, Rossouw TM, Becker PJ, Mavuso DS, Feucht UD.  Gingival recession and localised aggressive periodontitis among hiv-infected children and adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2019;38(6):e112-e115. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002166 [IF 2.486] (Quartile 1: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health).
• Bac M, Pattinson RC, Bergh A-M. Changing priorities in maternal and perinatal health in Gert Sibande District, South Africa: the importance of continued monitoring. South African Medical Journal 2019;109(11):838-840. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i11.14098 [IF 1.5]
• Kroeze S, Wit FW, Rossouw TM… Hamers RL. Plasma biomarkers of HIV-related systemic inflammation and immune activation in sub-Saharan Africa before and during suppressive antiretroviral therapy. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2019;220(6):1029-1033. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz252 [IF 3.202] (Quartile 1: Infectious Diseases)
• Rossouw TM, van Dyk G, van Zyl GU. Rapid emergence of resistance to ART after undisclosed prior exposure: a case report. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine 2019;20(1):a965  https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v20i1.965 [IF 2.5]

NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Soma-Pillay P, Macdonald AP. Remembering what the doctor said: use of patient information leaflets given during O&G consultation. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2019;29:30-32.
• Moagi, ME, Snyman LC, Makin JD. Feasibility and uptake of intrauterine contraceptive device at the time of uterine evacuation in women presenting with incomplete miscarriage at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital. In House Publications. In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2019;29(2):24-26.

BOOKS / CHAPTER IN BOOKS

• Moodley J, Soma-Pillay P, Pattinson RC. Managing Hypertensive Disorders In Pregnancy In 2017 Saving Mothers. Department Of Health, Pretoria 2019.
• Soma-Pillay P, Pattinson RC.  Symphysiotomy In Munro Kerr Obstetrics. 13th Edition Editors: Sabaratnam A, Robson M. Elsevier 2019.
• Soma-Pillay P, Pattinson RC. Destructive Operations In Munro Kerr Obstetrics. 13th Edition Editors: Sabaratnam A, Robson M. Elsevier 2019.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

• Soma-Pillay P. Hypertensive Disorders In Pregnancy: 2019 National Guideline.
• A-M Bergh. Every Premmie—Scale: End-Of-Project Evaluation, May/June 2019, USAID.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS OR POPULAR ARTICLES

8th FIDSSA (Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa) Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2019.

• Feucht U (invited oral presentation): “Will dolutegravir take South Africa to EMTCT (elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV)? Yes, no, maybe?” 

Tr@inforPedHIV Workshop 2019, Crowne Plaza, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 2019.

• Feucht U (invited oral presentation): “Update on the SA PMTCT guidelines”. 

22nd National Family Practitioners Congress, Midrand, South Africa, August 2019. 

• Pattinson RC (Keynote speaker JC Coetzee Memorial Lecture): “Antenatal care, the next level of expertise and the family practitioner.” 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

10th Child Health Priorities Conference. Potchefstroom, South Africa. November 2019.

• Nel S, Feucht UD, Nel AL, Becker PJ, Wenhold FAM (oral presentation): “Can weight-for-age (WFA) growth patterns predict severe acute malnutrition (SAM)? South African experts disagree...” 

22nd National Family Practitioners Congress, Midrand, South Africa, August 2019.

• Pattinson RC (oral presentation): “Management approach to obstetric haemorrhage.”
• Preterm Birth Dialogues, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019.
• Soma-Pillay P (oral presentation): “Preterm birth in South Africa” 

National Committee for Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (NCCEMD), August 2019. 

• Hlongwane T (oral presentation): “The prevalence of abnormal Doppler in a low risk pregnant population in South Africa.” 

10th Child Health Priorities Conference. Potchefstroom, South Africa. November 2019.

• Turner J, Feucht U (conference workshop): Game changers for Paediatric and Adolescent HIV. 

National PMC Think Tank, June 2019.

• Hlongwane T (oral presentation): “Survival Solutions- Monitoring and implementation of Basic Antenatal Care Plus in South Africa, and the prevalence of abnormal dopplers in a low risk pregnant population in South Africa.” 

National Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Committee (NaPeMMCo), May 2019.

• Hlongwane T (oral presentation): “Basic Antenatal Care Plus and the prevalence of abnormal Doppler in a low risk population across South Africa.”

Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting. Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, February 2019.

• White M, Duffley E, Durandt C, Feucht U, Molokoane F, Cassol E, Rossouw T, Connor KL: “Does HIV exposure in utero influence infant development and immune outcomes? Findings from a pilot study in Pretoria, South Africa.” 

CIPHER stakeholder meeting, 10th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019). Mexico City, Mexico, July 2019.

• Feucht U, Rossouw T, Molokoane F, Wenhold F, Gilfillan M, Hoffman M, Germishuys S, Esoop S, Du Toit L, Prinsloo A, Durandt C, Goga A, Cronje T, Ferreira J, White M, Connor K, Cassol E, Pattinson R (poster presentation): “The Siyakhula study: Assessment of factors impacting on fetal and infant immunity and growth in HIV- and antiretroviral-exposed uninfected children.” 

5th Workshop on Children and Adolescents HIV Exposed and Uninfected. Mexico City, Mexico, July 2019.

• Bamford L, Feucht U (oral presentation): “Providing care for Children who are HIV-exposed uninfected through routine child health services: the South African perspective.” 

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Allanson ER, Pattinson RC, Nathan EA, Dickinson JE. Impact of maternal HIV on umbilical cord lactate measurement at delivery in a South African labor ward. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2018;141(3):366-370. [IF 2.216]
• Allanson ER, Pattinson RC, Nathan EA, Dickinson JE. The introduction of umbilical cord lactate measurement and associated neonatal outcomes in a South African tertiary hospital labor ward. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2018;31(10):1272-1278. [IF 1.826]
• Bhardwaj S, Pattinson R, Kauchali S, Dlamini N, Marshall C, Van der Merwe M, Barron P. Implementation of strategies to improve programme effectiveness lead to an improvement in maternal and child health outcomes in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 2018;108(3):44-49. [IF 1.731]
• Cattaneo A, Amani A, Charpak N, De Leon-Mendoza S, Moxon S, Nimbalkar S, Tamburlini G, Villegas J, Bergh A-M. Report on an international workshop on kangaroo mother care: lessons learned and a vision for the future. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018;18(1):170. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1819-9 [IF 1.831] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Cebekhulu SN, Pattinson RC. Organophosphate poisoning in pregnancy: Is it a cry for help? South African Medical Journal 2018;108(11):907-909. [IF 1.731]
• Feucht U, Marshall C, Kauchali S, Barron P, Slavin L, Bhardwaj S, Pillay Y. Innovations in the clinical care of mothers and children in South Africa:  The contribution of District Clinical Specialist Teams. South African Medical Journal 2018;108(3 Suppl1):S38-S43. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i3.12808 [IF 1.731]
• Goga A, Chirinda W, Ngandu NK, Ngoma K, Bhardwaj S, Feucht U, Davies N, Ntloana M, Mhlongo O, Silere-Maqetseba T, Moyo F, Sherman G. Closing the gaps to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in South Africa: Understanding MTCT case rates, factors that hinder the monitoring and attainment of targets, and potential game changers. South African Medical Journal 2018;108(Suppl 1):S17-S24. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i3.12817 [IF 1.731]
• Mazanderani AH, Sherman GG, Moyo F, Goga AE, Feucht U.  Leveraging the Road to Health Booklet as a unique patient identifier to monitor the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Programme. South African Medical Journal 2018;108(9):729-733.  https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i9.13093 [IF 1.731]
• Ker JA, Soma-Pillay P. NT-proBNP: When is it useful in Obstetric Medicine? Obstetric Medicine 2018;11(1):3-5.
• Lambert J, Etsane E, Bergh A-M, Pattinson R, van den Broek N. 'I thought they were going to handle me like a queen but they didn't': A qualitative study exploring the quality of care provided to women at the time of birth. Midwifery 2018;62:256-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.04.007 [IF 1.778] (Quartile 1: Maternity and Midwifery)
• Lavin T, Allanson ER, Nedkoff L, Preen DB, Pattinson RC. Applying the international classification of diseases to perinatal mortality data, South Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2018;96(12):806-816. [IF 6.96] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental Health and Occupational Health)
• Lavin T, Pattinson RC. Does antenatal care timing influence stillbirth risk in the third trimester? A secondary analysis of perinatal death audit data in South Africa. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2018;125(2):140-147. [IF 4.663] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Moodley J, Fawcus F, Pattinson R. Improvements in maternal mortality in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 2018;108(4):S4-S8. [IF 1.285]
• Oladapo OT, Souza JP, Fawole B, Mugerwa K, Perdoná G, Alves D, Souza H, Reis R, Oliveira-Ciabati L, Maiorano A, Akintan A. Progression of the first stage of spontaneous labour: A prospective cohort study in two sub-Saharan African countries. PLoS Medicine 2018;15(1):e1002492. [IF 10.5] (Quartile 1: Medicine (Miscellaneous))
• Oosthuizen SJ, Bergh AM, Pattinson RC. Systems thinking: A turning point for improving respectful obstetric care in South African health districts. South African Medical Journal 2018;108(11):910-914. https://do.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i11.13312  [IF 1.285]
• Patrick M, Malherbe H, Stephen C, Woods D, Aldous C. Congenital disorders in South Africa: A review of Child Healthcare Problem Identification Programme (Child PIP) mortality data, 2005-2017. South African Medical Journal 2018;108(8). [IF 1.285]
• Pattinson RC, Bergh AM, Makin J, Pillay Y, Moodley J, Madaj B, Ameh C, Van den Broek N. Obstetrics knowledge and skills training as a catalyst for change. South African Medical Journal 2018;108(9). [IF 1.285]
• Pattinson RC, Vannevel V, Barnard D, Baloyi S, Gebhardt GS, Le Roux K, Moran N, Moodley J. Failure to perform assisted deliveries is resulting in an increased neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality: An expert opinion. South African Medical Journal 2018;108(2):75-78. [IF 1.285]
• Reinebrant HE, Leisher SH, Coory M, Henry S, Wojcieszek AM, Gardener G, Lourie R, Ellwood D, Teoh Z, Allanson E, Blencowe H, Pattinson R. Making stillbirths visible: a systematic review of globally reported causes of stillbirth. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2018;125(2):212-224. [IF 4.663] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Schvartzman JA, Krupitzki H, Merialdi M, Betrán AP, Requejo J, Nguyen MH, Vayena E, Fiorillo AE, Gadow EC, Vizcaino FM, von Petery F. Odon device for instrumental vaginal deliveries: results of a medical device pilot clinical study. Reproductive Health 2018;15(1):45 (World Health Organization Odon Device Research Group: RC Pattinson and V Vannevel) [IF 2.177] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Sliwa K, Azibani F, Baard J, Osman A, Zühlke L, Lachmann A, Libhaber E, Chin A, Ntsekhe M, Soma-Pillay P, Johnson MR. Reducing late maternal death due to cardiovascular disease - A pragmatic pilot study. International Journal of Cardiology 2018;272:70-76. [IF 6.189]
• Soma-Pillay P, Louw MC, Adeyemo AO, Makin J, Pattinson RC. Cardiac diastolic function after recovery from pre-eclampsia. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 2018;29(1):26-31. [IF 0.967]
• Soma-Pillay P, Pillay R, Wong TY, Makin JD, Pattinson RC. The effect of pre-eclampsia on retinal microvascular caliber at delivery and post-partum. Obstetric Medicine 2018;11(3):116-120.
• Soma‐Pillay P, Makin JD, Pattinson RC.  Quality of life 1 year after a maternal near‐miss event. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2018;141(1):133-138. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.12432 [IF 2.216]
• Feucht U, Mureithi L. Positive infant PCR test around 6 weeks rate. In Maternal, Child and Women’s Health Barometer 2016.  Durban: Health Systems Trust; March 2018. p21-22. ISBN 978-1-919839-91-2. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/HST%20Publications/MCWH%20Publicatio…
• Feucht U, Mureithi L. Early diagnosis of HIV infection in HIV-exposed infants. In Maternal, Child and Women’s Health Barometer 2016.  Durban: Health Systems Trust; March 2018. p15-20. ISBN 978-1-919839-91-2. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/HST%20Publications/MCWH%20Publicatio…;  

NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Bhorat I, Chauke L, Coetzee E, Geerts L, Lombaard H, Nicolaou E, Pistorius L, Soma-Pillay P. Challenges and controversies in prenatal genetic screening in the South African context. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2018;28:33-36.
• Dreyer G, Soma-Pillay P, Anthony J. Standard of fairness should apply to all athletes. Https://www.Dailymaverick.Co.Za/Article/2018-05-18-Standard-Of-Fairness-Should-…
• Cebekhulu S, Pattinson R, Cornelissen L. Too little, too late: the recurrent theme in maternal deaths due to sepsis. In House Publications. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2018;28(3): 9-12.

BOOKS / CHAPTER IN BOOKS

• Obstetric Essentials. Third Edition 2018. Editors: P Soma-Pillay and S Adam.
• Soma-Pillay P. Preconception Counseling In Figo Glow Volume 3: Professional Care And Support Before, During And After Pregnancy
• L Wium, S Kane, P Soma-Pillay. Screening For Hypertension In Pregnancy In Figo Glow: Medical Diseases In Pregnancy

TECHNICAL REPORTS

• Soma-Pillay P. Managing Hypertensive Disorders In Pregnancy, In Saving Mothers Report, 2018. 

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS OR POPULAR ARTICLES

• Anne-Marie Bergh (invited speaker): 12th Conference on KMC (International Network on Kangaroo Mother Care), Bogota, Colombia, November 2018 (Summary of the Trieste workshop and publication of proceedings)
• Ute Feucht (invited panel member): “Re-envisaging the role of district clinical specialist teams (DCSTs).” 9th Child Health Priorities Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2018.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

SOMSA conference, August 2018.

• TMAG Hlongwane (oral presentation): “The effects of implementing BANC PLUS on workload, hypertension and perinatal mortality.” 

Perinatal Priorities Conference, March 2018

• TMAG Hlongwane (oral presentation): “The effects of implementing BANC PLUS on workload, hypertension and perinatal mortality.” 

Updates at the 27th Congress of the Nutrition Society of South Africa 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2018.

• Nel S, Wenhold FAM, Feucht* UD, Nel AL (oral presentation): “The potential role of e-health applications in the prevention and early detection of SAM during routine growth monitoring.” 

27th International Workshop on HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Strategies. Johannesburg, South Africa, October 2018.

• Panpradist N, Beck IA, Vrana J, Higa N, McIntyre D, Ruth P, So I, Kline E, Milne R, Kanthula R, Wong-On-Wing A, Lim J, Ko D, Rossouw T, Feucht U, Chung MH, Jourdain G, Ngo-Giang_huong N, Laomanit L, Soria J, Lai J, Klavins E, Frenkel LM, Lutz BR (poster presentation): “OLA Simple: a software-guided assay that novices can perform to genotype HIV DNA and RNA subtypes A, B, C, D and E for detection of drug resistance.” 

Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, August 2018.

• Nel S, Wenhold FAM, Feucht UD, Nel AL (poster presentation): “Automated growth monitoring for preventing Severe Acute Malnutrition: Conceptual and artificial intelligence considerations.” 

22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018), RAI International Convention Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2018.

• Feucht U, Jantarabenjakul W, Loni G (oral presentation): “Beyond being HIV-free: Time to survive & thrive? Report on the 4th HIV-Exposed Uninfected (HEU) Child and Adolescent Workshop.”
• Moyo F, Mazanderani HA, Feucht U, Mlongo O, N’gomo K, Bhardwaj B, Sherman G (poster presntation): “Constructing a treatment cascade from routine laboratory data for HIV PCR positive children in two districts in South Africa.”
• Feucht U, Rossouw T, Molokoane F, Boersema M, Germishuys S, Esoop S, Gilfillan M, Du Toit L, Prinsloo A, Durandt C, Goga A, Connor K, Cassol E, Pattinson R (poster presntation): “The Siyakhula study: Assessment of factors impacting on fetal and infant immunity and growth in HIV- and antiretroviral-exposed uninfected children.” 

5th South African TB conference, International Convention Centre, South Africa, June 2018.

• Philip R, Feucht U (oral presentation): “A study on the coverage and challenges of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) in children in the Tshwane District of Gauteng, South Africa.”

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Cornette J, Laker S, Jeffery B, Lombaard H, Alberts A, Rizopoulos D, Roos‐Hesselink JW, Pattinson RC. Validation of maternal cardiac output assessed by transthoracic echocardiography against pulmonary artery catheterization in severely ill pregnant women: prospective comparative study and systematic review. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 2017;49(1):25-31. [IF 3.14] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Dube L, Rendall-Mkosi K, Van den Broucke S, Bergh AM, Mafutha NG. Self-management support needs of patients with chronic diseases in a South African township: a qualitative study. Journal of Community Health Nursing 2017;34(1):21-31.
• Flenady V, Wojcieszek AM, Ellwood D, Leisher SH, Erwich JJ, Draper ES, McClure EM, Reinebrant HE, Oats J, McCowan L, Kent AL,… Pattinson RC, …. Silver RM. Classification of causes and associated conditions for stillbirths and neonatal deaths. Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2017;22(3):176-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.siny.2017.02.009 [IF 3.132] (Quartile 1: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health)
• Oosthuizen SJ, Bergh AM, Pattinson RC, Grimbeek J. It does matter where you come from: mothers’ experiences of childbirth in midwife obstetric units, Tshwane, South Africa. Reproductive Health 2017;14(1):151. [IF 2.177] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Pattinson RC, Cuthbert A, Vannevel V. Pelvimetry for fetal cephalic presentations at or near term for deciding on mode of delivery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017;3: CD000161. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD000161.pub2 [IF 7.89] (Quartile 1: Medicine (miscellaneous))
• Soma-Pillay P, Suleman FE, Makin JD, Pattinson RC.  Cerebral white matter lesions after pre-eclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health 2017;8:15-20. [IF 2.095] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Snyman LC, Makulana T, Makin JD. A randomised trial comparing laparoscopy with laparotomy in the management of women with ruptured ectopic pregnancy. South African Medical Journal 2017;107(3):258-263. [IF 1.285]
• Makanjee CR, Bergh AM, Hoffmann WA. Distributed decision making in action: diagnostic imaging investigations within the bigger picture. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences 2017.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.250  

NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Sineke VC, Soma-Pillay P. Late termination of pregnancy. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2017;27:29-32.
• Bhorat I, Pistorius L, Soma-Pillay P, Smuts I. The case for the routine use of umbilical cord pH in all deliveries. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2017;27:33-35.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

• A-M Bergh. Situation analysis of Kangaroo Mother Care in the ambit of the care of low birth weight and premature infants and recommendations on strategies for the improvement of the care of newborns in the health facilities of Chad, November 2017. Unpublished evaluation report for UNICEF.
• A-M Bergh, BM Suleiman, L Vaz, M Oyinbo, L Omale, B Madubuko, A Williams. Public hospital-based care of small newborns in Nigeria. Abuja: Save The Children.
• BM Suleiman, A-M Bergh, L Vaz, A Williams, M Oyinbo, L Omale, B Madubuko. Assessment of facility-based care of small newborns in Nigeria. Phase 1: Landscape Survey, January 2017. Abuja: Save The Children.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS OR POPULAR ARTICLES

• Feucht UD (invited presentation): “Enhanced postnatal PMTCT prophylaxis.” World Health Organization Regional workshop for Africa Region: Innovating and strengthening of the postnatal package of HIV services.  Southern Sun OR Tambo, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 2017.
• Feucht UD (invited presentation): “PMTCT: Improving postnatal follow-up systems for mother-infant-pairs in the Tshwane District.”  Symposium on Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission by National Department of Health and UNICEF SA.  8th SA AIDS Conference, ICC, Durban, June 2017.
• Feucht UD (invited presentation): “PMTCT in action. Update 2017.” 9th Paediatric Annual Conference, Sanlam Auditorium, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, March 2017.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

36th Conference on Priorities in Perinatal Care Conference in Southern Africa, Mpekweni Beach Resort, March 2017.

• RC Pattinson, V Vannevel (workshop presenters): Workshop on postpartum insertion: intrauterine device, assisted delivery controlling obstetric haemorrhage (Odon, Kiwi and forceps).
• RC Pattinson (oral presentation): “Correlation between numbers of EOST drills reported for CPD points and change in iMMR per district.” 

International Society of Obstetric Medicine Congress, Cape Town, 2017.

• P Soma-Pillay (oral presentation): “Cardiovascular effects of pre-eclampsia.”

SOMSA Congress: August 2017. 

• TMAG Hlongwane (oral presentation): “BANC package in South Africa.”

8th Child Health Priorities Conference, University of Pretoria, South Africa.  November 2017. 

• G Janse van Rensburg, Feucht UD, Le Clus N, Makin J, Avenant T (oral presentation): “The health status and access to health care of immigrant and non-immigrant children admitted to Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, Gauteng Province, South Africa.” 

26th International workshop on HIV drug resistance and treatment strategies, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2017.

• Wallis, CL, Feucht U, Viana RV, Van Dyk G, Rossouw T (poster presentation). “Treatment outcomes and patterns of drug resistance in adolescents initiated on first-line antiretroviral treatment in Pretoria, South Africa.”
• Mazanderani AH, Feucht U, Sherman G (oral presentation): “Re-imagining Road to Health Booklets as unique patient identifiers. Best practices and innovations in paediatric HIV and TB care and treatment.” Pretoria, South Africa, November 2017.

Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) meeting of Early and Mid-Career Researchers, Lusaka, Zambia, August 2017.

• Feucht UD (oral presentation): “Improving paediatric HIV case based surveillance at district level in South Africa.” 

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REVIEWS

• Allanson ER, Vogel JP, Tunçalp Ӧ, Gardosi J, Pattinson RC, Francis A, Erwich JJHM, Flenady VJ, Frøen JF, Neilson J, Quach A, Chou D, Mathai M, Say L, Gülmezoglu AM. Application of ICD-PM to preterm-related neonatal deaths in the UK and South Africa. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2016. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14245 [IF 3.862] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Allanson ER, Grobicki K, Pattinson RC, Dickinson JE. Attitudes towards the implementation of universal umbilical artery lactate analysis in a South African district hospital. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016;16(1):166. [IF 2.152] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Allanson ER, Tunçalp Ö, Gardosi J, Pattinson RC, Francis A, Vogel JP, Erwich JJ, Flenady VJ, Frøen JF, Neilson J, Quach A. The WHO application of ICD‐10 to deaths during the perinatal period (ICD‐PM): results from pilot database testing in South Africa and United Kingdom. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2016;123(12):2019-2028. [IF 3.862] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Allanson ER, Tunçalp Ö, Gardosi J, Pattinson RC, Francis A, Vogel JP, Erwich JJ, Flenady VJ, Frøen JF, Neilson J, Quach A. Optimising the International Classification of Diseases to identify the maternal condition in the case of perinatal death. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2016;123(12):2037-2046. [IF 3.862] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Allanson ER, Tunçalp Ö, Gardosi J, Pattinson RC, Vogel JP, Erwich JJ, Flenady VJ, Frøen JF, Neilson J, Quach A, Francis A. Giving a voice to millions: developing the WHO application of ICD‐10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD‐PM. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2016;123(12):1896-1899. [IF 3.862] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Allanson ER, Vogel JP, Tunçalp Ӧ, Gardosi J, Pattinson RC, Francis A, Erwich JJ, Flenady VJ, Frøen JF, Neilson J, Quach A. Application of ICD‐PM to preterm‐related neonatal deaths in South Africa and United Kingdom. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2016;123(12):2029-2036. [IF 3.862] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Bergh AM, Bac M, Hugo J, Sandars J. “Making a difference”–Medical students’ opportunities for transformational change in health care and learning through quality improvement projects. BMC Medical Education 2016;16(1):171. [IF 1.831] (Quartile 1: Education)
• Bergh AM, de Graft-Johnson J, Khadka N, Om’Iniabohs A, Udani R, Pratomo H, De Leon-Mendoza S. The three waves in implementation of facility-based kangaroo mother care: a multi-country case study from Asia. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016;16(1):4. [IF 1.861] (Quartile 1: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health)
• Diale Q, Pattinson R, Chokoe R, Masenyetse L, Mayaphi S. Antenatal screening for hepatitis B virus in HIV-infected and uninfected pregnant women in the Tshwane district of South Africa. South African Medical Journal 2016;106(1):97-100. [IF 1.285]
• de Bernis L, Kinney MV, Stones W, ten Hoope-Bender P, Vivio D, Leisher SH, Bhutta ZA (for The Lancet Ending Preventable Stillbirths Series study group – RC Pattinson) 2016. Ending preventable stillbirths 5 Stillbirths: ending preventable deaths by 2030. [IF 45.217] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Fawcus S, Pattinson RC, Moodley J, Moran NF, Schoon MG, Mhlanga RE, Baloyi S, Bekker E, Gebhardt GS. Maternal deaths from bleeding associated with caesarean delivery: A national emergency (a review). South African Medical Journal 2016;106(5):472-476. [IF 1.285]
• Feucht U, van Rooyen E, Skhosana, Bergh A-M. 2016. Taking kangaroo mother care forward in South Africa: What is the role of district clinical specialist teams? South African Medical Journal 106(1): 49-51. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i1.10149 [IF 1.285]
• Flenady V, Wojcieszek AM, Fjeldheim I, Friberg IK, Nankabirwa V, Jani JV, Myhre S, Middleton P, Crowther C, Ellwood D, Tudehope D. eRegistries: indicators for the WHO Essential Interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (Pattinson RC part of this group). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016;16(1):293. [IF 2.152] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Frøen JF, Friberg IK, Lawn JE, Bhutta ZA, Pattinson RC, Allanson ER, Flenady V, McClure EM, Franco L, Goldenberg RL, Kinney MV. Stillbirths: progress and unfinished business. The Lancet 2016;387(10018): 574–586. [IF 45.217] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Graham W, Woodd S, Byass P, Filippi V, Gon G, Virgo S, Chou D, Hounton S, Lozano R, Pattinson R, Singh S. Diversity and divergence: the dynamic burden of poor maternal health. The Lancet 2016;388(10056):2164-2175. [IF 45.217] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Haddad DN, Makin JD, Pattinson RC, Forsyth BW. Barriers to early prenatal care in South Africa. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2016;132(1):64-67. [IF 2.216]
• Jonas SM, Deserno TM, Buhimschi CS, Makin J, Choma MA, Buhimschi IA. Smartphone-based diagnostic for preeclampsia: an mHealth solution for administering the Congo Red Dot (CRD) test in settings with limited resources. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2016; 23(1): 166-173. IF 3.698 (Quartile 1: Health Informatics)
• Koen S, Snyman LC, Pattinson RC, Makin JA. A randomised controlled trial comparing oxytocin and oxytocin+ ergometrine for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage at caesarean section. South African Medical Journal 2016;106(4):399-402. [IF 1.285]
• Leisher SH, Teoh Z, Reinebrant H, Allanson E, Blencowe H, Erwich JJ, Frøen JF, Gardosi J, Gordijn S, Gülmezoglu AM, Heazell AE. Seeking order amidst chaos: A systematic review of classification systems for causes of stillbirth and neonatal death, 2009–2014. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016;16(1):295. [IF 2.152] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Soma-Pillay P, Pattinson RC. Barriers to obstetric care among maternal near-misses. South African Medical Journal 2016;106(11):1110-1113. [IF 1.285]
• Soma-Pillay P, Seabe J, Sliwa K. The importance of cardiovascular pathology contributing to maternal death: Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in South Africa, 2011–2013." Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 2016;27(2):60-65. [IF 0.967]
• Soma-Pillay P, Macdonald P. Early detection of Pre-Eclampsia. In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2016;26(3).
• Wojcieszek AM, Reinebrant HE, Leisher SH, Allanson E, Coory M, Erwich JJ, Frøen JF, Gardosi J, Gordijn S, Gulmezoglu M, Heazell AE. Characteristics of a global classification system for perinatal deaths: a Delphi consensus study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016;16(1):223. [IF 2.152] (Quartile 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Lavin T, Preen DB, Pattinson R. Timing and cause of perinatal mortality for small-for-gestational-age babies in South Africa: critical periods and challenges with detection. Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2016;2(1):11. 

NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Soma-Pillay P. New Guidelines For Zika Virus 2016. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2016;2:10-12.
• Soma-Pillay P, Macdonald AP. Early Detection Of Pre-Eclampsia. Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2016;26:5-8.

BOOKS / CHAPTER IN BOOKS

• Obstetric Essentials. Second Edition. Editors: P Soma-Pillay and S Adam, 2016

RESEARCH JOURNAL EDITORIALS OR COMMENTARIES

• Allanson ER, Tunçalp Ӧ, Gardosi J, Pattinson RC, Vogel JP, Erwich JJHM, Flenady VJ, Frøen JF, Neilson J, Quach A, Francis A, Chou D, Mathai M, Say L, Gülmezoglu AM. Giving a voice to millions: developing the WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD-PM. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2016; https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14243
• Allanson E, Tunçalp Ö, Gardosi J, Pattinson RC, Erwich JJH, Flenady VJ, Frøen JF, Neilson J, Chou D, Mathai M, Saya L. Classifying the causes of perinatal death. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2016;94(2):79-79A. 

TECHNICAL REPORTS

• Deaths Due To Medical And Surgical Disorders In Pregnancy, In Saving Mothers Report. 2011-2013, 2014-2016. Soma-Pillay P

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS OR POPULAR ARTICLES

Eleventh Congress of The International Network On Kangaroo Mother Care, Trieste, Italy, November 2016 

Anne-Marie Bergh (invited speaker): Kangaroo Mother Care: sustainability and further development.

Consultative Meeting for KMC in China, Washington, DC, United States, May 2016. 

Anne-Marie Bergh (invited speaker): Stages of Change – What does it mean for implementing Kangaroo Mother Care?

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Dube L, Van den Broucke S, Bergh AM. Self-management booklet for patients with chronic diseases in South Africa: a feasibility study (Abstract – 9th European Public Health Conference: Poster Displays). European Journal of Public Health 2016; 26(Suppl 1):455-456.

35th Conference on Priorities in Perinatal Care Conference in Southern Africa, Forever Resorts Warmbaths, South Africa, March 2016. 

• RC Pattinson (oral presentation): “The hidden danger of intra-uterine growth restriction.”
• RC Pattinson (oral presentation): “ESMOE-EOST Scale-up project: Preliminary data on impact of scale-up.”
• S Nkosi (oral presentation): “Detecting foetuses at risk of stillbirth.”
• CM Bezuidenhout (oral presentation): Training courses available in the ESMOE-EOST Programme.
• RC Pattinson (workshop presenter): Workshop on ESMOE Skills.
• JD Makin (workshop presenter): Workshop on ESMOE-EOST.
• Elise van Rooyen, Ute Feucht, Rinah Skosanah: “Using district structures for strengthening kangaroo mother care services: a case study from Tshwane District.”