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Helene‐Mari van der Westhuizen

University of Cape Town · ZA
Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Tuberculosis, Medicine, Health care, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Psychological intervention, and Stigma (botany).
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citations
1,485
works
7
NIH funding
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Recent publications

“This is an illness. No one is supposed to be treated badly”: community-based stigma assessments in South Africa to inform tuberculosis stigma intervention design
BMC Global and Public Health 2024cited by 22position: middledoi
Building social equity and person-centred innovation into the end TB response
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 1,295position: middledoi
A position statement and practical guide to the use of particulate filtering facepiece (N95, FFP2, or equivalent) respirators for South African health care workers exposed to respiratory pathogens including M. tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2
2021cited by 1position: middledoi
The high-quality health system ‘revolution’: Re-imagining tuberculosis infection prevention and control
Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases 2019cited by 24position: firstdoi
Agents of change: The role of healthcare workers in the prevention of nosocomial and occupational tuberculosis
La Presse Médicale 2017cited by 59position: middledoi
Why healthcare workers are sick of TB
International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2015cited by 76position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Arne von Delft · University of Cape Town3 papers (2015–2021)Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana · Harvard University3 papers (2017–2024)Alimuddin Zumla · Semmelweis University2 papers (2015–2017)Angela Dramowski · Western Cape Department of Health2 papers (2015–2017) · 2 papers (2015–2017)J Peters · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine2 papers (2015–2017)Graeme Hoddinott · The University of Sydney2 papers (2024–2024)P Lederer · University of Oslo2 papers (2015–2017) · 2 papers (2015–2017) · 2 papers (2015–2017) · 2 papers (2019–2024)Elizabete Nunes · Eduardo Mondlane University1 papers (2015–2015) · 1 papers (2021–2021)Anne W. Rimoin · University of Birmingham1 papers (2021–2021)Larry F. Chu · Stanford Medicine1 papers (2021–2021) · 1 papers (2015–2015)Matthew Bates · University Teaching Hospital1 papers (2015–2015)Celso Khosa · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine1 papers (2015–2015)Renato T. Stein · Hospital Moinhos de Vento1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2017–2017)