Helene-mari M. Van Der Westhuizen - Publications

Dignity over DOT: Call to transition from directly observed therapy to rights-based, person-centered care and treatment support.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Published: December 26, 2025

Mapping key issues and useful theory to address remaining ethical, practical and political challenges in participatory research in health.

Journal: Wellcome open research

Published: July 01, 2025

Implementation strategies to increase the uptake and impact of molecular WHO-recommended rapid diagnostic tests: evidence from a mixed-methods systematic review.

Journal: BMJ global health

Published: December 20, 2024

Implementation of evidence-based foot screening in people with diabetes: A scoping review.

Journal: Journal of diabetes and its complications

Published: November 20, 2024

A consensus statement on dual purpose pathogen surveillance systems: The always on approach.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Published: November 14, 2024

Building social equity and person-centred innovation into the end TB response.

Journal: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Published: October 29, 2024

Airborne infection prevention and control implementation: A positive deviant organisational case study of tuberculosis and COVID-19 at a South African rural district hospital.

Journal: Global public health

Published: July 26, 2024

Stigma relating to tuberculosis infection prevention and control implementation in rural health facilities in South Africa - a qualitative study outlining opportunities for mitigation.

Journal: BMC global and public health

Published: July 02, 2024

Changing power narratives: an exemplar case study on the professionalisation of community health workers in Liberia.

Journal: BMJ global health

Published: May 26, 2024

Embracing novel thinking to safeguard against airborne pathogens in indoor spaces.

Journal: IJTLD open

Published: April 17, 2024

A Narrative Review of Ethical Issues in the Use of Artificial Intelligence Enabled Diagnostics for Diabetic Retinopathy.

Journal: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

Published: March 25, 2024

"As a patient I do not belong to the clinic, I belong to the community": co-developing multi-level, person-centred tuberculosis stigma interventions in Cape Town, South Africa.

Journal: BMC global and public health

Published: February 02, 2024