Professor Gavin George
- Deputy Executive Director
- Health Systems Strengthening
Gavin is an economist and behavioural scientist specialising in health systems research. His research skills include quantitative and qualitative methods, including evaluation design and analysis. He is the Programme leader of the Health Systems Strengthening Programme. Professor George has undertaken work on a number of projects in the field of health systems strengthening and specifically HIV and AIDS on economic, psycho-social and behavioural issues on behalf of UN agencies (UNAIDS, UNICEF, ILO, World Bank); Governments (South African, European Union, Swaziland, Botswana and the U.S), funders (Swedish SIDA, IrishAID, RNE, DfID, GFATM) as well as big business (SABCOHA, De Beers, AngloAmerican, SAB, Goldfields, Eskom).
He is currently an investigator on the following projects: a) Sida funded MMC research among youth with partner CAPRISA, b) SADC funded three country study to study HIV prevention and treatment interventions with mobile populations (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe) with partners Edwardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, FACT, Zimbabwe and North Star Alliance, c) Evaluation of HCT Services in South Africa for Department of Health, with partner Epi Centre. He is also a Co-investigator on the HIV Provincial Prevalence Study (KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa), CDC Funded Study with partners CAPRISA and EpiCentre.
He is currently providing technical assistance to the Department of Basic Education and USAID on the development of sexuality education in schools, resource flow tracking for UNFPA and World Bank, mapping the South African health accounts to WHO’s accounting framework System of Health Accounts (SHA), costing health system interventions for the Centre for Rural Health and M&E support to SADC PF.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7258-8470
Latest Publications
Research outputs
Book contribution
Govender, K. Poku, N. Armstrong, R. George, G. 2020. Epidemiology of HIV Among Adolescents and Young People In Eastern And Southern Region. In Preventing HIV Among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa: Emerging Evidence and Intervention Strategies. Routledge.
Regondi, I., Govender, K., Naidoo, K., and George, G. 2015, Medical male circumcision and the politics of no alternative: Why the public health imperative scored a victory over tradition. Global HIV/AIDS politics, policy, and activism: Persistent challenges and emerging issues: Policy and policymaking, 2 (-) -, Praeger
Regondi, I., Govender, K., Naidoo, K., and George, G. 2012 Medical circumcision and the politics of no alternative: Why the public health imperative scored a victory against HIV/AIDS? Global HIV/AIDS Politics, Policy, and Activism: Persistent Challenges and Emerging Issues, Praeger
George, G., Reardon, C., and Quinlan, T (2015) Human Resources for Health: Challenges facing sub-Saharan Africa In I. Luginaah & R.B. Kerr (Eds.), Geographies of Health and Development, pp 115-132, Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Journal article
Mujwara, D. Kelvin, E. Dahman, B. George, G. Nixon, D. Adera, T. Mwai, E. Kimmel, A. (2024). The economic costs and cost-effectiveness of HIV self-testing among truck drivers in Kenya. Health Policy and Planning. 39(4). 355–362.
George, G. Beckett, S. Cawood, C. Kharsany, A. (2024). Exposure to comprehensive sexuality education in schools in South Africa: the implications on the uptake of HIV testing services among HIV positive adolescent girls. AIDS Care. 36(S1). 54-59.
George, G. Maqsood, L. Sprague, C. (2024). Balancing risk and reward: exploring women’s transactional sexual relationships with Blessers in South Africa. Humanit Soc Sci Commun, 11(1158).
Oo, T. Romo, M. George, G. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Mantell, J. Okoth, J. Govender, K. Kelvin, E. (2024). Using the Health Belief Model to Understand Why Making Oral HIV Self-Testing Available to Truck Drivers in Kenya Had Little Impact on Six-Month Testing. AIDS and Behavior. 1-9.
George, G. Strauss, M. Lansdell, E. Nota, P. Peters, R. Brysiewicz, P. Nadesan-Reddy, N. Wassenaar, D. (2024). Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake among South African health care workers. Vaccine, 42(21).
George, G. Nota, P. Strauss, M. Lansdell, E. Peters, R. Brysiewicz, P. Nadesan-Reddy, N. Wassenaar, D. (2023). Examining the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses among healthcare workers in South Africa: A mixed-methods study. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(11).
Kelvin, E. Romo, M. George, G. Mantell, J. Mwai, E. Kinyanjui, S. Nyaga, E. Odhiambo, J. Govender, K. (2023). Evaluating effect modification by HIV testing history to understand the mechanisms behind the impact of announcing HIV self-testing availability in a clinic system in Kenya. Front Public Health. 6.
Meehan, S. Hesseling, A. Boulle, A. Chetty, J. Connell, L. Dlamini-Miti, N. Dunbar, R. Du Preez, K. George, G. Hoddinott, G. Jennings, K. Marx, F. Mudaly, V. Naidoo, P. Ndlovu, N. Ngozo, J. Smith, M. Strauss, M. Tanna, G. Vanqa, N. von Delft, A. Osman, M. (2023). Reducing Initial Loss to Follow-up Among People With Bacteriologically Confirmed Tuberculosis: LINKEDin, a Quasi-experimental Study in South Africa. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(1).
George, G. Nota, P. Strauss, M. Lansdell, E. Peters, R. Brysiewicz, P. Nadesan-Reddy, N. Wassenaar, D. (2023). Examining healthcare worker willingness to promote COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa: the importance of a clear evidence base. South African Health Review, 25.
Rautenberg, T. Ng, S. George, G. Moosa, M. McCluskey, S. Gilbert, R. Pillay, S. Aturinda, I. Ard, K. Muyindike, W. Musinguzi, N. Masette, G. Pillay, M. Moodley, P. Brijkumar, J. Gandhi, R. Johnson, B. Sunpath, H. Bwana, M. Marconi, V. Siedner, M. 2023. Determinants of health-related quality of life in people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, failing first-line treatment in Africa. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 21:94
Sprague, C. Maqsood, L. George, G. 2023. When Social and Personal Norms Collide: Narratives of South African Women Navigating Transactional Sexual Relationships with Blessers. International Journal of Sexual Health, 35:3
Durevall, D. Cowden, R. Beckett, S. Kharsany, A. Lewis, L. George, G. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Govender, K. 2023. Associations of Social Support with Sexual Practices, Health Behaviours, and Health Outcomes among Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in KwaZulu‑Natal, South Africa. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
Rautenberg, T. Kay Ng, S. George, G. Moosa, M. McCluskey, S. Gilbert, R. Pillay, S. Aturinda, I. Ard, K. Muyindike, W. Musinguzi, N. Masette, G. Pillay, M. Moodley, P. Brijkumar, J. Gandhi, R. Johnson, B. Sunpath, H. Bwana, M. Marconi, V. Siedner, M. 2023. Seemingly Unrelated Regression Analysis of the Cost and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of the REVAMP Randomized Clinical Trial. Value Health Reg Issues, 35.
Adegoke, Y.Mbonigaba, J. George, G. 2023. Health and total factor productivity nexus in selected sub-Saharan African countries: quadratic and threshold modelling. BMJ Open, 13:e066970.
Jochim, J. Cluver, L. Sidloyi, L. Kelly, J. Ornellas, A. Mangqalaza, H. Coakley, C. Nogoduka, C. Pillay, M. Nokama, B. George, G. Toska, E. 2023. Improving educational and reproductive outcomes for adolescent mothers in South Africa: A cross sectional analysis towards realising policy goals. Global Public Health, 18:1.
George, G. Nota, P. Strauss, M. Lansdell, E. Peters, R. Brysiewicz, P. Nadesan‐Reddy, N, Wassenaar, D. (2023). Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Workers in South Africa. Vaccines, 11, 414.
Mantell, J. Khalifa, A. Christian, S. Romo, M. Mwai, E. George, G. Strauss, M. Govender, K. Kelvin, E. 2022. Prefences, beliefs, and attitudes about oral fluid and blood-based HIV self-testing among truck drivers in Kenya choosing not to test for HIV. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 911932.
Govender, K. Durevall, D. Cowden, R. Beckett, S. Kharsany, A. Lewis, L. George, G. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. 2022. Depression symptoms, HIV testing, linkage to ART, and viral suppression among women in a high HIV burden district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional household study. Journal of Health Psychology. 27(4): 936–945.
Lewis, L. Kharsany, A. Humphries, H. Maughan-Brown, B. Beckett, S. Govender, K. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. George, G. 2022. HIV incidence and associated risk factors in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: A population-based cohort study. Plos One,17(12), e0279289.
Adegoke, Y. George, G. Mbonigaba, J. 2022. Macro-economic determinants, maternal and infant SDG targets in Nigeria: Correlation and predictive modelling. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 999514.
Adegoke, Y. George, G. Mbonigaba, J. 2022. Sustainable thresholds, health outcomes, health expenditures and education nexus in selected African countries: quadratic and moderation modelling. Globalization and Health, 18, 84.
George, G. Strauss , M. Lansdell, E. Nadesan-Reddy, N. Moroe, N. Reddy, T. Eshun-Wilsonova, I. Moshabela, M. 2022. South African University Staff and Students’ Perspectives, Preferences, and Drivers of Hesitancy Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines: A Multi-Methods Study. Vaccines.,10(8), 1250.
George, G. Beckett, S. Reddy, T. Govender, K. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Kharsany, A. 2022. Determining HIV risk for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in relationships with “Blessers” and age‑disparate partners: a cross‑sectional survey in four districts in South Africa. BMC Public Health, 22, 973.
Govender, K. Beckett, S. Reddy, T. Cowden, R. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Kharsany, A. George, G. Puren, A. 2022. Association of HIV intervention uptake With HIV prevalence in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa. JAMA Network Open. 5(4): e228640.
George, G. Beckett, S. Reddy, T. Govender, K. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Kharsany, A. (2022). The role of schooling and comprehensive sexuality education in reducing HIV and pregnancy among adolescents in South Africa. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 90(3), 270–275.
Junck, L. George, G. 2022. Giving condoms to school children: educators’ views on making condoms available in South African schools. African Journal of AIDS Research, 21(1), 58–64.
George, G. Rhodes, B. Laptiste, C. 2021. Estimating the Financial Incentive for Caribbean Teachers to Migrate: An Analysis of Salary Differentials using Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean, 19 (2), 1-19.
Kelvin, E. George, G. Romo, M. Mantell, J. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Odhiambo, J. Govender, K. 2021. The Impact on HIV Testing Over 6 Months When Free Oral HIV Self-Test Kits Were Available to Truck Drivers in Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 1-8.
Mumbauer, A. Strauss, M. George, G. Ngwepe, P. Bezuidenhout, C. de Vos, L. Medina-Marino, A. 2021. Employment preferences of healthcare workers in South Africa: Findings from a discrete choice experiment. Plos one,16(4),1-17.
Sprague, C. McMahan, L. Maqsood, L. George, G. 2021. 'Eventually I wanted something more': sexual self-reflections of South African women engaged in transactional sexual relationships with blessers. Culture, Health and Sexuality.
Hirsch-Moverman, Y. Strauss, M. George, G. Mutiti, A. Mafukidze, A. Shongwe, S. Dube, G. El Sadr, W. Mantell, J. Howard, A. 2021. Paediatric tuberculosis preventive treatment preferences among HIV-positive children, caregivers and healthcare providers in Eswatini: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open.
Siedner, M. Moosa, M. McCluskey, S. Gilbert, R. Pillay, S. Aturinda, I. Ard, K. Muyindike, W. Musinguzi, N. Masette, G. Pillay, M. Moodley, P. Brijkumar, J. Rautenberg, T. George, G. Gandhi, R. Johnson, B. Sunpath, H. Bwana, M. Marconi, V. 2021. Resistance Testing for Management of HIV Virologic Failure in Sub-Saharan Africa. Annals of Internal Medicine, 174 (12).
Reynolds, Z. McCluskey, S. Moosa, M. Gilbert, R. Pillay, S. Aturinda, I. Ard, K. Muyindike, W. Musinguzi, N. Masette, G. Moodley, P. Brijkumar, J. Rautenberg, T. George, G. Johnson, B. Gandhi, R. Sunpath, H. Marconi, V. Bwana, M. Siedner M. 2021. Who’s slipping through the cracks? A comprehensive individual, clinical and health system characterization of people with virological failure on first‐line HIV treatment in Uganda and South Africa in HIV Medicine. HIV Medicine, 23 (5).
Maughan-Brown, B. Venkataramani, A. Kharsany, A. Beckett, S. Govender, K. Lewis, L. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. George, G. 2020. Recently formed age-disparate partnerships are associated with elevated HIV incidence among young women in South Africa. AIDS, 34(1),1-10.
George, G. Mudzingwa, T. Horwood, C. 2020. The cost of the training and supervision of community health workers to improve exclusive breastfeeding amongst mothers in a cluster randomised controlled trial in South Africa. BMC health services research, 20(1),1-8.
Kharsany, A. McKinnon, L. Lewis, L. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Maseko, D. Goodman, T. Beckett, S. Govender, K. George, G. Ayalew, K. 2020. Population Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in a high HIV burden district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for HIV epidemic control. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 98, 1-8
Maughan-Brown, B. Beckett, S. Kharsany, A. Cawood, C. Khanyile, D. Lewis, L. Venkataramani, A. George, G. 2020. Poor rates of linkage to HIV care and uptake of treatment after home-based HIV testing among newly diagnosed 15-to-49 year-old men and women in a high HIV prevalence setting in South Africa. AIDS care, 33(1), 1-11.
Nota, P. Govender, E. Vukapi, Y. 2020. “Male-supported, female-initiated”: Exploring a cultural message for communicating around new HIV prevention technologies for women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal for Communication Sciences in Southern Africa, 39(1), 1-15.
Rautenberg, T. George, G. Bwana, M. Moosa, M. Pillay, S. McCluskey, S. Aturinda, I. Ard, K. Muyindike, W. Moodley, P. Brijkumar, J. 2020. Comparative analyses of published cost effectiveness models highlight critical considerations which are useful to inform development of new models. Journal of medical economics, 23(3), 1-8.
Christian, S. Mantell, J. Romo, M. Grov, C. George, G. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Odhiambo, J. Govender, K.. Kelvin, E. 2020. Applying a social-ecological lens to opinions about HIV self-testing among Kenyan truckers who declined to test: a qualitative study. African Journal of AIDS Research, 19(2), 1-10.
Strauss, M. George, G. Mantell, J. Mapingure, M. Masvawure, T. Lamb, M. Zech, J. Musuka, G. Chingombe, I. Msukwa, M. Boccanera, R. 2020. Optimizing Differentiated HIV Treatment Models in Urban Zimbabwe: Assessing Patient Preferences Using a Discrete Choice Experiment. AIDS and Behavior, 25(2), 397-413.
George, G. Cawood, C. Adrian Puren, A. Khanyile, D. Gerritsen, A. Govender, K. Beckett, S. Glenshaw, M. Diallo, K. Ayalew, K. Gibbs, A. Reddy, T. Madurai, L. Kufa-Chakezha, T. Kharsany, A. 2020. Evaluating DREAMS HIV prevention interventions targeting adolescent girls and young women in high HIV prevalence districts in South Africa: protocol for a cross-sectional study. BMC Women's Health, 20(7)
Korte, J. Strauss, M. Ba, A. Buregyeya, E. Matovu, J. Kisa, R. Musoke, W. Chemusto, H. Vrana-Diaz, C. Malek, A. Wanyenze, R. George, G. (2019). HIV testing preferences among pregnant women attending antenatal care and their male partners: a discrete choice experiment in Uganda African Journal of AIDS Research, 18(4), 332-340
Romo, M.L., George, G., Mantell, J.E., Mwai, E., Nyaga, E., Strauss, M., Odhiambo, J.O., Govender, K., Kelvin, E.A. 2019 Depression and sexual risk behavior among long-distance truck drivers at roadside wellness clinics in Kenya PeerJ 7:e7253 DOI 10.7717/peerj.7253
Govender, K., Cowden, R.G., Asante, K.O. et al. Prev Sci (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-01015-3 Sexual Risk Behavior: a Multi-System Model of Risk and Protective Factors in South African Adolescents Prev Sci (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-01015-3
George, G. & Rhodes, B. The Economics of Teaching in India Versus Teaching Aboard: Teacher Salary Differentials Using Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Int. Migration & Integration (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-019-00658-z
George, G., Adams Tucker, L., Panday, S., Khumalo,F. (2018) Challenges facing life orientation educators in the delivery of sexuality education in South African schools George, G, Tucker, LA, Panday, S & Khumalo, F (2018) Southern African Review of Education, 24(1): 43-57.
George, G., Rhodes, B., Laptiste., C. What is the financial incentive to immigrate? An analysis of salary disparities between health workers working in the Caribbean and popular destination countries BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:109 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-3896-5
Maughan-Brown, B., George, G., Beckett, S., et al Age-disparate partnerships and HSV-2 among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: implications for HIV infection risk. Sex Transm Infect Published Online First: 08 February 2019. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053577
George, G., Maughan-Brown, B., Beckett, S. et al. An Examination of Men’s Wealth and Age Disparate Partnerships in South Africa: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey Sexuality & Culture (2019) 23: 45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-018-9561-z
Kelvin, EA., George, G., Kinyanjui, S., et al Announcing the availability of oral HIV self-test kits via text message to increase HIV testing among hard-to-reach truckers in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial BMC Public Health201919:7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6345-1
George, G., Nene, S., Beckett, S., Durevall, D., Lindskog, A., Govender, K. (2019) Greater risk for more money: the economics of negotiating condom use amongst sex workers in South Africa, AIDS Care, 31:9, 1168-1171, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1563284
George G, Maughan-Brown B, Beckett S, et al Coital frequency and condom use in age-disparate partnerships involving women aged 15 to 24: evidence from a cross-sectional study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMJ Open 2019;9:e024362. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024362
Durevall D, Lindskog A, George G (2019) Education and HIV incidence among young women in KwaZulu-Natal: An association but no evidence of a causal protective effect. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0213056. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213056
Govender, K., Beckett, S., Masebo, W. et al. Effects of a Short Message Service (SMS) Intervention on Reduction of HIV Risk Behaviours and Improving HIV Testing Rates Among Populations located near Roadside Wellness Clinics: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. AIDS Behav (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02427-6
Strauss, M. George, G. Mantell, J. Romo, M. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Odhiambo, J. Govender, K. Kelvin, E. (2018). Stated and revealed preferences for HIV testing: can oral self-testing help to increase uptake amongst truck drivers in Kenya? BMC Public Health 18(1231).
Cowden, R. G., Govender, K., Asante, K. O., Reardon, C., & George, G. (2018). Validation of the Perceived Sense of School Membership Scale: A South African Version. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36(4), 411–417.
Kharsany ABM, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Lewis L, Grobler A, Puren A, Govender K, George G, Beckett S, Samsunder N, Madurai S, Toledo C, Chipeta Z, Glenshaw M, Hersey S, Abdool Karim Q Community-based HIV Prevalence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Results of a Cross-sectional Household Survey https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(18)30104-8/fulltext
elvin, E.A., George, G., Mwai, E. et al. AIDS Behav (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2248-5 A Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase HIV Testing Demand Among Female Sex Workers in Kenya Through Announcing the Availability of HIV Self-testing Via Text Message https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2248-5
George, G., Chetty, T., Strauss, M., Inoti, S., et al. (2018) Costing analysis of an SMS-based intervention to promote HIV selftesting amongst truckers and sex workers in Kenya PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0197305
Strauss, M. George, G. Lansdell, E. Mantell, J. Govender, K. Romo, M. Odhiambo, J. Mwai, E. Nyaga, E. Kelvin, E. (2018). HIV Testing Preferences Among Long Distance Truck Drivers in Kenya: A Discrete Choice Experiment. AIDS Care, 30(1), 72-80, doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1367086
Romo, ML., George, G., Mantell, JE., Mwai, E., Nyaga, E., Odhiambo., JO, Govender, K, Kelvin,EA ( 2018) Psychosocial Characteristics of Primary Care-Seeking Long-Distance Truck Drivers in Kenya and Associations with HIV Testing African Journal of AIDS Research, https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2018.1449760
Brendan, MB., George, G., Beckett, S., Evans,., M, Lewis, L., Cawood, C., David, K., Kharsany., ABM (2018) HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women in age-disparate partnerships: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001656
George, G., Govender, K., Beckett, S., Montague, C & Frohlich, J (2017) Factors associated with the take-up of voluntary medical male circumcision amongst learners in rural KwaZulu-Natal African Journal of AIDS Research, 16:3, 251-256, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2017.1369441
Mburu, G. George, G. (2017). Determining the efficacy of national strategies aimed at addressing the challenges facing health personnel working in rural areas in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 9(1).
Govender, K. Cowden, R. Oppong Asante, K. Reardon, C. George, G. (2017). Validation of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure among South African Adolescents PLoS ONE, 12(10).
Govender, K., George, G., Beckett, S., Montague, C and Frohlich, J (2017) Risk Compensation Following Medical Male Circumcision: Results from a 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Young School-Going Men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, DOI 10.1007/s12529-017-9673-0
George, G and Rhodes, B (2017) Is there a financial incentive to immigrate? Examining of the health worker salary gap between India and popular destination countries Human Resources for Health, 15(74), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-017-0249-5
Kelvin, EA., George, G., Mwai, E., Nyaga, E., Mantell, JE., Romo, ML., Odhiambo, JO., Starbuck, L. Govender, K. (2017). Offering self-administered oral HIV testing to truck drivers in Kenya to increase testing: a randomized controlled trial. AIDS Care, 30(1), 47-55
Siedner, MJ., Bwana, MB., Moosa, MYS., Paul, M., Pillay,, McCluskey, SS Aturinda, I., Ard, K., Muyindike, W., Moodley, P., Brijkumar, J., Rautenberg, T., George, G., Johnson,B., Gandhi, RT., Sunpath, H & Marconi, VC (2017) The REVAMP trial to evaluate HIV resistance testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study in clinical trial design in resource limited settings to optimize effectiveness and cost effectiveness estimates HIV Clinical Trials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15284336.2017.1349028
George, G., Strauss, M and Asfaw, E (2017) The cost of demand creation activities and voluntary medical male circumcision targeting school-going adolescents in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Plos One, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179854
Strauss M., George G and Rhodes B (2017) Designing human immunodeficiency virus counselling and testing services to maximize uptake among high school learners in South Africa: What matters? Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 44 (5), pp 290-296, DOI 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000586
Kelvin, EA., George, G., Mwai, E., Nyaga, EN., Mantell, JE., Romo, ML., Odhiambo, JO., Govender, K (2017) Offering Self-administered Oral HIV Testing as a Choice to Truck Drivers in Kenya: Predictors of Uptake and Need for Guidance While Self-testing AIDS and Behaviour, DOI 10.1007/s10461-017-1783-9
Evans, M., Maughan-Brown, B., Zungu, N and George, G (2017) HIV prevalence and art use among men in partnerships with 15–29 year old women in South Africa: HIV risk implications for young women in age-disparate partnerships AIDS and Behavior, DOI 10.1007/s10461-017-1741-6
George, G., Govender, K., Beckett, S., Montague, C and Frohlich, J (2016) Early resumption of sex following voluntary medical male circumcision amongst school-going males PLoS ONE 11(12): e0168091. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168091
Strauss, M., George, G and Rhodes, B.D (2016) Determining preferences related to HIV counselling and testing services among high school learners in KwaZulu-Natal: A discrete choice experiment AIDS and Behavior, DOI 10.1007/s10461-016-1602-8
Maughan-Brown, B., Evans, M and George, G (2016) Sexual behaviour of men and women within age-disparate partnerships in South Africa: implications for young women's HIV risk PLoS ONE, 11(8), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159162
Fieno, JV., Dambisya, YM., George, G and Benson, K (2016) A political economy analysis of human resources for health in Africa Human Resources for Health, 14(44), doi 10.1186/s12960-016-0137-4
Tucker, LA., George, G., Reardon, C and Panday, S (2016) Sexuality education in South African schools: The challenge for civil society organisations Health Education Journal, DOI 10.1177/0017896916652166
George, G and Rhodes, B (2015) Teacher salary differentials using Purchasing Power Parity (PPP): a South African perspective as both a ‘source’ and ‘destination’ country Journal of Education, (63), pp 111 - 135
Reardon, C., George,G., Mucheuki,C., Govender, K and Quinlan, T (2015) Psychosocial and health risk outcomes among orphans and non-orphans in mixed households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa African Journal of AIDS Research, 14:4, 323-331, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2015.1095774
Adams-Tucker, L, George, G, Reardon, C and Panday, S (2015) Learning the basics”: Young peoples’ engagement with sexuality education at secondary schools Sex Education: Sexuality, Society & Learning, pp1-17, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2015.1091768
Kharsany, A.B., Cawood, C., Khanyile, D., Grobler, A., Mckinnon, L.R., Samsunder, N., Frohlich, J.A., Abdool Karim, Q., Puren, A., Welte, A. George, G. (2015). Strengthening HIV surveillance in the antiretroviral therapy era: rationale and design of a longitudinal study to monitor HIV prevalence and incidence in the uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Public Health, 15.
Strauss, M. George, G. Rhodes, B. (2015). A qualitative analysis of the barriers and facilitators of HIV counselling and testing perceived by adolescents in South Africa BMC Health Services Research. 15(250).
Reardon, C., George, G and Enigbokan, O. (2015). The benefits of working abroad for British General Practice trainee doctors: the London deanery out of programme experience in South Africa BMC Medical Education, 15 (174), DOI 10.1186/s12909-015-0447-6
George, G., Atujuna, M., Gentile, J., Quinlan, T., Schmidt, P., Tobi, P., and Renton, A. 2010, The impact of ART scale-up on health workers: Evidence from two South African districts AIDS Care, 77 (84), - , Taylor & Francis Online, DOI: 10.1080/09540120903544439
Gow, J., George, G., Mutinta, G., Mwamba, L and Ingombe, L, 2011, Health Worker shortages in Zambia: an assessment of government responses Journal of Public Health Policy, 32 (4), 476-88, Macmillan,
Govender, K., Penning, S., George, G and Quinlan, T., 2011, Weighing up the burden of care on caregivers of orphan children: The Amajuba District Child Health and Wellbeing Project, South Africa AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 24 (6), 712-721, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.630455
George, G and Sprague, C., 2011, HIV Prevention in the world of work in sub-Saharan Africa: Research and practice African Journal of AIDS Research, 10 (1), 291-300, Taylor & Francis Online, doi: 10.2989/16085906.2011.637725
Bhagwanjee, A., Govender, K., Petersen, I., Akintola, O., George, G., Johnstone, L and Naidoo, K, 2011, Patterns of disclosure and antiretroviral treatment adherence in a South African mining workplace programme and implications for HIV prevention African Journal of AIDS Research, 10 (1), 357-368, Taylor & Francis Online, doi: 10.2989/16085906.2011.637737
Mutinta, G., Govender, K., Gow, J. and George, G, 2012 An exploratory study of the individual determinants of students sexual risk behaviour at a South African university African Journal of AIDS Research, 11 (4), 353-359, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI:10.2989/16085906.2012.754836
George, G., and Rhodes, B. 2013 Is there really a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Has the occupational specific dispensation, as a mechanism to attract and retain health workers in South Africa, levelled the playing field? BMC Public Health,12 (12) 1-8, BioMed Central
George, G., and C. Reardon, 2013 Preparing for export? Medical and nursing student migration intentions post-qualification in South Africa African Journal of Primary Health Care Family Medicine , 5 (1), -, African Journal of Primary Health Care Family Medicine,doi:10.4102/phcfm.v5i1.483
Gow, J., George, G., and K. Govender, 2013, A comparison of quality of life between HIV positive and negative diamond miners in South Africa SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS: An OpenAcess Journal, 10 (2), 89-95, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2013.870066
George, G., Govender, K., Bachoo, S., Penning, S. and T. Quinlan, 2013 Comparative economic positions of orphan, non-orphan and mixed households: findings from round 3 of the Amajuba District Study in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, 9 (1), -, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI:10.1080/17450128.2013.772316
Mutinta, G., Govender, K., Gow, J. and G. George, 2013 An investiagtion of students' risky sexual behavouir at KwaZulu-Natal University, Durban, South Africa American Journal of Sexuality Education, 8 (3) , 121-139, London, Routledge, DOI: 10.1080/15546128.2013.828339
Gow, J., George, G and Grant, B., 2013 Managing the costs of HIV/AIDS: A case study of a South African contract cleaning company Development South Africa, 29 (3), 434-447, London, Routledge, doi:10.1080/0376835X.2012.706039
George, G., and Gow, J. 2014 They protect us, but are they using protection? The potential impact of HIV on the South African Police Service African Security Review, 23 (2), 117-131, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI:10.1080/10246029.2014.902387
George, G., Strauss, M., Chirawu, P., Rhodes, B., Frohlich, J., Montague, C., and Govender, K. 2014 Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among adolescent boys in KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa African Journal of AIDS Research, 13 (2), 179-187, Routledge, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2014.943253
Gow, J., and George, G. 2011 Business management of HIV/AIDS – The case study of a South African contract cleaning company African Journal of Business Management, 5 (11), pp 4100-4106, Academic Journals.org, Doi:10.1080/09540121.2011.630455
George, G., Gow, J., and Bachoo, S. 2013 Understanding the factors influencing health-worker employment decisions in South Africa Human Resources for Health, 11(5),BioMed Central, Doi:10.1186/1478-4491-11-15
Reardon, C. Enigbokan, O. and George, G. (2014). British doctors' experiences of working in rural South Africa: The London GP out of programme experience. Health SA Gesondheid, 19(1).
Mutinta, G., Gow J., George, G., Kunda, K., and Ojteg, K, 2011, The influence of socio-economic determinants on HIV prevalence in South Africa Review of Economics & Finance
George, G., Reardon, C., Gunthrop, J. Moeti, T., Chingombe, I., Busang, L., and Musuka, G. 2012 The Madikewe Forum: a comprehensensive partnership for supporting governance of Botswana's HIV and AIDS response African Journal of AIDS Research, Vol 11, pp27-35, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, DOI:10.2989/16085906.2012.671252
George, G., Surgey, G., and Gow, J. 2014 South Africa’s private sector investment in training and its erosion as a result of HIV and AIDS South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 17 (2), pp109-123, South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
Govender, K., Akintola, O., George, G., Petersen, I., Bhagwanjee, A., and Reardon, C. 2011 Psychosocial and behavioural correlates of attitudes towards antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a sample of South African mineworkers Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 8 (2), Taylor & Francis Online
George, G., and Rhodes, B. 2013 Is there really a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Has the occupational specific dispensation, as a mechanism to attract and retain health workers in South Africa, leveled the playing field? BMC Public Health, 12 (12), BioMed Central, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-613
Govender, K., George, G., Mucheuki, C., and Strauss, M. 2014 Voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa: Challenges and opportunities South African Health Review 2013/14
Gow, J., George, G., Mwamba, S., Ingombe, L., and Mutinta, G. (2012) Health worker satisfaction and motivation: An empirical study of Incomes, allowances and working conditions in Zambia International Journal of Business Management, 7 (10), International Journal of Business Management, doi:10.5539/ijbm.v7n10p37
Bhagwanjee, A., Govender, K., Reardon, C., Johnstone, L., George, G., and S.Gordon. 2013 Gendered constructions of the impact of HIV and AIDS in the context of the HIV-positive seroconcordant heterosexual relationship Journal of the International AIDS Society, 6 (18021)
George, G., Chitindingu, E., and Gow, J. (2013) Evaluating traditional healers knowledge and practices related to HIV testing and treatment in South Africa BMC International Health and Human Rights, doi:10.1186/1472-698X-13-45
Reardon, C., and George, G. 2014 An examination of the factors fueling migration amongst community service practitioners Afr JPrm Health Care Fam Med, 6(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.625
Chitindingu, E., George, G., and Gow, J. 2014 A review of the integration of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine into the curriculum of South African medical schools BMC Medical Education, 14 (40)
Mutinta, G. Govender, K. George, G. Gow, J. (2014). The influence of biological factors on students’ sexual behaviour at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research.13(4). 321-329
Govender, K. George, G. Mucheuki, C. Strauss, M. (2013) Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa : challenges and opportunities South African Health Review 2013/14, 1-12.
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