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AHRI:ASTRA – Strengthening community and health-system resilience to extreme weather events among vulnerable populations living with HIV and/or tuberculosis in Southern Africa

South Africa, 2007 - 2025
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Reference ID
AHRI.ASTRA.ART.Treatment.visit
Producer(s)
Jabulani Mcineka, Njabulo Myeza, Nompumelelo Mkwanazi, Prof. Collins Iwuji, Prof. Salome Charalambous
Metadata
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Created on
Sep 09, 2026
Last modified
Sep 09, 2026
  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data Access
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    AHRI.ASTRA.ART.Treatment.visit
    Title

    AHRI:ASTRA – Strengthening community and health-system resilience to extreme weather events among vulnerable populations living with HIV and/or tuberculosis in Southern Africa
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZA
    Abstract

    ASTRA is a multi-country research programme investigating how extreme weather events (EWEs) affect communities and health systems, particularly vulnerable populations living with HIV and/or tuberculosis. The study uses interdisciplinary and mixed-methods approaches to understand the impacts of EWEs on health, healthcare access and service delivery, and to identify feasible interventions that can strengthen community and health-system resilience.

    The study is being conducted across Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia and includes community members, people living with HIV and/or tuberculosis, healthcare workers, policymakers, government officials and other relevant stakeholders.

    Study Aim: The aim of ASTRA is to use co-designed interdisciplinary approaches to propose, prioritise and evaluate feasible interventions that strengthen community and health-system resilience to extreme weather events among vulnerable populations living with HIV and/or tuberculosis.

    Specific Objectives:
    To develop a system dynamics model to assess how extreme weather events affect HIV service delivery and continuity of care for people living with HIV.
    Kind of Data

    ART Treatment Clinic Visits
    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1.0.0

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    Extreme weather events; climate change; HIV; tuberculosis; health systems; healthcare access; healthcare service delivery; Southern Africa. Africa Health Research Institute www.ahri.org
    Keywords
    Extreme weather events (EWEs), climate change, HIV, tuberculosis, health systems, healthcare access, healthcare service delivery.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Umkhanyakude district in rural KwaZulu-Natal
    Universe

    Individuals who receive anti-retroviral treatment in two primary health facilities in Umkhanyakude district, specifically KwaMsane Clinic and Somkhele Clinic).

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Jabulani Mcineka Africa Health Research Institute
    Njabulo Myeza Africa Health Research Institute
    Nompumelelo Mkwanazi Africa Health Research Institute
    Prof. Collins Iwuji Africa Health Research Institute
    Prof. Salome Charalambous Group Chief Scientific Officer, The Aurum Institute
    Producers
    Name
    Africa Health Research Institute
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation Role
    National Institute for Health and Care Research NIHR Funder

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2007-03-06 2025-08-20

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Queried the data directly from the Tier.Net database, created a mapping file, anonymised the data, and converted the final dataset to a Stata (.dta) file for publication.

    Data Access

    Access conditions

    Access to the data requires accurate completion of the online data access application form accessible on the AHRI Data repository(https://data.ahri.org/). Data users are required to abide by the data use conditions stipulated on the application for access to the data. Failure to do so may result in their data access privileges being revoked by the Data Custodian. In order to recognise the effort and intellectual contributions of AHRI investigators in producing and curating the data, users of AHRI data must acknowledge the source of the data and abide by the terms and conditions under which the data is accessed and must cite the dataset in publication using the citation provided as part of this documentation. All analytical datasets published on the AHRI Data Repository are assigned digital object identifier (DOIs) and the DOIs can be found on the Data Repository under Study Description tab - Access policy. AHRI data users are required to always cite the dataset using the relevant DOI.
    Citation requirements

    Mcineka, J., Myeza, N., Mkwanazi, N., Iwuji, C., & Charalambous, S. (2026). AHRI:ASTRA – Strengthening community and health-system resilience to extreme weather events among vulnerable populations living with HIV and/or tuberculosis in Southern Africa [Dataset]. Africa Health Research Institute.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23664/AHRI.ASTRA.ART.TREATMENT.VISIT

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    AHRI.ASTRA.ART.Treatment.visit
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation
    Africa Health Research Institute AHRI
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