Sophie Le Coeur

lecoeur@ined.fr +33(0) 1 56 06 21 15 +33(0)1 56 06 21 94
Secretariat : Ornella Makiese +33 (0)1 56 06 20 24

Research field(s)

1) Impact of HIV/AIDS on mortality
- Impact on adult mortality
- impact on maternal mortality
- impact on sex differential mortality
- impact of antiretroviral therapy on mortality

2) Impact of HIV/AIDS on reproductive behaviors
and fertility

3) Consequences of preventive and care
interventions
- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of
HIV: clinical trials PHPT-1, PHPT-2, PHPT-4 in
Thailand; psycho-social obstacles to mother to
child transmission in developing countries.
- Impact of antiretroviral treatments: cohort of
HIV-infected patients (adults and children)
treated with antiretrovirals in Thailand.

4) Economic consequences and the lives of HIV-
infected patients treated with antiretrovirals.

Research teams

Biographical and multi-level research group

International Perspectives research group

Mortality, Health and Epidemiology

Sexual and reproductive Health and Rights (Research team in partnership with Inserm - Univ Paris-Saclay - UVSQ)

More information about his·her Research

The making of sexual and reproductive health and rights research: methodological and ethical issues

Disparities in health and mortality

Gender and sexuality minorities

Struggles and resistance in sexual and reproductive health and rights and reproductive rights

Barrier to effective sexual and reproductive health and rights and reproductive rights for all

Demopæedia

Liens

Bibliography

A word by

Sophie Le Coeur answers our questions on World AIDS Day

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Some publications

Le Cœur Sophie, Collins Intira, Pannetier Julie, Lelièvre Eva, 2009, « Gender and access to HIV testing and antiretroviral treatments in Thailand: why women have more and earlier access? », Social Science and Medicine, 6 (69), p. 846–853 (Special issue on “Women, children and AIDS care”)

Jourdain Gonzague, Le Cœur Sophie, Ngo-Giang-Huong Nicole et al. PHPT-3 study team, 2013, « CD4 Versus Viral Load Monitoring: A Randomized, Non-Inferiority Trial of Treatment Switching Strategies in HIV-Infected Adults in Thailand », Plos Medicine

Lelièvre Eva, Le Cœur Sophie, 2012, « Intergenerational Relationships within Families of HIV-infected Adults under Antiretroviral Treatment in Northern Thailand », Ageing and Society, 32 (4), p. 561-585

Lallemant Camille, Halembokaka Gaston, Baty Gaelle, Ngo-Giang-Huong Nicole, Barin Francis, Le Cœur Sophie, 2010, « Impact of HIV/Aids on Child Mortality before the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era: A Study in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo », Journal of Tropical Medicine, pii (897176)

Le Cœur Sophie, Khlat Myriam, Halembokaka Gaston, 2008, « Increased HIV infection rate among violent deaths: a mortuary study in the Republic of Congo », AIDS, 22 (13), p. 1675-1676

Collins Intira Jeannie, Jourdain Gonzague, Hansudewechakul Rawiwan, Kanjanavanit Suparat, Hongsiriwon Suchat, Gampiyasakul C., Sriminiphant Somboon, Technakunakorn Pornchai, Ngo-Giang-Huong Nicole, Duong Trinh, Le Cœur Sophie, Jaffar Shabbar, Lallemant Marc, Program for HIV Prevention and Treatment Study Team, 2010, « Long-term survival of HIV-infected children receiving antiretroviral therapy in Thailand: a 5-year observational cohort study », Clin Infect Dis., 51 (12), p. 1449-57

Briand Nelly, Le Cœur Sophie, Jourdain Gonzague, Hotrawarikarn Somboon, Sirinontakan Surat, Hinjiranandana Temsiri, Kanjanasing Annop, Traisathit Patrinee, McIntosh Kenneth, Lallemant Marc, Program for HIV Prevention and Treatment study group, 2010, « Haematological Safety of Perinatal Exposure to Zidovudine in Uninfected Infants Born to HIV-1 Infected Women in Thailand », AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 26 (10), p. 1163-1166