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Multi-sectoral action in non-communicable disease prevention policy development in five African countries (2018)
Journal Article
Juma, P. A., Mapa-tassou, C., Mohamed, S. F., Matanje Mwagomba, B. L., Ndinda, C., Oluwasanu, M., Mbanya, J.-C., Nkhata, M. J., Asiki, G., & Kyobutungi, C. (2018). Multi-sectoral action in non-communicable disease prevention policy development in five African countries. BMC Public Health, 18(S1), Article 953. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5826-6

Background The rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa requires a multi-sectoral action (MSA) in their prevention and control. This study aimed to generate evidence on the extent of MSA application in NCD prevention policy development in f... Read More about Multi-sectoral action in non-communicable disease prevention policy development in five African countries.

Alcohol policies in Malawi: inclusion of WHO “best buy” interventions and use of multi-sectoral action (2018)
Journal Article
Matanje Mwagomba, B. L., Nkhata, M. J., Baldacchino, A., Wisdom, J., & Ngwira, B. (2018). Alcohol policies in Malawi: inclusion of WHO “best buy” interventions and use of multi-sectoral action. BMC Public Health, 18(S1), Article 957. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5833-7

Background Harmful use of alcohol is one of the most common risk factors for Non-Communicable Diseases and other health conditions such as injuries. World Health Organization has identified highly cost-effective interventions for reduction of alcohol... Read More about Alcohol policies in Malawi: inclusion of WHO “best buy” interventions and use of multi-sectoral action.

Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa (2018)
Journal Article
Wisdom, J. P., Juma, P., Mwagomba, B., Ndinda, C., Mapa-Tassou, C., Assah, F., …Kyobutungi, C. (2018). Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Public Health, 18(S1), Article 954. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5827-5

Background The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, enforced in 2005, was a watershed international treaty that stipulated requirements for signatories to govern the production, sale, distribution, advertisement, and t... Read More about Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa.

She knows that she will not come back: tracing patients and new thresholds of collective surveillance in PMTCT Option B+ (2018)
Journal Article
Cataldo, F., Seeley, J., Nkhata, M. J., Mupambireyi, Z., Tumwesige, E., & Gibb, D. M. (2018). She knows that she will not come back: tracing patients and new thresholds of collective surveillance in PMTCT Option B+. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1), Article 76. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2826-7

Background: Malawi, Uganda, and Zimbabwe have recently adopted a universal ‘test-and-treat’ approach to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (Option B+). Amongst a largely asymptomatic population of women tested for HIV and immediate... Read More about She knows that she will not come back: tracing patients and new thresholds of collective surveillance in PMTCT Option B+.

Patient-level benefits associated with decentralization of antiretroviral therapy services to primary health facilities in Malawi and Uganda (2018)
Journal Article
Abongomera, G., Chiwaula, L., Revill, P., Mabugu, T., Tumwesige, E., Nkhata, M., …Ford, D. (2018). Patient-level benefits associated with decentralization of antiretroviral therapy services to primary health facilities in Malawi and Uganda. International Health, 10(1), 8-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx061

Background The Lablite project captured information on access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) at larger health facilities (‘hubs’) and lower-level health facilities (‘spokes’) in Phalombe district, Malawi and in Kalungu district, Uganda. Methods We c... Read More about Patient-level benefits associated with decentralization of antiretroviral therapy services to primary health facilities in Malawi and Uganda.

Exploring the Experiences of Women and Health Care Workers in the Context of PMTCT Option B Plus in Malawi (2017)
Journal Article
Cataldo, F., Chiwaula, L., Nkhata, M., van Lettow, M., Kasende, F., Rosenberg, N. E., …Phiri, S. (2017). Exploring the Experiences of Women and Health Care Workers in the Context of PMTCT Option B Plus in Malawi. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 74(5), 517-522. https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000001273

ntroduction: Malawi has embarked on a “test-and-treat” approach to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, known as “Option B+,” offering all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) regardless... Read More about Exploring the Experiences of Women and Health Care Workers in the Context of PMTCT Option B Plus in Malawi.

Shifting human resources for health in the context of ART provision: qualitative and quantitative findings from the Lablite baseline study (2016)
Journal Article
Nkhata, M. J., Muzambi, M., Ford, D., Chan, A. K., Abongomera, G., Namata, H., …Cataldo, F. (2016). Shifting human resources for health in the context of ART provision: qualitative and quantitative findings from the Lablite baseline study. BMC Health Services Research, 16(1), Article 660. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1891-7

Background: Lablite is an implementation project supporting and studying decentralized antiretroviral therapy (ART) rollout to rural communities in Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Task shifting is one of the strategies to deal with shortage of health ca... Read More about Shifting human resources for health in the context of ART provision: qualitative and quantitative findings from the Lablite baseline study.