RESEARCH
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Publications in 2024
Mzembe, G., Moya, E., Mwangi, MN., Ataide, R., Harding. R., Kaunda, J., Zinenani, T., Mhango, G., Stones, W., Mtambo, O., Demir, AY., Verhoef, H., Braat, S., Pasricha, S. Postpartum maternal and infant haematologic effects of antenatal second trimester ferric carboxymaltose compared to standard-of-care oral iron: longitudinal follow-up of a randomised controlled trial in Malawi. Lancet Global Health. 2024
Mamani-Mategula, E., Von-Dinklage, N., Sabanovic, H. et al. Using an experience-based co-design approach to develop strategies for implementing an intravenous iron intervention to treat moderate and severe anaemia in pregnancy in Malawi. Implement Sci Commun 5, 129 (2024).
Abate F, Adu-Amankwah A, Ae-Ngibise KA, Agbokey F, Agyemang VA, Agyemang CT, Akgun C, Ametepe J, Arichi T, Asante KP, Balaji S, Baljer L, Basser PJ, Beauchemin J, Bennallick C, Berhane Y, Boateng-Mensah Y, Bourke NJ, Bradford L, Bruchhage M, Lorente RC, Cawley P, Cercignani M, D Sa V, Canha A, Navarro N, Dean DC 3rd, Delarosa J, Donald KA, Dvorak A, Edwards AD, Field D, Frail H, Freeman B, George T, Gholam J, Guerrero-Gonzalez J, Hajnal JV, Haque R, Hollander W, Hoodbhoy Z, Huentelman M, Jafri SK, Jones DK, Joubert F, Karaulanov T, Kasaro MP, Knackstedt S, Kolind S, Koshy B, Kravitz R, Lafayette SL, Lee AC, Lena B, Lepore N, Linguraru M, Ljungberg E, Lockart Z, Loth E, Mannam P, Masemola KM, Moran R, Murphy D, Nakwa FL, Nankabirwa V, Nelson CA, North K, Nyame S, O Halloran R, O’Muircheartaigh J, Oakley BF, Odendaal H, Ongeti CM, Onyango D, Oppong SA, Padormo F, Parvez D, Paus T, Pepper MS, Phiri KS, Poorman M, Ringshaw JE, Rogers J, Rutherford M, Sabir H, Sacolick L, Seal M, Sekoli ML, Shama T, Siddiqui K, Sindano N, Spelke MB, Springer PE, Suleman FE, Sundgren PC, Teixeira R, Terekegn W, Traughber M, Tuuli MG, Rensburg JV, Váša F, Velaphi S, Velasco P, Viljoen IM, Vokhiwa M, Webb A, Weiant C, Wiley N, Wintermark P, Yibetal K, Deoni S, Williams S. UNITY: A low-field magnetic resonance neuroimaging initiative to characterize neurodevelopment in low and middle-income settings. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2024 Oct;69:101397. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101397. Epub 2024 May 31. PubMed PMID: 39029330; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11315107.
Ndambo, M.K., Ndambo, T.B., & Manda-Taylor, L. Exploring healthcare workers’ perceptions of child health research at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Hum Resour Health 22, 57 (2024).
Cheng K, Aitken EH, Hasang W, Meagher N, Price DJ, Madanitsa M, Mwapasa V, Phiri KS, Dodd J, Ter Kuile FO, Rogerson SJ. Intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine but not dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine modulates the relationship between inflammatory markers and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Malawi. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4(5):e0003198. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003198. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 38753813; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11098340.
Mwale, D., Manda-Taylor, L., Langton, J. et al. The role of healthcare providers and caregivers in monitoring critically ill children: a qualitative study in a tertiary hospital, southern Malawi. BMC Health Serv Res 24, 595 (2024).
Tizifa TA, Kabaghe AN, McCann RS, Gowelo S, Malenga T, Nkhata RM, Chapeta Y, Nkhono W, Kadama A, Takken W, Phiri KS, van Vugt M, van den Berg H, Manda-Taylor L. Assessing the implementation fidelity, feasibility, and sustainability of community-based house improvement for malaria control in southern Malawi: a mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health. 2024 Apr 2;24(1):951. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18401-4—PubMed PMID: 38566043; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10988826.
Hill J. Implementation of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PDMC) in Benin, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda: stakeholder engagement meeting report. Malar J. 2024 Mar 27;23(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04810-0—PubMed PMID: 38539181; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10976733.
Barsosio HC, Madanitsa M, Ondieki ED, Dodd J, Onyango ED, Otieno K, Wang D, Hill J, Mwapasa V, Phiri KS, Maleta K, Taegtmeyer M, Kariuki S, Schmiegelow C, Gutman JR, Ter Kuile FO. Chemoprevention for malaria with monthly intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in pregnant women living with HIV on daily co-trimoxazole in Kenya and Malawi: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2024 Jan 27; 403(10424):365-378. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02631-4. Epub 2024 Jan 12. PubMed PMID: 38224710; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10865779.
Manda-Taylor L, Kufankomwe M, Chatha G, Chipeta E, Mamani-Mategula E, Mwangi MN, Kelaher M, Prang KH, Ataíde R, Pasricha SR, Phiri KS. Perceptions and experiences of intravenous iron treatment for anaemia in pregnancy in Malawi: a formative qualitative study. Gates Open Res. 2022;6:66. doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13631.2. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 38455670; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10917769.
Pasricha SR, Moya E, Ataide R, Mzembe G, Harding R, Phiri K. The REVAMP trial: key questions remain – Authors’ reply. Lancet. 2024 Jan 6; 403(10421): 29-30. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01915-3. PubMed PMID:38184336.
Phiri KS, Khairallah C, Kwambai TK, Bojang K, Dhabangi A, Opoka R, Idro R, Stepniewska K, van Hensbroek MB, John CC, Robberstad B, Greenwood B, Kuile FOT. Post-discharge malaria chemoprevention in children admitted with severe anaemia in malaria-endemic settings in Africa: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Jan; 12(1):e33-e44. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00492-8. PubMed PMID:38097295; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10733130.