Revealing disparities in representation in knowledge generation and guideline development by Carlos P. B. Almeida, Afom T. Andom, Alain Casseus, Jacquelyn-My Do, Alain Gelin, Leonid Lecca, Maxo Luma, Michael Mazzi, Carole D. Mitnick, Jean Claude Mugunga, Melino Ndayizigiye, Natalie Nguyen, Meseret Tamirat, Girum Tefera, Sterman Toussaint, Marco Tovar, Christine Tzelios

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A household-based community health worker programme for non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV and maternal health: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled... by Richard Lilford, Celia Brown, Samuel I Watson, Luckson Dullie, Emily B Wroe, Elizabeth L Dunbar, Daniel Palazuelos, Lawrence Nazimera, Enoch P L Ndarama, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Basimenye Nhlema, Annie Michaelis, Ryan McBain, Alexandra V Kulinkina, Moses Aron, Henry Makungwa, Benson Chabwera, Benson Phiri

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HIV Self-Testing for Efficient PrEP Delivery Is Highly Acceptable and Feasible in Public Health HIV Clinics in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study by Vallery Ogello BA, Kenneth Ngure PhD, Paul Mwangi MSc, Emmah Owidi BEd (Sc), Njeri Wairimu BA, Lydia Etyang Dip, Margaret Mwangi BSc, Dominic Mwangi Dip, Simon Maina Dip, Nelly Mugo MBChB, MMed, MPH, Kenneth Mugwanya MBChB, PhD

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Evaluating the uptake and effect of Surgical Safety Checklist implementation in a rural hospital, Neno District, Malawi by Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Isaac Mphande, Fabien Munyaneza, Sitalire Kapira, Moses Banda Aron, George Chonongera, Brown David Khongo, Haules Robbins Zaniku, Salome Mkandawire, Wiseman Nkhoma, Listern Tengatenga

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Toward enhanced decentralized palliative care services in Neno District, Malawi: a qualitative study. by Atupere S. Phiri, Manuel Mulwafu, Haules Robbins Zaniku, Moses Banda Aron, Judith Kanyema, Stellar Chibvunde, Enoch Ndarama, Grace Momba, Fabien Munyaneza, Lameck Thambo, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Beatrice Matanje

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Piquing their “Pinterest”: A qualitative study to format and deliver complex fish consumption guidelines to women who are or could become pregnant by Jennifer Renner, Amy B. LaFrance, Ruth Taswell, Jeanne Mettner, Abigail S. Katz, Patricia McCann, Thomas E. Kottke, Lisa Harvey, Jeanette Y. Ziegenfuss

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A retrospective study of neonatal case management and outcomes in rural Rwanda post implementation of a national neonatal care package for sick and small infants by Merab Nyishime, Ryan Borg, Willy Ingabire, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Evrard Nahimana, Neil Gupta, Anne Hansen, Michelle Labrecque, Fulgence Nkikabahizi, Christine Mutaganzwa, Francois Biziyaremye, Claudine Mukayiranga, Francine Mwamini, Hema Magge

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Assessing socioeconomic vulnerability and COVID-19 infection risk among NCD patients in rural Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study by Foday Boima, Marta Patiño Rodriguez, Stefanie A. Joseph, Mohamed S. Kamara, Alfred Gborie, Lebbie Williams, Daniel Lavalie, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Thierry Binde, Jean Gregory Jerome, Dale A. Barnhart, the Cross-Site COVID-19 Cohort Technical Working Group

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Expanding access to non-communicable disease care in rural Malawi: outcomes from a retrospective cohort in an integrated NCD–HIV model by Gene Bukhman, Luckson Dullie, Emily B Wroe, Elizabeth L Dunbar, Noel Kalanga, Lawrence Nazimera, Natalie F Price, Adarsh Shah, Bright Mailosi, Grant Gonani, Enoch P L Ndarama, George C Talama, Lila Kerr, Emilia Connolly, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga

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Prevalence of hepatitis B and C infection and linkage to care among patients with Non-Communicable Diseases in three rural Rwandan districts: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Tumusime Musafiri, Innocent Kamali, Casmille Kayihura, Jean de la Paix Gakuru, Francoise Nyirahabihirwe, Esdras Nizeyimana, Pilar Kandamage, Placide Habinshuti, Raymond Sekagarura, Jean Damascene Makuza, Nadine Karema, Janvier Serumondo, Theoneste Ntakirutimana, Jean d’Amour Ndahimana, Dale A. Barnhart

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Feasibility of continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 1 diabetes at two district hospitals in Neno, Malawi: a randomised controlled trial by Alma J Adler, Paul H Park, Gene Bukhman, Emily B Wroe, Matthew M Coates, Bright Mailosi, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Apoorva Gomber, Celina Trujillo, Laura Drown, Todd Ruderman, Francis Valeta, Gina Ferrari, Amos Msekandiana, Beatrice Matanje, Ada Thapa, Medson Boti, Kenwood Kumwenda, Dester Nakotwa, Victor Mithi

“…Objectives To assess the feasibility and change in clinical outcomes associated with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) use among a rural population in Malawi living with type 1 diabetes.Design A 2:1 open randomised controlled feasibility trial.Setting Two Partners In Health-supported Ministry of Health-run first-level district hospitals in Neno, Malawi.Participants 45 people living with type 1 diabetes (PLWT1D).Interventions Participants were randomly assigned to Dexcom G6 CGM (n=30) use or usual care (UC) (n=15) consisting of Safe-Accu glucose monitors and strips. …”
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Implementation of self-monitoring of blood glucose for patients with insulin-dependent diabetes at a rural non-communicable disease clinic in Neno, Malawi by T Ruderman, G Ferrari, F Valeta, M Boti, K Kumwenda, P H Park, G Ngoga, E Ndarama, E Connolly, G Bukhman, A Adler

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Syndromic surveillance with monthly aggregate health systems information data for COVID-19 pandemic response in Neno, Malawi: a monitoring study by Moses Banda Aron, MPH, Emilia Connolly, MPH, Fabien Munyaneza, MPH, Donald Fejfar, BSc, Isaac Mphande, MSc, George Talama, MBBS, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, MBBS, Brown Khongo, MBBS, Isabel Fulcher, PhD

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Availability, Costs and Stock-Outs of Essential NCD Drugs in Three Rural Rwandan Districts by Jean Paul Mukundiyukuri, Jean Jacques Irakiza, Naome Nyirahabimana, Loise Ng’ang’a, Paul H. Park, Gedeon Ngoga, Ziad El-Khatib, Louis Nditunze, Etienne Dusengeyezu, Christian Rusangwa, Tharcisse Mpunga, Joel Mubiligi, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier

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HIV testing amid COVID-19: community efforts to reach men who have sex with men in three Kenyan counties [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Manas Migot Odinga, Samuel Kuria, Oliver Muindi, Peter Mwakazi, Margret Njraini, Memory Melon, Bernadette Kombo, Shem Kaosa, Japtheth Kioko, Janet Musimbi, Helgar Musyoki, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Robert Lorway

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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in three rural communes in Haiti: A cross-sectional study by Maurice J. Chery, Kobel Dubique, Julia M. Higgins, Peterson Abnis Faure, Roslyn Phillips, Sarah Morris, Mary Clisbee, Donaldson F. Conserve, Tiarney Ricthwood, Ralph M. Lefruit, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier

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Adapting operational research training to the Rwandan context: the Intermediate Operational Research Training programme by Jackline Odhiambo, Cheryl L. Amoroso, Peter Barebwanuwe, Christine Warugaba, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier

“…Recently, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have joined research capacity building efforts to increase research leadership by LMIC nationals. Partners In Health, an international NGO operating in Rwanda, implemented its first Intermediate Operational Research Training (IORT) course to cultivate Rwandan research talent and generate evidence to improve health care delivery. …”
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Impact of a teen club model on HIV outcomes among adolescents in rural Neno district, Malawi: a retrospective cohort study by Emilia Connolly, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Alexandra V Kulinkina, Clement Patrick Trapence, Chisomo Kanyenda, Fainala Muyila, Enoch PL Ndarama, Dimitri Suffrin

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Integrated home-based screening for people living with disabilities: A case study from rural Malawi by Elizabeth M. Petersen, Emily B. Wroe, Kondwani Nyangulu, Chisomo Kanyenda, Sam Njolomole, Elizabeth L. Dunbar, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga

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A comprehensive district-level laboratory intervention after the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone by Annelies W. Mesman, Musa Bangura, Sahr M. Kanawa, Joseph S. Gassimu, Kerry L. Dierberg, Mohamed M. Sheku, J. Daniel Orozco, Regan H. Marsh

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