Maxwell Rupfutse
World Health Organization
9 Papers
16 Citations
Maxwell Rupfutse is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Vaccination. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 5 publications.
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Papers
Multiple cohort HPV vaccination in Zimbabwe: 2018-2019 program feasibility, awareness, and acceptability among health, education, and community stakeholders.
Julie Garon,Aluwisio Mukavhi,Maxwell Rupfutse,Shakia Bright,Timothy Brennan,Portia Manangazira,Qian An,Anagha Loharikar +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted cross-sectional surveys among health workers, school personnel and community members to assess feasibility of implementation, training, social mobilization, and community acceptability.
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Reduction in Diarrhea- and Rotavirus-related Healthcare Visits Among Children <5 Years of Age After National Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in Zimbabwe.
Hilda A. Mujuru,Catherine Yen,Kusum Nathoo,Nhamo A Gonah,Ismail M H Ticklay,Arnold Mukaratirwa,Chipo Berejena,Ottias Tapfumanei,Kenneth Chindedza,Maxwell Rupfutse,Goitom Weldegebriel,Jason M. Mwenda,Eleanor Burnett,Jacqueline E. Tate,Umesh D. Parashar,Portia Manangazira +15 more
TL;DR: Initial reductions in diarrheal illness among children <60 months of age, particularly among those 0–11 months ofAge, after vaccine introduction are encouraging and early results provide evidence to support continued rotavirus vaccination and rotav virus surveillance in Zimbabwe.
Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccine Effectiveness Against Rotavirus Hospitalizations Among Children in Zimbabwe.
Hilda Mujuru,Eleanor Burnett,Kusum Nathoo,Ismail Ticklay,Nhamo A Gonah,Arnold Mukaratirwa,Chipo Berejena,Portia Manangazira,Maxwell Rupfutse,Goitom Weldegebriel,Jason M. Mwenda,Catherine Yen,Umesh D. Parashar,Jacqueline E. Tate +13 more
TL;DR: Monovalent rotavirus vaccine is effective in preventing hospitalizations due to severeRotavirus diarrhea among infants in Zimbabwe providing additional evidence for countries considering rotaviral vaccine introduction that live, oral rotav virus vaccines are effective in high child mortality settings.
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Implementation of an outbreak response vaccination campaign with typhoid conjugate vaccine – Harare, Zimbabwe, 2019
Marc Poncin,Joan Marembo,Patience Chitando,Nandini Sreenivasan,Israel P. Makwara,Zorodzai Machekanyanga,W. Nyabyenda,Innocent Mukeredzi,Manes Munyanyi,Anna Hidle,F. Chingwena,Chriswell T Chigwena,Phionah Atuhebwe,Helen Matzger,R. Chigerwe,Anna Shaum,Kashmira Date,Daniela Garone,Prosper Chonzi,Justice Aharon Barak,Isabel Phiri,Maxwell Rupfutse,Kudzai P.E. Masunda,Alex Gasasira,Portia Manangazira +24 more
TL;DR: In 2019, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) organized the first typhoid conjugate vaccination campaign in Africa in response to a recurring typhoid outbreak in a large urban setting as discussed by the authors .
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Use of geographic information systems web mapping application to support active case search to guide public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe: a preliminary report to guide replication of methods in similar resource settings.
Isah Mohammed Bello,Thandekile Ntombikayise Moyo,Manes Munyanyi,Godwin Ubong Akpan,Irene Isibor,Lincoln Charimari Sunganai,Abubakar Sadiq Umar,Ravi Shankar Santhana Gopala Krishnan,Kebba Touray,Maxwell Rupfutse,Portia Manangazira,Alex Gasasira Ntale,Daniel Fussum,Pascal Mkanda +13 more
TL;DR: GIS and spatial statistical tools have become an important and valuable tool in decision-making and, more importantly, guiding health care professional and other stakeholders in the response being carried out in a more coherent and easy manner towards containing the COVID-19 pandemic.
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