Mitch Matoga
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
35 Papers
49 Citations
Mitch Matoga is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 14 publications. Previous affiliations of Mitch Matoga include Kamuzu Central Hospital.
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Papers
Quality of life among HIV-infected individuals failing first-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings
Thiago S. Torres,Linda Harrison,Alberto La Rosa,Jeffrey A. Lavenberg,Lu Zheng,Steven A. Safren,McNeil Ngongondo,Selvamuthu Poongulali,Mitch Matoga,Wadzanai Samaneka,Ann C. Collier,Michael Hughes +11 more
TL;DR: QoL varied by country; high VL and low CD4 were associated with worse QoL in most domains, except RF (VL only), SF (CD4 only) and CF (neither).
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Policy to practice: impact of GeneXpert MTB/RIF implementation on the TB spectrum of care in Lilongwe, Malawi
Kashmira S. Chawla,Cecilia Kanyama,Abineli Mbewe,Mitch Matoga,Irving F. Hoffman,Jonathan Ngoma,Mina C. Hosseinipour +6 more
TL;DR: GeneXpert contributed minimally to overall TB diagnosis and the cascade of care due to implementation challenges of sputum collection, empiric treatment, and weak linkage to care between inpatient and outpatient settings.
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Effectiveness of an intervention to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men with sexually transmitted infections in Malawi: a preinterventional and postinterventional study
Mitch Matoga,Evarista Kudowa,Beatrice Ndalama,Naomi Bonongwe,Esther Mathiya,Edward Jere,B. Kamtambe,Maganizo Chagomerana,Charles S Chasela,Sara Jewett,Mina C Hosseinipour +10 more
TL;DR: A multistrategy intervention increased voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) uptake by 100% among men with sexually transmitted infections in Malawi, with significant improvements in time to VMMC and predictors of uptake, particularly among men with genital warts.
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HIV testing and epidemiology in a hospital-based surgical cohort in Malawi.
Bryce E. Haac,Anthony G. Charles,Mitch Matoga,Sylvia M LaCourse,Dominic Nonsa,Mina C. Hosseinipour +5 more
TL;DR: Universal opt-out HTC on the surgical wards of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, was well accepted and increased the proportion of patients tested and there was no association between HIV status and length of stay or mortality.
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Prevalence of HIV and disease outcomes on the medical and surgical wards at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Claire E. Kendig,Denise J. McCulloch,Nora E. Rosenberg,Jonathan C. Samuel,Charles Mabedi,Carol G. Shores,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Mitch Matoga,Anthony G. Charles +8 more
TL;DR: While newly diagnosed HIV-positive medical patients had high inpatient mortality and higher rates of WHO stage 3 or 4 conditions, surgical patients presented with less advanced HIV, though still meeting ART initiation guidelines.