67 Papers
156 Citations
Moses Kumwenda is an academic researcher from Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Focus group. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 45 publications. Previous affiliations of Moses Kumwenda include University of Malawi & Wellcome Trust.
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HIV self-testing alone or with additional interventions, including financial incentives, and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic attendees in Malawi: An adaptive multi-arm, multi-stage cluster randomised trial.
Augustine T. Choko,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Nigel Stallard,Hendramoorthy Maheswaran,Aurélia Lépine,Cheryl Johnson,Cheryl Johnson,Doreen Sakala,Thokozani Kalua,Moses Kumwenda,Richard J. Hayes,Katherine Fielding +12 more
TL;DR: The primary outcome was the proportion of male partners who were reported to have tested for HIV and linked into care or prevention within 28 days, with referral for antiretroviral therapy (ART) or circumcision accordingly.
Factors Shaping Initial Decision-Making to Self-test Amongst Cohabiting Couples in Urban Blantyre, Malawi
Moses Kumwenda,Moses Kumwenda,Alister Munthali,Mackwellings Phiri,Daniel Mwale,Tore Jarl Gutteberg,Eleanor E MacPherson,Sally Theobald,Liz Corbett,Nicola Desmond,Nicola Desmond +10 more
TL;DR: For women, long-term health and togetherness were important goals that reinforced motivations for couples testing, whereas men often needed persuasion despite finding HIVST more flexible and less onerous than facility-based testing.
Exploring social harms during distribution of HIV self-testing kits using mixed-methods approaches in Malawi.
Moses Kumwenda,Moses Kumwenda,Cheryl Johnson,Cheryl Johnson,Augustine T. Choko,Augustine T. Choko,Wezzie Lora,Wezzie Lora,Wakumanya Sibande,Doreen Sakala,Pitchaya P. Indravudh,Pitchaya P. Indravudh,Richard Chilongosi,Rachael C Baggaley,Rose Nyirenda,Miriam Taegtmeyer,Karin Hatzold,Nicola Desmond,Nicola Desmond,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett +20 more
TL;DR: This work describes social harms reported during HIVST implementation in Malawi, and proposes a framework for grading and responding to harms, according to their severity, in order to optimize individual and public health benefits.
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Missing men with tuberculosis: the need to address structural influences and implement targeted and multidimensional interventions
Jeremiah Chikovore,Madhukar Pai,Katherine C. Horton,Amrita Daftary,Moses Kumwenda,Graham Hart,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett +7 more
TL;DR: Debates and the limited available empirical literature on men’s engagement with TB-related healthcare are nevertheless indicating need for a shift, within TB work with men in high burden LMICs towards, structural and multicomponent interventions.
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High prevalence of tuberculosis and serious bloodstream infections in ambulatory individuals presenting for antiretroviral therapy in Malawi.
Richard Bedell,Richard Bedell,Suzanne T. Anderson,Suzanne T. Anderson,Monique van Lettow,Monique van Lettow,Ann Åkesson,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Moses Kumwenda,Adrienne K. Chan,Adrienne K. Chan,Robert S. Heyderman,Rony Zachariah,Anthony D. Harries,Anthony D. Harries,Andrew Ramsay,Andrew Ramsay +17 more
TL;DR: A high prevalence of TB and serious BSI, particularly NTS, is observed in a program cohort of chronically ill HIV-infected outpatients in Malawi, and HIV clinics need better rapid screening tools for TB and BSI.