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"Are we getting the biometric bioethics right?" - the use of biometrics within the healthcare system in Malawi

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

"Not just dogs, but rabid dogs": tensions and conflicts amongst research volunteers in Malawi

scientific article published on 03 September 2018

'We are the eyes and ears of researchers and community': understanding the role of community advisory groups in representing researchers and communities in Malawi.

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

'Whose failure counts?' A critical reflection on definitions of failure for community health volunteers providing HIV self-testing in a community-based HIV/TB intervention study in urban Malawi

scientific article published in December 2015

A Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Miscarriage Surgery

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

A model for community representation and participation in HIV prevention trials among women who engage in transactional sex in Africa

scientific article published in October 2008

A network of empirical ethics teams embedded in research programmes across multiple sites: opportunities and challenges in contributing to COVID-19 research and responses

scientific article published in 2022

A novel community health worker tool outperforms WHO clinical staging for assessment of antiretroviral therapy eligibility in a resource-limited setting

scientific article published on February 2014

A qualitative evaluation of hospital versus community-based management of patients on injectable treatments for tuberculosis

scientific article published on 17 September 2018

A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania

scientific article published in April 2005

Acceptability of azithromycin for the control of trachoma in Northern Tanzania.

scientific article published on September 2005

Acceptability of woman-delivered HIV self-testing to the male partner, and additional interventions: a qualitative study of antenatal care participants in Malawi

scientific article published on June 2017

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Using Gender-Transformative Approaches at a Community Level in Rural Tanzania: The UZIKWASA program

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Barriers and facilitators to linkage to ART in primary care: a qualitative study of patients and providers in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published on 31 December 2012

Coercion And Hiv Self-Testing In Men Who Have Sex With Men: Implementation Data From A Cross-Sectional Survey In China

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Community perceptions of the social determinants of child health in Western Cape, South Africa: neglect as a major indicator of child health and wellness

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Community-led delivery of HIV self-testing to improve HIV testing, ART initiation and broader social outcomes in rural Malawi: study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Comparison of sexual behavior data collected using a coital diary and a clinic-based interview during a microbicide pilot study in Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article

Complexities and dilemmas in community consultation on the design of a research project logo in Malawi

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Considerations for a Human Rights Impact Assessment of a Population Wide Treatment for HIV Prevention Intervention

scientific article published on 8 November 2013

Control, struggle, and emergent masculinities: a qualitative study of men's care-seeking determinants for chronic cough and tuberculosis symptoms in Blantyre, Malawi.

scientific article published on 9 October 2014

Discordance, Disclosure and Normative Gender Roles: Barriers to Couple Testing Within a Community-Level HIV Self-Testing Intervention in Urban Blantyre, Malawi.

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Dust or disease? Perceptions of influenza in rural Southern Malawi

scientific article published on 22 April 2019

Effect of optional home initiation of HIV care following HIV self-testing on antiretroviral therapy initiation among adults in Malawi: a randomized clinical trial

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Engaging with risk in non-Western settings: an editorial

scientific article published on 19 May 2015

Exploring social harms during distribution of HIV self-testing kits using mixed-methods approaches in Malawi

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Exploring the complexity of microfinance and HIV in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Malawi

scientific article published on 3 July 2015

Factors shaping initial decision-making to self-test amongst cohabiting couples in urban Blantyre, Malawi.

scientific article published in July 2014

Household concepts of wellbeing and the contribution of palliative care in the context of advanced cancer: A Photovoice study from Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

How should assent to research be sought in low income settings? Perspectives from parents and children in Southern Malawi

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Improving recognition of severe illness and patient pathways in primary health services using mHealth technology in urban Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published in December 2013

Intravaginal and menstrual practices among women working in food and recreational facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania: implications for microbicide trials

scientific article

Investigating interventions to increase uptake of HIV testing and linkage into care or prevention for male partners of pregnant women in antenatal clinics in Blantyre, Malawi: study protocol for a cluster randomised trial

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

Managing risk through treatment-seeking in rural north-western Tanzania: Categorising health problems as malaria andnzoka

scientific article published in April 2012

Measuring sexual behaviour in Malawi: a triangulation of three data collection instruments.

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Perceptions of Research Bronchoscopy in Malawian Adults with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 28 October 2016

Post-test adverse psychological effects and coping mechanisms amongst HIV self-tested individuals living in couples in urban Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Pressured HIV testing "in the name of love": a mixed methods analysis of pressured HIV testing among men who have sex with men in China.

scientific article published in March 2018

Primary motivations for and experiences with paediatric minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) participation in Malawi: a qualitative study

scientific article published in 2022

Prophylactic antibiotics to reduce pelvic infection in women having miscarriage surgery - The AIMS (Antibiotics in Miscarriage Surgery) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Public engagement in Malawi through a health-talk radio programme 'Umoyo nkukambirana': A mixed-methods evaluation

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

Recognising and treatment seeking for acute bacterial meningitis in adults and children in resource-poor settings: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 4 July 2013

Sexual risk behaviour for women working in recreational venues in Mwanza, Tanzania: considerations for the acceptability and use of vaginal microbicide gels

scientific article published in August 2009

Six dimensions of research trial acceptability: how much, what, when, in what circumstances, to whom and why?

scientific article published in September 2018

Stigmatising attitudes among people offered home-based HIV testing and counselling in Blantyre, Malawi: construction and analysis of a stigma scale

scientific article published on 26 October 2011

Suboptimal patterns of provider initiated HIV testing and counselling, antiretroviral therapy eligibility assessment and referral in primary health clinic attendees in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published in February 2012

TB and HIV stigma compounded by threatened masculinity: implications for TB health-care seeking in Malawi

scientific article published in November 2017

The Cooking and Pneumonia Study (CAPS) in Malawi: A Nested Pilot of Photovoice Participatory Research Methodology

scientific article published on 2 June 2016

The benefits of participatory methodologies to develop effective community dialogue in the context of a microbicide trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based lay distribution of HIV self-tests in increasing uptake of HIV testing among adults in rural Malawi and rural and peri-urban Zambia: protocol for STAR (self-testing for Africa) cluster rando

scientific article published on 6 November 2018

The impact of the 2011 UK post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV following sexual exposure guidelines: a regional retrospective audit

scientific article published on 19 October 2014

The uptake and accuracy of oral kits for HIV self-testing in high HIV prevalence setting: a cross-sectional feasibility study in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published on 4 October 2011

Transactional sex and HIV: understanding the gendered structural drivers of HIV in fishing communities in Southern Malawi

scientific article published in 2012

Treatment-Seeking for Tuberculosis-Suggestive Symptoms: A Reflection on the Role of Human Agency in the Context of Universal Health Coverage in Malawi

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Uptake contexts and perceived impacts of HIV testing and counselling among adults in East and Southern Africa: A meta-ethnographic review.

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Uptake, Accuracy, Safety, and Linkage into Care over Two Years of Promoting Annual Self-Testing for HIV in Blantyre, Malawi: A Community-Based Prospective Study.

scientific article published on 8 September 2015

Validity of coital diaries in a feasibility study for the Microbicides Development Programme trial among women at high risk of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article published on October 2007

‘Why would they spend all this money and give us these items for free?’: Exploring precarity and power in a cleaner cookstove intervention in rural Malawi

scientific article published in 2023

“Don’t rush into thinking of walking again”: Patient views of treatment and disability following an open tibia fracture in Malawi

scientific article published in 2022

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