Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Phiri, Kamija S."
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Adherence to community versus facility-based delivery of monthly malaria chemoprevention with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the post-discharge management of severe anemia in Malawian children: A cluster randomized trial
Nkosi-Gondwe, Thandile; Robberstad, Bjarne; Mukaka, Mavuto; Idro, Richard; Opoka, Robert; Banda, Saidon; Kühl, Melf-Jakob; Ter Kuile, Feiko O.; Blomberg, Bjørn; Phiri, Kamija S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-10)Background: The provision of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) in children recently admitted with severe anemia reduces the risk of death and re-admissions in malaria endemic countries. The main objective of ... -
A cohort analysis of survival and outcomes in severely anaemic children with moderate to severe acute malnutrition in Malawi
Nkosi-Gondwe, Thandile; Calis, Job; van Hensbroek, Michael Boele; Bates, Imelda; Blomberg, Bjørn; Phiri, Kamija S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction: Moderate to severe acute malnutrition (SAM/MAM) and severe anaemia are important and associated co-morbidities in children aged less than five years. Independently, these two morbidities are responsible for ... -
Delivery strategies for malaria chemoprevention with monthly dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the post-discharge management of severe anaemia in children aged less than 5 years old in Malawi: a protocol for a cluster randomized trial
Gondwe, Thandile; Robberstad, Bjarne; Mukaka, Mavuto; Lange, Siri; Blomberg, Bjørn; Phiri, Kamija S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-07-20)Background. Children initially hospitalized with severe anaemia in Africa are at high risk of readmission or death within 6 months after discharge. No intervention strategy specifically protects children during the ... -
Economic evaluation of postdischarge malaria chemoprevention in preschool children treated for severe anaemia in Malawi, Kenya, and Uganda: A cost-effectiveness analysis
Kühl, Melf-Jakob; Gondwe, Thandile; Dhabangi, Aggrey; Kwambai, Titus K.; Mori, Amani Thomas; Opoka, Robert; John, C. Chandy; Idro, Richard; ter Kuile, Feiko O.; Phiri, Kamija S.; Robberstad, Bjarne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Children hospitalised with severe anaemia in malaria-endemic areas are at a high risk of dying or being readmitted within six months of discharge. A trial in Kenya and Uganda showed that three months of ... -
Introducing post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) for management of severe anemia in Malawian children: a qualitative study of community health workers’ perceptions and motivation
Nkosi-Gondwe, Thandile; Robberstad, Bjarne; Blomberg, Bjørn; Phiri, Kamija S.; Lange, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-19)Severe malarial anaemia is one of the leading causes of paediatric hospital admissions in Malawi. Post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) is the intermittent administration of full treatment courses of antimalarial ... -
Malaria Chemoprevention in the Postdischarge Management of Severe Anemia
Kwambai, Titus Kimutai; Dhabangi, Aggrey; Idro, Richard; Opoka, Robert; Watson, Victoria; Kariuki, Simon; Kuya, Nickline A.; Onyango, Eric D.; Otieno, Kephas; Samuels, Aaron M.; Desai, Meghna R.; Hensbroek, Michael Boele van; Wang, Duolao; John, Chandy C.; Robberstad, Bjarne; Phiri, Kamija S.; ter Kuile, Feiko (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-03)BACKGROUND Children who have been hospitalized with severe anemia in areas of Africa in which malaria is endemic have a high risk of readmission and death within 6 months after discharge. No prevention strategy specifically ... -
Post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) in Malawi: caregivers` acceptance and preferences with regard to delivery methods
Svege, Sarah; Kaunda, Blessings; Robberstad, Bjarne; Nkosi-Gondwe, Thandile; Phiri, Kamija S.; Lange, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-07-11)Background: In malaria endemic countries of sub-Saharan Africa, many children develop severe anaemia due to previous and current malaria infections. After blood transfusions and antimalarial treatment at the hospital they ... -
Post-discharge malaria chemoprevention in children admitted with severe anaemia in malaria-endemic settings in Africa: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Phiri, Kamija S.; Khairallah, Carole; Kwambai, Titus Kimutai; Bojang, Kalifa; Dhabangi, Aggrey; Opoka, Robert; Idro, Richard; Stepniewska, Kasia; Hensbroek, Michael Boele van; Chandy, John; Robberstad, Bjarne; Greenwood, Brian; ter Kuile, Feiko O (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Severe anaemia is associated with high in-hospital mortality among young children. In malaria-endemic areas, surviving children also have an increased risk of mortality or readmission after hospital discharge. ... -
Predicting adherence to postdischarge malaria chemoprevention in Malawian pre-school children: A prognostic multivariable analysis
Kühl, Melf-Jakob; Nkosi-Gondwe, Thandile; Ter Kuile, Feiko O.; Phiri, Kamija S.; Pannu, Mehmajeet Kaur; Mukaka, Mavuto; Robberstad, Bjarne; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Chemoprevention with antimalarials is a key strategy for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa. Three months of postdischarge malaria chemoprevention (PDMC) reduces malaria-related mortality and morbidity in pre-school ... -
Protocol for a multicentre, parallelgroup, open-label randomised controlled trial comparing ferric carboxymaltose with the standard of care in anaemic Malawian pregnant women: the REVAMP trial
Mwangi, Martin N; Mzembe, Glory; Moya, Ernest; Braat, Sabine; Harding, Rebecca; Robberstad, Bjarne; Simpson, Julie; Stones, William; Rogerson, Stephen; Biselele, Kabeya; Chinkhumba, Jobiba Joe Henderson; Larson, Leila; Ataide, Ricardo; Phiri, Kamija S.; Pasricha, Sant-Rayn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction Anaemia in pregnancy remains a critical global health problem, affecting 46% of pregnant women in Africa and 49% in Asia. Oral iron therapy requires extended adherence to achieve correction of anaemia and ...