Abstracts & Presentations
2019
The relationship between depressive symptoms and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in adolescents living with HIV
Mazenga AC, Kim MH, Ahmed SA, Mlotha V, Kazembe PN, Moodie R, O’Hare B. In: 7th Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Development Conference Meeting 2019, Blantyre, Malawi. 10th and 11th June 2019. Factors associated with burnout amongst healthcare workers providing HIV care in Malawi
Kim MH, Mazenga AC, Yu X, Simon K, Nyasulu P, Kazembe PN, Kalua T, Abrams E, Ahmed SA. In:7th Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Development Conference Meeting 2019, Blantyre, Malawi. 10th and 11th June 2019. 2018
Scale-up of a passive referral model of HIV index case testing to accelerate case identification in Mangochi, Malawi
Tembo T, Simon K, Ahmed S, Beyene T, Wetzel E, Kabwinja A, Kammera W, Chibowa H, Chavula B, Nkhono Z, Kavuta E, Rosenberg N, Kazembe PN, Kim M. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2018; Amsterdam, Netherlands and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. The Surge: A targeted, multi-strategy approach to accelerate HIV case finding in Malawi
Simon K, Hartig M, Wetzel E, Chester E, Chembezi C, Kabwinja A, Nkhono Z, Kavuta E, Chavula B, Chikoti C, Beyene T, Nyirenda R, Zinkanda S, Abrams EJ, Kazembe PN, Ahmed S, Kim M. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2018; Amsterdam, Netherlands and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Achieving the second 90: Linking adolescents living with HIV to treatment in rural Malawi in the era of test and treat
Wetzel E, Simon K, Beyene T, Turetsky R, Kabwinja A, Kammera W, Chavula B, Chikoti C, Chibowa H, Mhango J, Kazembe PN, Ahmed S, Kim M. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2018; Amsterdam, Netherlands and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Multi-disciplinary model for increasing adherence to antiretroviral treatment and employability, designed by youth living with HIV for youth living with HIV
Cohen I, McKenney A, Coakley C, Bwanali M, Mandala E, Chang’ana A, Kazembe PN. In: International Social Behavior Change and Communication Summit; 2018; Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Viral re-suppression in suspected second-line HAART failure in the era of intensive adherence counselling (IAC) sessions at Baylor Clinical Centre of Excellence Lilongwe, Malawi
Bvumbwe L, Ulaya K, Masambuka M, Kazembe PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. The relationship between depressive symptoms and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in Lilongwe and Zomba, Malawi
Mazenga A, Maleta KA, Kazembe PN, Kim M, Moodie R, O'Hare B. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Increasing HIV testing uptake among key groups through targeted community outreach setting
Ng'ambi A, Tembo T, Chavula B, Kavuta E, Kawonga S, Beyene T, Kazembe PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Evaluating the impact of child HIV disclosure trainings to health care workers in 13 health centres in Malawi
Makoza B, Makuti S, Magalasi P, Mikwamba G, Mafeni C, Katema C, Daire C, McKenney A, Lungu, J, Kazembe, PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Voluntary counselling and testing of family members of adults attending Chinsawa support group led to high HIV case identification in Balaka, Malawi
Phiri D, Tembo T, Kawonga S, Mbendala B, Kavuta E, Thomson H, Ulambo J, Beyene T, Simon K, Kazembe PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Early results from provision of lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) pellets as part of first and second-line ART regimens for young children in an urban health center in Malawi
Simon K, Holmes B, Maulidi B, Solanki A, Matupa E, Bvumbwe BJ, Odo M, Kazembe PN, Kim M. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Potential for improved survival outcomes and treatment with intensified chemotherapy and antiretroviral therapy in children with pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma presenting with severe pleural effusions
Villiera J, Kamiyango W, Mehta P, Kazembe PN, El-Mallawany N. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Combination chemotherapy of Wilm's tumour with vincristine, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (VDC): challenges and treatment outcomes from a resource limited setting in Lilongwe, Malawi
Manda G, Wanda W, Mpasa A, Wachepa S, Mtete I, Butia B, Chasela M, Mulemba T, Sabantini M, Chirwa G, Bank R, Lemon S, Nandi B, Huibers M, John T, Wasswa P, Kazembe PN, Martin, S. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Treatment outcomes of paediatric non-hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) following chemotherapy completion: a single centre experience - Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Malawi
Wanda W, Manda G, Mpasa A, Wachepa S, Mtete I, Butia B, Chasela M, Sabantini M, Chirwa G, Bank R, Mulemba T, Itimu S, John T, Wasswa P, Huibers M, Kazembe PN, Martin S. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. Paediatric chronic myeloid leukaemia in Lilongwe, Malawi
Wanda W, Manda G, Mpasa A, Wachepa S, Mtete I, Butia B, Chasela M, Sabantini M, Chirwa G, Bank R, Mulemba T, Itimu S, John T, Wasswa P, Huibers M, Kazembe PN, Margolin J. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa. *Note: all abstracts presented at the BIPAI Network Meeting in 2018 are available here.
2017
Enhancing pediatric HIV services delivery through engaging less technical health providers at Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Malawi (BCM-CFM) Clinic
Uganja K, Kachitenji W, Makuti S, Magalasi P, Lungu J, McKenney A, Kazembe PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. Improving uptake of and retention in care during the perinatal period for HIV infected young mothers
Turetsky R, McKenney A, Hrapcak S, Lungu J, Makuti S, Magalasi P, Lytle H, Banda T, Chopi V, Jaffu J, Mumba SK, P. In: The International Association for Adolescent Health, World Congress on Adolescent Health; 2017; New Delhi, India. Abstract Number: IAAH170484. Screening index clients attending ART clinic to identify untested children at risk of HIV infection in Balaka, Malawi
Tembo T, Simon K, Phiri D, Ng’ambi A, Montandon M, Chitsonga N, Mpama K, Harawa M, Chilala S, Kavuta E, Kim M, Kazembe PNA, S. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: Interest Workshop; 2017; Lilongwe, Malawi. Does the deployment of HIV diagnostic assistants in Malawi improve early infant HIV diagnosis and enrolment to care?
Beyene T, Zolfo M, Midiani D, Mhango J, Simon K, Kizito W, Chu S, Peno W, Kumwenda J, Alemayehu A, Tweya H, Takarinda KC, Saeed A, Kumar A, Kim MH, Kazembe PN. In: European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health; 2017; Antwerp, Belgium. Provider-initiated testing and counseling: Is it still high yield? Yield of routine HIV testing in pediatric and adult inpatient wards in central and southern Malawi
Simon K, Montandon M, Kim M, Wetzel E, Sabelli R, Beyene T, Kavuta E, Chikoti C, Namachapa K, Kazembe PNA, S. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2017; Paris, France. Abstract Number: TUPED1222. Linkage Expert Program facilitates timely linkage to care and promotes early retention for people living with HIV
Sabelli RA, Simon KR, Kazembe PN, Ahmed S, Kim MH. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2017; Paris, France. Abstract Number: TUPED1253. Conducting targeted community HIV testing and counselling to increase identification of people living with HIV in Mangochi District, Malawi: A Pilot Program
Ng’ambi A, Tembo T, Simon K, Beyene T, Kazembe PN, Kim MH, Saeed A. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and clinical stage in endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma: A Model for risk-stratification in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mutai M, Mtete I, Stanley C, Wasswa P, Mtunda M, Chasela M, Westmoreland K, Fedoriw Y, Scheurer ME, Lubega J, Mehta PS, Kazembe PN, Gopal S, El-Mallawany NK. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. Improving uptake and retention into care during perinatal period for pregnant HIV infected young adolescents and mothers at Baylor College of Medicine - Children’s Foundation Malawi
Mumba S, Jaffu J, Chopi V, Magalasi V, Makuti S, Turetsky S, Lungu J, Lytle H, McKenney A, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. HIV and AIDS skill building workshop for secondary school prefects
Mtambo S, Mumba S, Jiyani J, Magalasi P, Makuti S, Lungu J, McKenney A, Hrapcak S, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. Hospitalization of children within the first six months of antiretroviral therapy in Lilongwe, Malawi
Mpinganjira S, Chimkonda J, Kishombe W, Gonzalez C, Kazembe PN. In: Paediatric and Child Health Association Conference; 2017; Lilongwe, Malawi. Leveraging nutrition services to improve HIV care at Kamuzu Central Hospital paediatric ward in Malawi
Mhango S, Kazembe PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. Transition Training (T2): Transferring the necessary economic psychosocial and self-care skills needed for young adults living with HIV (YALHIV) in Malawi to make a healthy and successful transition into adulthood
McKenney A, Magalasi P, Makuti S, Chang’ana A, Bwanali M, Lungu J, Cohen I, Parent JK, P.N. Magalasi P, Makuti S, Chang’ana A, Bwanali M, Lungu J, Cohen I, Parent J, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: The International Association for Adolescent Health, World Congress on Adolescent Health; 2017; New Delhi, India. Abstract Number: IAAH170435. Addressing psychosocial needs and care/treatment delivery gaps for adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) using technology: The case of Teen Support Line (TSL) in Malawi
Magalasi P, Makuti S, Msiska K, Lungu J, Katema C, Makoza B, McKenney A, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: The International Association for Adolescent Health, World Congress on Adolescent Health; 2017; New Dehli, India. Abstract Number: IAAH170478. Evaluating missed appointment/defaulter tracing program, using home visits and phone tracing by community health workers at Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Clinic Lilongwe, Malawi
Jobo K, Matchado J, Tamula E, Sokosi S, Matiya N, Jackie C, Samuel S, Nkusa A, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. Using recreational sleep away camps to provide psychosocial care support to adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in Malawi
Daire C, Magalasi P, Makuti S, Lungu J, McKenney A, Bethune T, Phiri SC, Qaba R, Kantepa A, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. Rate of Antiretroviral drug substitution before and after the introduction of Tenofovir based regimen in Malawi
Chavula B, Choko A, Ngwira B, Muula ASK, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: Interest Workshop; 2017; Lilongwe, Malawi. Evaluating the effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) in reducing the number of missed appointments at Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence Malawi (BCM-COE)
Chapani A, Makuti SC, Magalasi P, Adison E, McKenney A, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. Imparting basic computer knowledge, skills and techniques to adolescents living with HIV as they transition to adulthood at a large pediatric HIV care center in Lilongwe, Malawi
Chang’ana A, Bwanali M, Kajiyanike C, Devison F, Munthali P, Corbyn F, Magalasi PN, McKenney P, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. Identifying gaps in psychosocial services available to HIV positive adolescents: A case of three health centres in Lilongwe, Malawi
Banda ML, Kachingwe R, Kazembe PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2017; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2017; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: The International Association for Adolescent Health, World Congress on Adolescent Health; 2017; New Delhi, India. Abstract Number: IAAH170475. 2016Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy of an Anthracycline containing Induction Protocol for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in Malawi
Wasswa P, Kazembe P. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Multi-month prescription of antiretroviral therapy and its feasibility: experiences from the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS initiative (BIPAI) in six southern African countries
Wanless S, Kim MH, Golin R, Amzel A, Ahmed S. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Abstract Number: MOAD0105. Evolving profile of childhood Leukaemia at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe Malawi
Wachepa S, Wasswa P, Kazembe P. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Assessment of Knowledge of Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment among Health Workers in Southeastern Malawi
Simon K, Kim M, Mazenga A, Yu X, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Durban, South Africa. Abstract Number: WEPEE621. An Assessment of Perceived and Objective HIV Knowledge among counselors providing HIV Diagnostic Services in Southeastern Malawi
Simon K, Kim M, Mazenga A, Yu X, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Durban, South Africa. Abstract Number: WEPEE620. The HIV Diagnostic Assistant - preliminary findings from a novel HIV testing cadre
Simon K, Flick R, Ahmed S, Namachapa K, Harawa M, Mhango J, Beyene T, A. K, Kazembe P, Kim M. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Durban, South Africa. Abstract Number: WEPEE628. Index case finding initiative facilitates identification and linkage to care of children and youth living with HIV/AIDS
Sabelli R, Kim M, Simon K, Kavuta E, Harawa M, Dick S, Linzie F, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Durban, South Africa. Abstract Number: TUPEE484. Case report: Bacillary Angiomatosis in an HIV-infected child
Rodriguez O, Campbell L, Bacha J, Kovarik C. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2016; Blantyre, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016. Evaluating Impact of Group Therapy Based Intervention on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence among Adolescents Living with HIV (ALHIV) in Malawi
Nyirenda P, Nkosi T, McKenney A, Hrapcak S, Lungu J, Kazembe PN. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Evaluating knowledge gained from nutrition cooking demonstrations at Teen Clubs
Musiwa P, McKenney A, Kazembe P. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Addressing psychosocial needs and care/treatment delivery gaps for adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) using technology: The case of the Teen Support Line (TSL) in Malawi
Msiska K, Mckenney A, Katema C, Makoza B, Makuti S, Daire C, Ramirez M, Hrapcak S, Hann M, Kazembe P. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Aplastic Anaemia – 12 months’ experience at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi
Mpasa A, Wasswa P, Kazembe P. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Investigating the impact of involving male caregivers in improving ART adherence and family support system at Baylor Malawi Centre of Excellence (COE)
Mikwamba G, Kazembe P. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Effect of mentorship initiative in Salima District Health Office Nutrition Rehabilitation Units by nutrition specialists from Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation
Mhango S, Mankhambo L, Kazembe P. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Using a Simple “Sticker System” to Increase HIV Testing Coverage on a High-burden, High-volume Pediatric Inpatient Ward at a Central Hospital in Malawi
McKenney A, Siwande L, Kanjelo K, Dean A, Ndala C, Mkwezalamba D, Jobo K, Kazembe P, Mhango J. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. Yield of community health worker-driven intensified case finding for tuberculosis among HIV-positive patients in rural Malawi
Flick R, Simon K, Munthali A, Dimba A, Kim M, Kazembe P, Hosseinipour M, Ahmed S. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Durban, South Africa. Abstract Number: WEAB0204. Preparing for HTC scale-up: High-yield rapid assessment for placement of a pilot cadre of dedicated HTC counselors in Malawi
Flick R, Simon K, Kavuta E, Harawa M, Beyene T, Namachapa K, Kayuni C, Kazembe P, Kim M, Ahmed S. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2016; Durban, South Africa. Abstract Number: THPEE491. Burden of disease and risk factors for death among children treated for tuberculosis in Malawi
Flick R, Kim M, Simon K, Munthali A, Hosseinipour M, Rosenberg N, Kazembe P, Mpunga J, Ahmed S. In: TB Networking Meeting; 2016; Lilongwe, Malawi. Abstract Number: 35. Lessons learned about adherence ascertainment in settings of routine viral load scale up - experience from Baylor Malawi COE
Bvumbwe M, Montandon M, Kazembe P. In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2016; Johannesburg, South Africa. 2015Endemic Kaposi Sarcoma in HIV-negative children in Central Malawi: Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes
Villiera J, Kamiyango W, Mehta P, Kovarik C, Ahmed S, Kazembe P, El-Mallawany NK. In: Congress of International Society for Paediatric Oncology; 2015; Cape Town, South Africa. Medication errors in a high-volume pediatric HIV clinic: a quality improvement project for Baylor-Malawi
Sullivan D. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. Lost opportunities to identify and treat HIV-infected patients: results from a comprehensive study of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) in Malawi
Schwarz M, Flick R, Harawa M, Simon K, Kim M, Robison J, Ahmed S. In: Malawi College of Medicine 19th Annual Research Dissemination Conference; 2015; Lilongwe, Malawi. Utilization of a Pediatric Clinical Care Hotline for Health Care Workers in Malawi
Sato LF, Flick R, Dean A, Kazembe P, Kim M, Ahmed S, Simon K. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2015. Utilizing Mapping Technology to Improve Identification, Enrollment, and Clinical Care for HIV-Infected Children and Families in Malawi
Rees C, Flick R, Kim M, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting Abstract; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. Age-based Differences in Referrals for Individual Psychosocial Counseling in Adolescents Attending a Pediatric ART Clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi
Nyirenda P, Hrapcak S, Kazembe P. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. The impact of brief mentor-initiated data reviews on antenatal HIV testing and counseling services at Mchoka Health Center in rural Malawi
Nkhono Z, Flick R, Ahmed S, Kim M, Kazembe P, Simon K. In: Malawi College of Medicine 19th Annual Research Dissemination Conference; 2015; Lilongwe, Malawi. Abstract Number: A70. Seasonal variation in malnutrition among children in Malawi
Nkhono Z, Flick R, Ahmed S, Kim M, Kazembe P, Simon K. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. and In: Malawi College of Medicine 19th Annual Research Dissemination Conference; 2015; Lilongwe, Malawi. Abstract Number: A71. Clinical spectrum of lymphoma in children and adolescents in central Malawi
Mutai M, Mtete I, Mehta P, Gopal S, Liomba G, Fedoriw Y, Krysiak R, Kazembe P, El-Mallawany NK. In: Congress of International Society for Paediatric Oncology; 2015; Cape Town, South Africa. Assessing tuberculosis infection prevention measures and barriers to care for health care workers in public health facilities in Malawi
Munthali A, Flick R, Dimba A, Simon K, Kim M, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: Malawi College of Medicine 19th Annual Research Dissemination Conference; 2015; Lilongwe, Malawi. and In: 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment & Prevention; 2015; Vancouver, Canada. Treating a wide spectrum of childhood malignancies despite limitations in diagnostic and therapeutic resources in central Malawi
Mtete I, Mutai M, Mehta P, Chasela M, Mtunda M, Kim M, Kazembe P, El-Mallawany NK. In: Congress of International Society for Paediatric Oncology; 2015; Cape Town, South Africa. Teen Support Line: Bridging Gaps In Access To Quality Psychosocial Support and Care Services for Adolescents Living With HIV (ALHIV) in Malawi Using an HIV-Specific Cellular Hotline Service
McKenney A, Mikwamba G, Katema C, Chimseu G, Ramirez M, Hrapcak S, Kazembe P. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. Psychosocial Care for Paediatric Patients Living with HIV: Baylor Experience
Mazenga A, Nyirenda P, Kim M, Kazembe P. In: Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Development Conference; 2015; Malawi. Prevalence of depression and validation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II and the Children’s Depression Inventory-Short amongst HIV Infected Adolescents in Malawi
Kim M, Mazenga A, Yu X, Devendra A, Nguyen C, Ahmed S, Sharp C, Mhango J, Bvumbwe M, Machika M, Kamuyango W, Munthali A, Kazembe P. In: Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Development Conference; 2015; Malawi. Quantifying facility-level human resources for HIV testing and counseling
Kavuta E, Flick R, Ahmed S, Kazembe P, Kim M, Simon K. In: College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference; 2015; Lilongwe, Malawi. Abstract Number: A74. and In: 19th Annual Research Dissemination Conference; 2015; Lilongwe, Malawi. Abstract Number: A74. Kaposi Sarcoma Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome in HIV-infected children in central Malawi, a distinct clinical presentation characterized by Interleukin-6 related viral pathophysiology
Kamiyango W, Dittmer D, Kovarik C, Frank D, Villiera J, Mehta P, Kazembe P, El-Mallawany NK. In: Congress of International Society for Paediatric Oncology; 2015; Cape Town, South Africa. Hearing Loss in HIV-Infected Children in Lilongwe, Malawi
Hrapcak S, Kuper H, Bartlett PD, A. , Makawa A, Kim M, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. Yield of community health worker-driven intensified case finding for tuberculosis among HIV-positive in rural Malawi
Flick R, Simon K, Munthali A, Dimba A, Kim M, Kazembe P, Hosseinipour M, Ahmed S. In: Malawi College of Medicine 19th Annual Research Dissemination Conference; 2015; Lilongwe, Malawi. The importance of obtaining sustainable funding for patient and family social support at a pediatric HIV clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi
Chisala C, Mikwamba G, Sullivan D, Kazembe P. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting Abstract; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. Lost opportunities to identify and treat HIV-positive patients: results from a baseline assessment of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling in Malawi
Ahmed S, Schwarz M, Flick R, Rees C, Harawa M, Simon K, Robison J, Kazembe P, Kim M. In: 17th Annual BIPAI Network Meeting; 2015; Johannesburg, South Africa. 2014HIV drug resistance in children starting ART: baseline surveillance results from Malawi
Weigel R, Buck WC, Kang’ombe AR, Geretti AM, Andrianarimanana DK, Ng’ambi W, Nkhono Z, Moyo K, Kazembe PN, Phiri S, Wadonda-Kabondo N. In: AIDS Conference; 2014; Melbourne, Australia. Abstract Number: WEPE138. Use of clinical practice teaching cases as a means of improving pediatric HIV care in Malawi
Simon KR, Malilo L, Bhalakia A, Golitko C, Cox C, Ahmed S, Kim M, Kazembe PN. Ann Glob Health. 2014;80(3):176-177. Disability directory as a method of linking disability to HIV/AIDS and streamlining national disability efforts
Sabelli R, Devendra A, Chiyamwaka J, Kazembe P, Kim M, Ahmed S. In: 16th BIPAI Network Meeting; 2014; Johannesburg, South Africa. Isoniazid Preventive Therapy among Pre-ART patients in Malawi: a report on uptake and retention
Lo Y, Flick R, Munthali A, Simon K, Dimba A, Kim M, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: Second College of Medicine–National AIDS Council Joint Research Dissemination Conference; 2014; Lilongwe, Malawi. and In: Union World Conference in Lung Health; 2014; Barcelona, Spain. Abstract Number: PD-1075-01. Impact of Option B+ on Uptake, Retention, and Transmission: a Pre/Post Study in Lilongwe, Malawi
Kim M, Ahmed S, Hosseinipour M, Giordano T, Chiao E, Yu X, Nguyen C, Chimbwandira F, Kazembe P, Abrams E. In: Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections; 2014; Boston, Massachusetts. Abstract Number: 886. Improvements in HIV/AIDS knowledge in a high HIV prevalence setting after targeted education by community health workers
Harawa M, Simon K, Flick R, Ng'ambi A, Kim M, Ahmed S, Kazembe P. In: Second College of Medicine–National AIDS Council Joint Research Dissemination Conference; 2014; Lilongwe, Malawi. Abstract Number: D3. A baseline assessment of TB outcomes and diagnostic practices to inform development of a community-based TB/HIV program in central Malawi
Flick R, Munthali A, Simon K, Buck W, Dimba A, Lo Y, Kim M, Kazembe P, Ahmed S. In: Second College of Medicine–National AIDS Council Joint Research Dissemination Conference; 2014; Lilongwe, Malawi. Abstract Number: C5. and In: 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health; 2014; Barcelona, Spain. Abstract Number: PD-769-31. Kaposi Sarcoma in HIV-Infected Children: A Novel Clinical Staging Classification Determines Risk Stratification
El-Mallawany N, Kamiyango W, Villiera J, Kovarik C, Schutze G, Kazembe P, Ahmed S, Mehta P. In: International Society for Pediatric Oncology; 2014; Toronto, Canada. The dilemma of discordant HIV test results in HIV infected/exposed infants
Bvumbwe M, Mathuwa S, Kazembe PN. In: College of Medicine – National AIDS Commission Research Dissemination Conference; 2014; Lilongwe, Malawi. and In: BIPAI Network Meeting; 2014; Johannesburg, South Africa. Treatment of Pregnant and Breast-feeding Women: Evidence and Rationale for Option B+
Ahmed S. In: Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections; 2014; Boston, Massachusetts. Abstract Number: 158. 2013Prevalence of Depression amongst HIV Infected Adolescents in Malawi
Kim M, Mazenga A, Devendra A, Ahmed S, Sharp C, Mhango J, Bvumbwe M, Machika M, Kamuyango W, Munthali A, Kazembe P. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2013; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Abstract Number: A-581-0115-0131. Standardizing the approach to conducing sensitization events in order to efficiently and effectively raise awareness within a community
Dave A, Bauer R, Bhalakia A, Ahmed S, Kavuta E, Harawa M, Kanjelo K, Nanthuru D, Kim M. In: 15th BIPAI Network Meeting; 2013; Johannesburg, South Africa. Standard Operating procedures as an integral component of streamlining expansion
Bauer R, Dave A, Bhalakia A, Ahmed S, Kavuta E, Harawa M, Kanjelo K, Nanthuru D, Kim M. In: 15th BIPAI Network Meeting; 2013; Johannesburg, South Africa. Active case finding: A comparison of home-based testing and health center based testing for identifying HIV-infected children in Lilongwe, Malawi
Ahmed S, Kim M, Dave A, Kanjelo K, El-Mallawany N, Kazembe P. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2013; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Abstract Number: A-581-0221-02438. 2011The Tingathe program: community health workers improving case finding, enrolment, and care of HIV-exposed and infected children in Malawi
Ahmed S, Kanjelo K, Nanthuru D, Cox C, Kautzman M, Golitko C, El-Mallawany N, Kazembe P, Wanless S, Kline M, Kim M. In: International AIDS Society Conference; 2011; Rome, Italy. Abstract Number: TUAD0105. 2010The role of HIV prevention media campaigns and school programs on the disclosure of HIV status to HIV-positive children ages 8-17 in Lilongwe, Malawi
Parker L, Hinson L, Corneli A, Cox C, Kim M, Kazembe P. In: International AIDS Conference; 2010; Vienna, Austria. Task Shifting to Address the Lack of Human Resources for Health Care in Africa: Development of a Model Training Program for Lay Community Health Workers
Kim M, Schutze G, Schwarzwald H, Wanless R, Ahmed S. In: Annual Baylor College of Medicine Academy of Distinguished Educators Showcase of Educational Scholarship; 2010. Outpatient Nutritional Recovery in HIV Infected Children with Acute Malnutrition in the Era of HAART
Kim M, Cox C, Dave A. In: Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections; 2010; San Francisco, California. Abstract Number: S-125. The process of HIV status disclosure to HIV-positive children: Experiences from Lilongwe, Malawi
Hinson L, Corneli A, Parker L, Kim M, Cox C, Kazembe P. In: International AIDS Conference 2010; Vienna, Austria. Parents and Caregivers’ and Minors’ Perceptions of Informed Assent in HIV-Related Research in Lilongwe, Malawi
Corneli A, Hinson L, Parker L, Kim M, Cox C, Kazembe P. In: International AIDS Conference; 2010; Vienna, Austria. Using Community Health Workers to Improve Identification, Enrollment into Care, and Outcomes for HIV-Exposed Infants at the Kawale Health Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi
Ahmed S, Kim M, Kanjelo K, Nanthuru D, Taimu T, Ndovie L, Mwasabi I, Msiska D, Bowa E, Kazembe P, Kline M. In: International AIDS Conference; 2010; Vienna, Austria. Abstract Number: WEPE0842. 2007Prevalence of Acute Malnutrition and Eligibility of RUTF amongst HIV-Infected Patients followed at Baylor Clinical Center of Excellence
Kim M. In: 2nd Annual HIV and AIDS and Nutrition Research Dissemination Conference; 2007; Blantyre, Malawi. |
