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Amos Massele
Researcher at University of Botswana
Publications - 69
Citations - 2087
Amos Massele is an academic researcher from University of Botswana. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 63 publications receiving 1701 citations. Previous affiliations of Amos Massele include College of Health Sciences, Bahrain & Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences.
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Field tests for rational drug use in twelve developing countries
Hans V Hogerzeil,Bimo,Dennis Ross-Degnan,Richard Laing,David Ofori-Adjei,B. Santoso,A. K. Azad Chowdhury,Amitava Das,K.K. Kafle,A.F.B. Mabadeje,Amos Massele +10 more
TL;DR: A set of drug-use indicators produced and tested in twelve developing countries are presented and described, which include the use of indicators to increase awareness among prescribers in Malawi and Bangladesh, and to identify priorities for action.
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Malaria rapid testing by community health workers is effective and safe for targeting malaria treatment: Randomised cross-over trial in Tanzania
Marycelina Mubi,Annika Janson,Marian Warsame,Andreas Mårtensson,Karin Källander,Max Petzold,Billy Ngasala,Billy Ngasala,Gloria Maganga,Lars L. Gustafsson,Amos Massele,Göran Tomson,Zul Premji,Anders Björkman +13 more
TL;DR: RDTs in the hands of CHWs may safely improve early and well-targeted ACT treatment in malaria patients at community level in Africa and support the safety of withholding ACT to RDT negative patients.
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Response to the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) Pandemic Across Africa: Successes, Challenges, and Implications for the Future
Olayinka O Ogunleye,Debashis Basu,Debjani Mueller,Jacqueline Sneddon,R. Andrew Seaton,R. Andrew Seaton,Adesola F. Yinka-Ogunleye,Joshua Wamboga,Nenad Miljković,Julius Chacha Mwita,Godfrey Mutashambara Rwegerera,Amos Massele,Okwen Patrick,Loveline Lum Niba,Melaine Nsaikila,Wafaa M. Rashed,Mohamed Ali Hussein,Rehab Hegazy,Adefolarin A Amu,Baffour Boaten Boahen-Boaten,Zinhle Matsebula,Prudence Gwebu,Bongani Chirigo,Nongabisa Mkhabela,Tenelisiwe Dlamini,Siphiwe Sithole,Sandile Malaza,Sikhumbuzo Dlamini,Daniel Kwame Afriyie,George A. Asare,Seth Kwabena Amponsah,Israel Abebrese Sefah,Margaret Oluka,Anastasia N. Guantai,Sylvia Opanga,Tebello Violet Sarele,Refeletse Keabetsoe Mafisa,Ibrahim Chikowe,Felix Khuluza,Dan Kibuule,Francis Kalemeera,Mwangana Mubita,Joseph O Fadare,Laurien Sibomana,Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa,Carmen J. Whyte,Tshegofatso C R Maimela,Johannes F.M. Hugo,Johanna C Meyer,Natalie Schellack,Enos M Rampamba,Adel Visser,Abubakr A. Alfadl,Elfatih M. Malik,Oliver Ombeva Malande,Aubrey Chichonyi Kalungia,Chiluba Mwila,Trust Zaranyika,Blessmore Vimbai Chaibva,Ioana D. Olaru,Ioana D. Olaru,Nyasha Masuka,Janney Wale,Lenias Hwenda,Regina Kamoga,Ruaraidh Hill,Corrado Barbui,Tomasz Bochenek,Amanj Kurdi,Amanj Kurdi,Stephen Campbell,Stephen Campbell,Antony P. Martin,Thuy Nguyen Thi Phuong,Binh Nguyen Thanh,Brian Godman +75 more
TL;DR: There are multiple activities across Africa to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and address misinformation, which can have catastrophic consequences, assisted by the WHO and others, which appear to be working in a number of countries.
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Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA)
Massimo Sartelli,Dieter G. Weber,Etienne Ruppé,Matteo Bassetti,Brian J. Wright,Luca Ansaloni,Fausto Catena,Federico Coccolini,Fikri M. Abu-Zidan,Raul Coimbra,Ernest E. Moore,Frederick A. Moore,Ronald V. Maier,Jan J. De Waele,Andrew W. Kirkpatrick,Ewen A. Griffiths,Christian Eckmann,Adrian Brink,John E. Mazuski,Addison K. May,Robert G. Sawyer,Dominik Mertz,Philippe Montravers,Anand Kumar,Jason A. Roberts,Jean Louis Vincent,Richard R. Watkins,Warren Lowman,Brad Spellberg,Iain J. Abbott,A R K Adesunkanmi,Sara Al-Dahir,Majdi N. Al-Hasan,Ferdinando Agresta,Asmaa Althani,Shamshul Ansari,Rashid Ansumana,Goran Augustin,Miklosh Bala,Zsolt J. Balogh,Oussama Baraket,Aneel Bhangu,Marcelo A. Beltrán,Michael Bernhard,Walter L. Biffl,Marja A. Boermeester,Stephen M. Brecher,Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec,O.R. Buyne,Miguel Caínzos,Kelly A. Cairns,Adrián Camacho-Ortiz,Sujith J Chandy,Asri Che Jusoh,Alain Chichom-Mefire,Caroline Colijn,F. Corcione,Yunfeng Cui,Daniel Curcio,Samir Delibegovic,Zaza Demetrashvili,Belinda De Simone,Sameer Dhingra,Jose J. Diaz,Isidoro Di Carlo,Angel Dillip,Salomone Di Saverio,Michael P. Doyle,Gereltuya Dorj,Agron Dogjani,Hervé Dupont,Soumitra R. Eachempati,Mushira Enani,Valery N. Egiev,Mutasim M. Elmangory,Paula Ferrada,Joseph R Fitchett,Gustavo Pereira Fraga,Nathalie Guessennd,Helen Giamarellou,Wagih Ghnnam,George Gkiokas,Staphanie R. Goldberg,Carlos Augusto Gomes,Harumi Gomi,Manuel Guzman-Blanco,Mainul Haque,Sonja Hansen,Andreas Hecker,Wolfgang R. Heizmann,Torsten Herzog,Adrien Hodonou,Suk-Kyung Hong,Reinhold Kafka-Ritsch,Lewis J. Kaplan,Garima Kapoor,Aleksandar Karamarkovic,Martin G. Kees,Jakub Kenig,Ronald Kiguba,Peter K. Kim,Yoram Kluger,Vladimir Khokha,Kaoru Koike,Kenneth Y.Y. Kok,Victory Kong,Matthew C Knox,Kenji Inaba,Arda Isik,Katia Iskandar,Rao R. Ivatury,Maurizio Labbate,Francesco M. Labricciosa,Pierre-François Laterre,Rifat Latifi,Jae Gil Lee,Young R. Lee,Marc Leone,Ari Leppäniemi,Yousheng Li,Stephen Y. Liang,Tonny Loho,Marc Maegele,Sydney Malama,Hany E. Marei,Ignacio Martin-Loeches,Sanjay Marwah,Amos Massele,Michael McFarlane,Renato Bessa Melo,Ionut Negoi,David P. Nicolau,Carl Erik Nord,Richard Ofori-Asenso,Abdel K. Omari,Carlos A. Ordoñez,Mouaqit Ouadii,Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior,Diego Piazza,Guntars Pupelis,Timothy M. Rawson,Miran Rems,Sandro Rizoli,Claudio Rocha,Boris Sakakhushev,Miguel Sanchez-Garcia,Norio Sato,Helmut Alfredo Segovia Lohse,Gabriele Sganga,Boonying Siribumrungwong,Vishal G Shelat,Kjetil Søreide,Rodolfo Soto,Peep Talving,Jonathan Tilsed,Jean-François Timsit,Gabriel Trueba,Ngo Tat Trung,Jan Ulrych,Harry van Goor,András Vereczkei,Ravinder S. Vohra,Imtiaz Wani,Waldemar Uhl,Yonghong Xiao,Kuo Ching Yuan,Sanoop K. Zachariah,Jean-Ralph Zahar,Tanya L. Zakrison,Antonio Corcione,Rita Maria Melotti,Claudio Viscoli,Perluigi Viale +172 more
TL;DR: The AGORA (Antimicrobials: A Global Alliance for Optimizing their Rational Use in Intra-Abdominal Infections) project as discussed by the authors is an international task force from 79 different countries has joined this project by sharing a document on the rational use of antimicrobial therapy for patients with IAIs.
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Barriers for Access to New Medicines: Searching for the Balance Between Rising Costs and Limited Budgets.
Brian Godman,Anna Bucsics,Patricia Vella Bonanno,Wija Oortwijn,Wija Oortwijn,Celia C. Rothe,Alessandra Ferrario,Simone Bosselli,Andrew Hill,Antony P. Martin,Steven Simoens,Amanj Kurdi,Amanj Kurdi,Mohamed Gad,Jolanta Gulbinovič,Angela Timoney,Angela Timoney,Tomasz Bochenek,Ahmed Salem,Iris Hoxha,Robert Sauermann,Amos Massele,Augusto Alfonso Guerra,Guenka Petrova,Zornitsa Mitkova,Gnosia Achniotou,Ott Laius,Catherine Sermet,Gisbert Selke,Vasileios Kourafalos,John Yfantopoulos,Einar Magnusson,Roberta Joppi,Margaret Oluka,Hye Young Kwon,Arianit Jakupi,Francis Kalemeera,Joseph O Fadare,Øyvind Melien,Maciej Pomorski,Magdalene Wladysiuk,Vanda Marković-Peković,Vanda Marković-Peković,Ileana Mardare,Dmitry Meshkov,Tanja Novakovic,Jurij Fürst,D Tomek,Corrine Zara,Eduardo Diogene,Johanna C Meyer,Rickard E. Malmström,Björn Wettermark,Björn Wettermark,Zinhle Matsebula,Stephen Campbell,Alan Haycox +56 more
TL;DR: The primary aim of this paper is to consider potential ways to optimize the use of new medicines balancing rising costs with increasing budgetary pressures to stimulate debate especially from a payer perspective.