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Charles Mwansambo
Researcher at Kamuzu Central Hospital
Publications - 87
Citations - 4788
Charles Mwansambo is an academic researcher from Kamuzu Central Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pneumonia. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 78 publications receiving 4101 citations.
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Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Audrey Prost,Tim Colbourn,Nadine Seward,Kishwar Azad,Arri Coomarasamy,Andrew Copas,Tanja A. J. Houweling,Tanja A. J. Houweling,Edward Fottrell,Abdul Kuddus,Sonia Lewycka,Christine MacArthur,Dharma S Manandhar,Joanna Morrison,Joanna Morrison,Charles Mwansambo,Nirmala Nair,Bejoy Nambiar,David Osrin,Christina Pagel,Tambosi Phiri,Anni-Maria Pulkki-Brännström,Mikey Rosato,Jolene Skordis-Worrall,Naomi Saville,Naomi Saville,Neena Shah More,Bhim P Shrestha,Prasanta Tripathy,Amie Wilson,Anthony Costello +30 more
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials undertaken in Bangladesh, India, Malawi, and Nepal in which the effects of women's groups practising participatory learning and action were assessed to identify population-level predictors of effect on maternal mortality, neonatal mortality, and stillbirths.
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Neonatal sepsis: an international perspective
TL;DR: To reduce global neonatal mortality, strategies of proven efficacy, such as hand washing, barrier nursing, restriction of antibiotic use, and rationalisation of admission to neonatal units, need to be implemented.
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Community participation: lessons for maternal, newborn, and child health
Mikey Rosato,Glenn Laverack,Lisa Howard Grabman,Prasanta Tripathy,Nirmala Nair,Charles Mwansambo,Kishwar Azad,Joanna Morrison,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Henry B. Perry,Susan B. Rifkin,Anthony Costello +11 more
TL;DR: In developing countries, antenatal, delivery, and postnatal experiences for women usually take place in communities rather than health facilities, so strategies to improve maternal and child health should involve the community as a complement to any facility-based component.
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Every Newborn: health-systems bottlenecks and strategies to accelerate scale-up in countries
Kim E Dickson,Aline Simen-Kapeu,Mary V Kinney,Luis Huicho,Linda Vesel,Eve M. Lackritz,Joseph de Graft Johnson,Severin von Xylander,Nuzhat Rafique,Mariame Sylla,Charles Mwansambo,Bernadette Daelmans,Joy E Lawn,Joy E Lawn +13 more
TL;DR: A country-led, data-driven process to sharpen national health plans, seize opportunities to address the quality gap for care at birth and care of small and ill newborn babies, and systematically scale up care to reach every mother and newborn baby, particularly the poorest is proposed.