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Musaku Mwenechanya
Researcher at University of Zambia
Publications - 42
Citations - 924
Musaku Mwenechanya is an academic researcher from University of Zambia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 34 publications receiving 564 citations. Previous affiliations of Musaku Mwenechanya include University of Alabama at Birmingham & Boston Children's Hospital.
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Low-dose aspirin for the prevention of preterm delivery in nulliparous women with a singleton pregnancy (ASPIRIN): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Matthew K. Hoffman,Shivaprasad S. Goudar,Bhalachandra S. Kodkany,Mrityunjay C Metgud,Manjunath S Somannavar,Jean Okitawutshu,Adrien Lokangaka,Antoinette Tshefu,Carl L. Bose,Abigail Mwapule,Musaku Mwenechanya,Elwyn Chomba,Waldemar A. Carlo,Javier Chicuy,Lester Figueroa,Ana Garces,Nancy F. Krebs,Saleem Jessani,Farnaz Zehra,Sarah Saleem,Robert L. Goldenberg,Kunal Kurhe,Prabir Kumar Das,Archana Patel,Patricia L. Hibberd,Emmah Achieng,Paul Nyongesa,Fabian Esamai,Edward A. Liechty,Norman Goco,Jennifer Hemingway-Foday,Janet Moore,Tracy L. Nolen,Elizabeth M. McClure,Marion Koso-Thomas,Menachem Miodovnik,Robert M. Silver,Richard J. Derman +37 more
TL;DR: In populations of nulliparous women with singleton pregnancies from low-income and middle-income countries, low-dose aspirin initiated between 6 weeks and 0 days of gestation and 13 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy resulted in a reduced incidence of preterm delivery before 37 weeks, and reduced perinatal mortality.
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First look: a cluster-randomized trial of ultrasound to improve pregnancy outcomes in low income country settings
Elizabeth M. McClure,Robert O. Nathan,Sarah Saleem,Fabian Esamai,Ana Garces,Elwyn Chomba,Antoinette Tshefu,David A. Swanson,Hillary Mabeya,Lester Figuero,Waseem Mirza,David Muyodi,Holly L. Franklin,Adrien Lokangaka,Dieudonné Bidashimwa,Omrana Pasha,Musaku Mwenechanya,Carl L. Bose,Waldemar A. Carlo,K. M. Hambidge,Edward A. Liechty,Nancy F. Krebs,Dennis Wallace,Jonathan O. Swanson,Marion Koso-Thomas,Rexford Widmer,Robert L. Goldenberg +26 more
TL;DR: This trial will evaluate whether introduction of ultrasound during antenatal care improves pregnancy outcomes in rural, low-resource settings.
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Routine antenatal ultrasound in low‐ and middle‐income countries: first look – a cluster randomised trial
Robert L. Goldenberg,Robert O. Nathan,David A. Swanson,Sarah Saleem,Waseem Mirza,Fabian Esamai,David Muyodi,Ana Garces,Lester Figueroa,Elwyn Chomba,M Chiwala,Musaku Mwenechanya,Antoinette Tshefu,A Lokangako,Victor Lokomba Bolamba,Janet Moore,Holly L. Franklin,Jonathan O. Swanson,Edward A. Liechty,Carl L. Bose,Nancy F. Krebs,K. Michael Hambidge,Waldemar A. Carlo,Nancy Kanaiza,Farnaz Naqvi,Irma Sayury Pineda,Walter López-Gomez,Dorothy Hamsumonde,Harrison,Marion Koso-Thomas,Menachem Miodovnik,Dennis Wallace,Elizabeth M. McClure +32 more
TL;DR: This work assessed the impact of ANC ultrasound use at health centres in resource‐limited countries and found that it is important to guide practice and reduce perinatal mortality in resource-limited countries.
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Standardized interpretation of chest radiographs in cases of pediatric pneumonia from the PERCH study
Nicholas Fancourt,Nicholas Fancourt,Maria Deloria Knoll,Breanna Barger-Kamate,John de Campo,Margaret de Campo,Mahamadou Diallo,Bernard E. Ebruke,Daniel R. Feikin,Daniel R. Feikin,Fergus V. Gleeson,Wenfeng Gong,Laura L. Hammitt,Laura L. Hammitt,Rasa Izadnegahdar,Anchalee Kruatrachue,Shabir A. Madhi,Shabir A. Madhi,Veronica Manduku,Fariha Bushra Matin,Nasreen Mahomed,David P. Moore,David P. Moore,Musaku Mwenechanya,Kamrun Nahar,Claire Oluwalana,Micah Silaba Ominde,Christine Prosperi,Joyce Sande,Piyarat Suntarattiwong,Katherine L. O'Brien +30 more
TL;DR: The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study enrolled children aged 1-59 months hospitalized with severe and very severe pneumonia from 7 low-and middle-income countries.
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Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research: probable causes of stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries using a prospectively defined classification system
Elizabeth M. McClure,A. Garces,Sarah Saleem,Janet Moore,Carl L. Bose,Fabian Esamai,Shivaprasad S. Goudar,Elwyn Chomba,Musaku Mwenechanya,Omrana Pasha,Antoinette Tshefu,Ashlesha Patel,Sangappa M. Dhaded,Constance Tenge,Irene Marete,Melissa Bauserman,S. Sunder,Bhalchandra S. Kodkany,Waldemar A. Carlo,Richard J. Derman,Patricia L. Hibberd,Edward A. Liechty,K. M. Hambidge,Nancy F. Krebs,Marion Koso-Thomas,Menachem Miodovnik,Dennis Wallace,Robert L. Goldenberg +27 more
TL;DR: This work sought to classify causes of stillbirth for six low‐middle‐income countries using a prospectively defined algorithm and found that stillbirths in low-middle-income countries are more associated with maternal death than in high-income nations.