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Wiza Kumwenda
Researcher at University of Malawi
Publications - 9
Citations - 81
Wiza Kumwenda is an academic researcher from University of Malawi. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications receiving 68 citations.
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Supporting Option B+ scale up and strengthening the prevention of mother-to-child transmission cascade in central Malawi: results from a serial cross-sectional study
Michael E Herce,Tiwonge Mtande,Frank Chimbwandira,Innocent Mofolo,Christine Chingondole,Nora E. Rosenberg,Kathy E. Lancaster,Esmie Kamanga,Jacqueline Chinkonde,Wiza Kumwenda,Gerald Tegha,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Irving F. Hoffman,Francis Martinson,Eva Stein,Charles van der Horst +15 more
TL;DR: STF interventions, integrated within the MoH Option B+ program, achieved favorable HTC, maternal ART, infant prophylaxis, and EID services uptake, and a low proportion of infants found HIV-infected at first DNA PCR testing.
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Combined oral contraceptives and antiretroviral PK/PD in Malawian women: pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a combined oral contraceptive and a generic combined formulation antiretroviral in Malawi.
Gretchen S. Stuart,Agnes Moses,Amanda H Corbett,Grace Phiri,Wiza Kumwenda,Nkhafwire Mkandawire,Joseph Chintedze,Gabriel Malunga,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Myron S. Cohen,Frank Z. Stanczyk,Angela D. M. Kashuba +11 more
TL;DR: This letter to the editor addresses the concern regarding women who are HIV positive and interested in oral contraceptives and health care professionals must understand the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics between COC pills and ART treatments.
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Improving Monitoring of Engagement in HIV Care for Women in Option B+: A Pilot Test of Biometric Fingerprint Scanning in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Angela M. Bengtson,Wiza Kumwenda,Mark N. Lurie,Brandon Klyn,Michael Owino,William C. Miller,Vivian F. Go,Mina C. Hosseinipour +7 more
TL;DR: Among HIV-infected pregnant women engaged in HIV care, biometric fingerprint scanning is a feasible and acceptable way to monitor HIV visits and may improve the ability to monitor women’s engagement in HIV Care over time and across clinics.
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"A way of escaping": a qualitative study exploring reasons for clinic transferring and its impact on engagement in care among women in Option B.
Angela M. Bengtson,Vivian F. Go,Wiza Kumwenda,Mark N. Lurie,Anna Kutengule,Michael Owino,Mina C. Hosseinipour +6 more
TL;DR: Clinics transfers among women in Option B+ are frequent, often undocumented, and may lead to suboptimal engagement in care and HIV outcomes, and strategies to monitor women’s engagement in HIV care without requiring a formal transfer are urgently needed.
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Beyond mobile phones: exploring using technology to support sustained engagement in care for HIV-infected women on antiretroviral therapy.
Angela M. Bengtson,Wiza Kumwenda,Mark N. Lurie,Anna Kutengule,Vivian F. Go,William C. Miller,Eric R Cui,Michael Owino,Mina C. Hosseinipour +8 more
TL;DR: A mixed-method study among HIV-infected, pregnant women and healthcare workers in Malawi to evaluate barriers and facilitators to three technologies to support monitoring HIV care found biometric fingerprint scanning emerged as the preferred strategy to monitor engagement in HIV care.