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Title: Oesophageal cancer cases recorded in the Zambia National Cancer Registry: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Samson Shumba, Patrick Musonda, Dorothy Lombe, Gershom Chongwe, Violet Kayamba

 Pan African Medical Journal, 2023/12/5, 44(1)


  • Title: Malaria is the leading cause of acute kidney injury among a Zambian paediatric renal service cohort retrospectively evaluated for aetiologies, predictors of the need for dialysis, and outcomes

Authors: Chisambo Mwaba, Sody Munsaka, Bruce Bvulani, David Mwakazanga, Brian Chanda Chiluba, Kaiser Fitzwanga, Evans Mpabalwani

Plos, October 25, 2023- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293037


Title: Preferences of Patients and Providers in High-Burden Malaria Settings for Long-Acting Malaria Chemoprevention
Authors: Kimberly K. Scarsi, Harlan Sayles, Kelvin Kapungu, Peter Sifuna, Matthew M. Ippolito, Renae Furl, Matthew J. Anderson, Joelle Dountio Ofimboudem, Gershom Chongwe, Jack Hutter, Steven P. Rannard, Andrew Owen, Susan Swindells

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Oct; 109(4): 752–760.


  • Title: Risk factors associated with zoonotic tuberculosis at the animal-human interface in a tuberculosis-endemic sub-Saharan country
  • Ngula MONDE, Musso MUNYEME, Seter SIZIYA, Mildred ZULU, Gershom CHONGWE, Elijah KABELENGA, Victor DAKA, Kabengele Keith SIAME, Rabecca TEMBO, Sydney MALAMA
  • J Vet Med Sci. 2023 Oct; 85(10): 1136–1141.

  • Title: Changes in mobility patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia: Implications for the effectiveness of NPIs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Stacie Loisate, Simon Mutembo, Rohan Arambepola, Kabondo Makungo, Elliot N. Kabalo, Nyambe B. Sinyange, Nathan Kapata, Mazyanga Liwewe, Andrew Silumezi, Gershom Chongwe, Natalya Kostandova, Shaun Truelove, Amy Wesolowski


PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(10):


  • Title: Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Status of Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria on Handheld Shopping Trolleys and Baskets in Supermarkets in Ndola, Zambia

Authors: Shivangi Patel, Victor Daka, Steward Mudenda, Mulemba Samutela, Misheck Chileshe, Warren Chanda, Imukusi Mutanekelwa, Ephraim Chikwanda, Titus Haakonde, Tobela Mudenda, Scott Matafwali, Samson Mwale, Ruth Lindizyani Mfune
Open Journal of Epidemiology;  Vol.13 No.4, November 2023


  • Title: Measles immunity gaps among children and adolescents with HIV in Zambia despite high measles vaccination and antiretroviral therapy coverage
  • Author: Simon Mutembo, Yangyupei Yang, Andrea Carcelen, Amy Kaye Winter, Francis Dien Mwansa, Innocent Chilumba, Irene Mutale, Gershom Chongwe, Mwaka Monze, Gina Mulundu, Hope Nkamba, Lloyd Mulenga, Kyla Hayford, William John Moss

  • AIDS. 2023 Nov 1; 37(13): 2021–2029.

  • Title: Towards achieving transnational research partnership equity: lessons from implementing adaptive platform trials in low- and middle-income countries
    Authors: Chelsea Modlin, Jeremy Sugarman, Gershom Chongwe, Nancy Kass, Winfred Nazziwa, Jemee Tegli, Prakriti Shrestha, Joseph Ali. Wellcome Open Res. 2023; 8: 120. Published online 2023 Dec 6.

  1. Ngula Monde, Musso Munyeme, Gershom Chongwe, Jonas Johansson Wensman, Mildred Zulu, Seter Siziya, Rabecca Tembo, Kabengele K. Siame, Obi Shambaba, Sydney Malama First and Second-Line Anti-Tuberculosis Drug-Resistance Patterns in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Zambia Antibiotics (Basel) 2023 Jan; 12(1): 166. 

  1. Mildred Zulu, ORCID,Sydney Malama,Ngula Monde,Henson Kainga,Rabecca Tembo,Florence Mwaba,Shereen Ahmed Saad,Victor Daka,Andrew N. Mukubesa,Joseph Ndebe,Obi Shambaba and Musso Munyeme Emergence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria at the Human–Livestock–Environment Interface in Zambia Microbiol. Res. 2023, 14(1), 430-447

  1. Kalungwana, N., Marshall, L., Mackie, A. and Boesch, C., 2023. An ex vivo intestinal absorption model is more effective than an in vitro cell model to characterise absorption of dietary carotenoids following simulated gastrointestinal digestion. Food Research International166, p.112558.

Gannon, B.M., Sombié, O.O., Zeba, A.N., Nama, G.M., Bekele, T.H., Woldeyohannes, M., van Stuijvenberg, M.E., Dhansay, M.A., Urio, E.M., Kaliwile, C., Kalungwana N., and Chileshe, J., 2023. Comparison of Total Body Vitamin A Stores Using Individual versus Population 13C-Natural Abundance of Serum Retinol in Preschool Children and Women Residing in 6 Diverse African Countries. The Journal of Nutrition.


  1. Mildred Zulu, Sydbey Malama, Ngula Monde,….Obi Shambaba et al (2023) Emergence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria at the Human-Livestock-Environment interface in Zambia: Microbiology Research (MDPI) Microbiolres 14-00

Christopher Nyirenda, Gamal Maksoud, Sydney Mwanza, Michael Nambozi, Justin Chileshe, Ray Handema, Catherine Maliko, Allen Chipipa, Grace Kahenya and Kasonde Bowa. (2023) Body Mass Index Status Determines Absolute CD4+ Count in Adult HIV/AIDS Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Zambia,


Hamaimbo, B.T.; Marinda, P.A.; Nyau, V.; Chileshe, J.; Khayeka-Wandabwa, C.; Schoustra, S.E. Adequate Dietary Intake and Consumption of Indigenous Fermented Products Are Associated with Improved Nutrition Status among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Zambia. Dairy 2023, 4, 137-149. https://doi.org/10.3390/dairy4010010


  1. First-trimester treatment with artemisinin derivatives versus non-artemisinin antimalarials and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in Africa and Asia: Updated individual patient data meta-analysis (2022) Saito M, McGready R., Tinto H., Rouamba T., Mosha D., Rulisa S., Kariuki S., Desai M., Manyando C.1, Njunju E.M., Sevene E., Vala A., Augusto O., Clerk C., Were E., Mrema S., Kisinza W., Byamugisha J., Kagawa M., Singlovic J., Yore M., van Eijk A., Mehta U., Stergachis A., Hill J., Stepniewska K., Gomes M., Guerin P., Nosten F., ter Kuile F.O., Dellicour S. (Accepted for Publication the Lancet October, 2022)

  • Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Pyronaridine-artesunate in Asymptomatic Malaria-infected Individuals: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 74, 180–188 (2022).E. D. Dabira, S. Hachizovu, B. Conteh, A. Mendy, H. Nyang, B. Lawal, M. O. Ndiath, J. M. Mulenga, S. Mwanza, I. Borghini-Fuhrer, S. Arbe-Barnes, R. Miller, J. Shin, S. Duparc, U. D’Alessandro, C. Manyando, J. Achan

  • Zambia Assessment of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV in the Mines (ZATHIM): implications for programs and policies. BMC Public Health. 22, 791 (2022).L. J. Podewils, E. F. Long, T. J. Fuller, D. Mwakazanga, K. Kapungu, M. Tembo, S. Mwanza, K. G. Curran, J. P. Smith, J. L. Tobias, W. Kasongo,

  • A descriptive study of all COVID-19 clients in Copperbelt province, Zambia 2020: A retrospective analysis. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health. 5 (2022). L. S. Mutale, O. O. Ajumobi, F. Nanzaluka, J. Chileshe, P. Sakubita, N. Sinyange, P. M. Zulu, M. Kapina, N. Kapata, C. Dube, C. M. Mukupa, G. Kangala. A. Mweembe, J. Banda, C. Sakulanda, J. Nonde, R. Zulu, V. Mukonka, D. K. Mwakazanga, G. Chongwe.