Joseph Mumba Zulu

Biographic Data

ID1732269
NAMEJoseph Mumba Zulu
GIVEN NAMESJoseph Mumba
FAMILY NAMEZulu
SIGNATUREZULU J M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Zambia
ORCID0000-0003-1480-4977
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS48
TOTAL CITATIONS30
AUTHOR COUNT48
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Appropriateness of digital vending machines and mobile phone applications in increasing access to HIV testing among adolescents and young people aged 18–24 in an urban community in Zambia

    Open AccessSarah Mukimba, Joseph Mumba Zulu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026

  • Drivers of child marriage in Eastern and Western provinces in Zambia and effective preventive interventions

    Open AccessHannah Kabelka, Joseph Mumba Zulu et al.ARTICLEReproductive Health2026

    Background Zambia has one of the highest child marriage rates in the world. Drivers of child marriage are multifaceted, complex and interrelated, firmly embedded in the social and cultural context. This study explored why, despite lower poverty and equal teenage pregnancy levels, child marriage is more prevalent in Eastern than in Western province in Zambia; and what are potential effective preventive interventions. This knowledge is vital for in…

  • Applying human-centered design to adapt a multifaceted implementation strategy for integrating HIV and NCD services in Lusaka, Zambia

    Open AccessT F L Matenga, Michael E Herce et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    There has been limited research reporting approaches used in the adaptation of implementation strategies for integrating HIV and NCD services that involve healthcare providers in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) settings. This paper describes how human-centered design (HCD) was used to 1) adapt a multifaceted implementation strategy for integrating HIV and NCD services through end-user engagement and 2) share insights from the specific sugge…

  • Relationship between substance use and socio-behavioral drivers of poor ART adherence among young people with HIV in Zambia

    Happy Zulu, Bo Wang et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Despite improved access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zambia, adherence among young people with HIV (YPHIV) remains suboptimal, compromising treatment effectiveness. YPHIV face unique developmental and socio-behavioral challenges including HIV-related stigma, depression and substance use, which further undermine consistent ART adherence. Alcohol and drug use impair cognitive and emotional functioning, increasing the likelihood of disrupted m…

  • Silent struggles

    Open AccessNachizya Edith Namukanga, Joseph Mumba Zulu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Primary dysmenorrhea is a common gynecological disorder among females of reproductive age characterized by painful menstrual cramps without any underlying conditions; however, this condition is under-recognised in clinical and educational settings. Primary dysmenorrhea significantly impacts quality of life and thus affects the daily activities, academic performance and overall wellbeing of affected individuals. In Zambia, particularly in Lusaka D…

  • Women’s experiences with the use of traditional medicine during childbirth in selected areas of Zambia

    Open AccessWanga Zulu, Joseph Mumba Zulu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    While motherhood is often a positive and fulfilling experience, for many women, it is associated with suffering, pain, ill-health, and even death. Like in many African countries, some Zambian communities rely on traditional medicines to mitigate birth related challenges and make motherhood a more positive experience. Most researchers emphasise that the safety of traditional medicines is particularly important for pregnant women. This qualitative …

  • Determinants of Covid-19 vaccine uptake among persons with disabilities in three selected districts of Zambia

    Open AccessAllan Mayaba Mwiinde, Isaac Fwemba et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    COVID-19, is still a public health threat due to uncertainties around the potential evolution of the virus, changes in clinical characteristics, and the introduction of new prevention and therapeutic modalities. Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) were among the most highly affected groups by the COVID-19 pandemic due to their underlying conditions. This study aimed to establish the prevalence and identify the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake…

  • Are we ready? Emergency unit capacity at selected district level hospitals in Lusaka Province, Zambia

    Open AccessPenelope Kantu Machona, Joseph Mumba Zulu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    The increasing burden of road traffic injuries (RTIs) has become a public health concern in Zambia for the last five years. Little is known about the capacity and determinants of emergency care at the point of first contact in a country without coordinated pre-hospital and emergency medical services (EMS). Evaluation of the in-hospital emergency trauma care for RTIs is critical. This study sought to assess the emergency care at the district level…

  • Exploring multisectoral collaboration in implementing comprehensive sexuality education framework at the provincial level in Zambia

    Open AccessMalizgani Paul Chavula, Joseph Mumba Zulu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    BACKGROUND: In 2014, the Zambian government introduced the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) framework, decentralising its implementation from the national to the provincial administration. The provincial structures of the Ministries of Health and Education play an important role in providing technical, policy direction and coordination support. However, little research has focused on the role of CSE collaboration at the provincial level. O…

  • Factors Influencing the Re-engagement of School Dropout Adolescent Girls into the Education System Following the Enactment of the Re-entry Policy in Zambia

    Open AccessMalizgani Paul Chavula, Batuli Habib et al.ARTICLESexuality Research and Social…2025References: 6

    Introduction Globally, adolescent pregnancy and marriage contribute to high school dropout rates. Girls who drop out of school early tend to have poorer health indicators than those who continue their education. In 1997, the government of Zambia, through the Ministry of Education, introduced the Re-entry Policy to facilitate adolescent girls who had dropped out of school to continue their education. However, since this policy enactment, there has…

  • Introduction to the special issue on the governance of national care systems for orphans and vulnerable children in low-income countries

    Open AccessJoseph Shiffman, Seiha Min et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025Cited by: 3References: 3

  • The governance of national care systems for orphans and vulnerable children in Cambodia, Uganda, Zambia and other low and formerly low-income countries

    Open AccessJoseph Shiffman, Innocent Royal Kamya et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025References: 4

  • The evolution of priority for the care of orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia

    Open AccessYusra Ribhi Shawar, Joseph Mumba ZuluARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025Cited by: 5References: 2

  • Truth, humane treatment, and identity

    Open AccessDell D Saulnier, Christabel Saidi et al.ARTICLEHumanities and Social Sciences…2024

    Legitimacy is necessary for resilience and trust helps to legitimize health systems. Providing services during Covid has relied on both the private and public sectors but there is little information on differences in trust between these sectors during shocks like Covid and how it may impact the health system’s legitimacy. The purpose of this study was to explore community trust in the public and private sectors of the Zambian health system during…

  • Availability and readiness of public health facilities to provide differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in Zambia

    Open AccessPatrick Kaonga, Mutale Sampa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background There is persistent pressure on countries with a high burden of HIV infection to reach desired targets for HIV treatment outcomes. This has led to moving from the “one-size-fits-all” model to differentiated service delivery (DSD) models, which are meant to be more patient-centered and efficient but without compromising on the quality of patient care. However, for DSD models to be efficient, facilities should have indicators of HIV serv…

  • Caring for children with SAM

    Open AccessTim Brown, Kusum Datta et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2024

    This paper draws from qualitative research undertaken with the mothers and primary caregivers of children aged under 5 years old and in recovery from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), as well as other community members, across three study sites in Kenya, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The paper highlights how nutrition-related stigma is constructed and enacted in complex ways, by multiple actors and across diverse settings. Adopting an intersectional appro…

  • Exploring the barriers, facilitators, and opportunities to enhance uptake of sexual and reproductive health, HIV and GBV services among adolescent girls and young women in Zambia

    Open AccessAlice Ngoma-Hazemba, Malizgani Paul Chavula et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The researchers acknowledge facilitators and opportunities that enhance the uptake of HIV, GBV, and SRH services. However, failure to address barriers at the individual and health systems level always negatively impacts the uptake of known and effective interventions. They propose that programme managers exploit the identified opportunities to enhance uptake of these services for the young population

  • Living a private lie

    Open AccessJoseph Mumba Zulu, Henna Budhwani et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Effectively addressing stigmas and poor mental health outcomes among young HIV-positive MSM and TGW will require adopting a socio-ecological approach that focuses on structural interventions, more trauma-informed and identity-supportive care for young people with HIV, as well as strengthening of authentic community-informed public health efforts

  • Being both a grandmother and a health worker

    Open AccessChama Mulubwa, Joseph Mumba Zulu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Community-based health workers could be key actors providing context-specific comprehensive SRHR information and services that could span all the boundaries in the community-based health system. When addressing adolescents SRHR, playing dual roles of being both a grandmother and a professional CBHW were sometimes complimentary and at other times conflicting. Additional research is required to understand how to improve the role of CBHWs in address…

  • Collaborative dynamics and shared motivation

    Open AccessAdam Silumbwe, Miguel San Sebastian et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2024

    In Zambia, efforts to produce a tobacco control policy have stalled for over a decade, and the country is not yet close to developing one. Limited studies have explored the dynamics in this policy process and how they affect the attainment of policy goals and outcomes. This study explored how collaborative dynamics within tobacco control policy development shaped shared motivation among stakeholders in Zambia. The study used a qualitative case st…

  • Applying community health systems lenses to identify determinants of access to surgery among mobile & migrant populations with hydrocele in Zambia

    Open AccessPatricia Maritim, Mwimba Chewe et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Hydrocele which is caused by long term lymphatic filariasis infection can be treated through the provision of surgery. Access to surgeries remains low particularly for hard to reach populations. This study applied community health system lenses to identify determinants to the adoption, implementation and integration of hydrocele surgeries among migrants &mobile populations in Luangwa District, Zambia. A concurrent mixed methods design consisting …

  • The role of principled engagement in public health policymaking

    Open AccessAdam Silumbwe, Miguel San Sebastian et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    BACKGROUND: The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires countries to develop and implement multi-sectoral tobacco control strategies, including policies and legislation. Zambia, potentially faced by a rising problem of tobacco smoking, signed the FCTC in 2008 but has been unable to enact a tobacco policy for over a decade. OBJECTIVE: This study explores the role of 'principled engagement', a key element of the theoretical framewor…

  • Experiences of teachers and community-based health workers in addressing adolescents’ sexual reproductive health and rights problems in rural health systems

    Open AccessKunda chilambe, Chama Mulubwa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    This study provides significant insight on the important roles that teachers CBHWs can play in addressing adolescents SRHR related problems. Overall, the study emphasizes the need to fully engage adolescents in addressing adolescents SRHR problems

  • Combining photo-elicitation and discourse analysis to examine adolescents’ sexuality in rural Zambia

    Open AccessChama Mulubwa, Anna-Karin Hurtig et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2022

    These repertories offer an important context that shape how adolescents negotiate, adopt and resist SRHR interventions. Future interventions that target adolescents' SRHR must aim to address the sexual scripts that serve to erect barriers against positive sexual behaviours, including access to SRHR services that promote safer sex

  • Sociodemographic factors associated with daily tobacco smoking and binge drinking among Zambians

    Open AccessAdam Silumbwe, Miguel San Sabastian et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    This study shows huge differences between men and women regarding tobacco smoking and binge drinking in Zambia. A high occurrence of tobacco smoking was observed among men, older members of society and those with lower levels of education, while binge drinking was more common in men and in those living in urban areas. There is a need to reshape and refine preventive and control interventions for tobacco smoking and binge drinking to target the mo…