Pericles Kalande

Biographic Data

ID7726679
NAMEPericles Kalande
GIVEN NAMESPericles
FAMILY NAMEKalande
SIGNATUREKALANDE P
AFFILIATIONSPartners In Health
ORCID0009-0006-3651-200X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Implementation strategies to increase Malawian health care workers’ knowledge about and self-efficacy to recommend HPV vaccination

    Open AccessCorrina Moucheraud, Sam Phiri et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Health workers’ recommendation of HPV vaccination is a highly effective evidence-based intervention for increasing the uptake of this important cancer prevention tool. In Malawi, as in many countries, HPV vaccine uptake is low. In preparation for an implementation science study using an intervention optimization design, we pilot tested two implementation strategies aimed at increasing Malawian health workers’knowledge and self-efficacy to counsel…

  • ‘You don’t need schooling—just take the pills and don’t stop.’

    Open AccessStephanie Chamberlin, Misheck Mphande et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2025

    Research on chronic care management from other settings indicates that people’s formal education (e.g., primary, secondary, and tertiary schooling) may confer important cognitive skills and material resources to help them manage their chronic HIV care and treatment. However, recent population-level findings from southern and eastern Africa suggest no statistical relationship between education and chronic HIV care. To gain additional insight into …

  • Intimate partner violence among HIV index case testing clients in Malawi, a mixed-methods study

    Open AccessMaria Sanena, Christine Hagstrom et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    While its prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa is high, intimate partner violence (IPV) is rarely reported during routine index case testing (ICT) services in Malawi. We retrospectively explored the occurrence of IPV in a large, PEPFAR-supported HIV care and treatment program, among people with HIV (PWH) who had previously accessed ICT services. Between July-August 2022, we enrolled PWH aged ≥18 years, at 15 health facilities, who had received ICT se…

  • Healthcare provider and health system leader perspectives on barriers to hypertension care in Malawi

    Open AccessChristine Hagstrom, Pericles Kalande et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    BACKGROUND: Malawi has a significant burden of hypertension, including for people with HIV. The World Health Organization recommends integrated HIV-hypertension care, but such integration is not widely implemented in resource-constrained settings. OBJECTIVE: This study explored barriers to hypertension care in Malawi from the perspectives of healthcare providers and health system leaders. METHODS: We conducted a qualitative study of providers and…

  • Factors associated with cervical cancer screening

    Open AccessCorrina Moucheraud, Symon Chibaka et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    These results suggest promising areas for interventions aiming to increase cervical cancer screening in these contexts: encouraging health workers to discuss screening with eligible women, leveraging women's peers who have been affected by cervical cancer, and promoting screening during other preventive health services

  • Preferences for Hypertension Care in Malawi

    Open AccessRisa M Hoffman, Khumbo Phiri et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024

    Hypertension is the most common non-communicable disease diagnosed among people in sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about client preferences for hypertension care. We performed a discrete choice experiment in Malawi among people with hypertension, with and without HIV. Participants were asked to select between two care scenarios, each with six attributes: distance, waiting time, provider friendliness, individual or group care, antihyp…

  • Triple Benefit

    Open AccessKathryn Dovel, Pericles Kalande et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023

    We conducted a programmatic, observational cohort study with mother-infant pairs (MIPs) enrolled in prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) programs in Malawi to assess the feasibility and potential HIV-related benefits of integrating Early Childhood Development (ECD) services into PMTCT programs. Six health facilities were included in the intervention. We offered ECD counseling from the WHO/UNICEF Care for Child Development package in…

  • Understanding the Unique Barriers and Facilitators that Affect Men’s Initiation and Retention in HIV Care

    Open AccessKate Coursey, Khumbo Phiri et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

    Men in sub-Saharan Africa are underrepresented in antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs. Our secondary analysis of 40 in-depth interviews with Malawian men living with HIV examined barriers and facilitators for ART initiation versus retention. Interviewees included men who never initiated or initiated ART late (initiation respondents, n = 19); and men who initiated ART but were late for an appointment (retention respondents, n = 21). Transcribed …

  • How HIV Clients Find Their Way Back to the ART Clinic

    Open AccessStephanie Chamberlin, Misheck Mphande et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

    Retention in antiretroviral therapy (ART) services is critical to achieving positive health outcomes for individuals living with HIV, but accumulating evidence indicates that individuals are likely to miss ART appointments over time. Thus, it is important to understand why individuals miss appointments and how they re-engage in HIV care. We used in-depth interviews with 44 ART clients in Malawi who recently missed an ART appointment (> 14 days) b…