Erik J Schouten

Biographic Data

ID7748338
NAMEErik J Schouten
GIVEN NAMESErik J
FAMILY NAMESchouten
SIGNATURESCHOUTEN E J
AFFILIATIONSPublic Health Institute of Malawi
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Empowering early detection

    Open AccessChiara Pittalis, Kondwani Chalulu et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    This paper shares our experiences and key lessons learnt from the development and implementation of a pioneering breast health training course for healthcare workers in Malawi, with a strong emphasis on early breast cancer diagnosis. In response to the rising burden of breast cancer and limited healthcare infrastructure, the course was designed to bridge the critical gap in early detection and diagnosis among local healthcare providers. The initi…

  • Assessing the implementation of facility-based HIV testing policies in Malawi, South Africa and Tanzania from 2013–2018

    Open AccessLameck Luwanda, Sanchita Vya et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    National HIV testing policies aim to increase the proportion of people living with HIV who know their status. National HIV testing policies were reviewed for each country from 2013 to 2018, and compared with WHO guidance. Three rounds of health facility surveys were conducted to assess facility level policy implementation in Karonga (Malawi), uMkhanyakude (South Africa), and Ifakara (Tanzania). A policy 'implementation' score was developed and ap…

  • Implications of HIV treatment policies on the health workforce in rural Malawi and Tanzania between 2013 and 2017

    Open AccessJohn Songo, Alison Wringe et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    Effective implementation of policies for expanding antiretroviral therapy (ART) requires a well-trained and adequately staffed workforce. Changes in national HIV workforce policies, health facility practices, and provider experiences were examined in rural Malawi and Tanzania between 2013 and 2017. In both countries, task-shifting and task-sharing policies were explicit by 2013. In facilities, the cadre mix of providers varied by site and changed…

  • Act local, think global

    Open AccessAnthony Harries, Anthony D Harries et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi was based on a public health approach adapted to its resource-poor setting, with principles and practices borrowed from the successful tuberculosis control framework. From 2004 to 2015, the number of new patients started on ART increased from about 3000 to over 820,000. Despite being a small country, Malawi has made a significant contribution to the 15 million people globally on ART and has a…

  • Operational research in Malawi

    Open AccessAnthony Harries, Anthony D Harries et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    Key lessons for moving this research endeavour through to policy and practice were the importance of placing operational research within the programme, defining relevant questions, obtaining "buy-in" from national programme staff at the beginning of projects and having key actors or "policy entrepreneurs" to push forward the policy-making process. Ultimately, any change in policy and practice has to benefit patients, and the ultimate judge of suc…

  • Uptake and outcomes of a prevention-of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program in Zomba district, Malawi

    Open AccessMonique van Lettow, Richard Bedell et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    This study shows low PMTCT program efficiency and effectiveness under routine program conditions in Malawi. HIV-free infant survival may have been influenced by key factors, including underuse of HAART, underuse of sd-NVP, and suboptimal infant feeding practices. Maternal mortality among HIV-infected women demands attention; improved maternal survival is a means to improve infant survival