Collins Mitambo
Biographic Data
| ID | 9065702 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Collins Mitambo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Collins |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitambo |
| SIGNATURE | MITAMBO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Public Health Institute of Malawi |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6840-4958 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A baseline assessment of antimicrobial stewardship core element implementation in selected public hospitals in Malawi
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Malawi, frequent stockouts of essential medicines and the widespread dispensing of antibiotics without prescriptions have exacerbated the AMR burden, highlighting the urgent need for robust antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions. This study presents the first documented baseline assessment of AMS…
Determinants of cholera fatalities in Malawi
Malawi experienced its deadliest cholera outbreak in 2022, reporting over 50,000 cases and more than 1,700 deaths. This situation was further exacerbated by the Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which caused widespread damage to health infrastructure and strained Malawi’s limited healthcare resources. Despite the scale of the outbreak, no evaluations were conducted to identify risk factors associated with cholera-related mortality among hospitalized indiv…
Covid-19 vaccine inequity in African low-income countries
Equitable access and utilization of the COVID-19 vaccine is the main exit strategy from the pandemic. This paper used proceedings from the Second Extraordinary Think-Tank conference, which was held by the Health Economics and Policy Unit at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in collaboration with the Malawi Ministry of Health, complemented by a review of literature. We found disparities in COVID-19 vaccine coverage among low-income countrie…
The health policy response to Covid-19 in Malawi
Malawi declared a state of national disaster due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 20th March 2020 and registered its first confirmed coronavirus case on the 2 April 2020. The aim of this paper was to document policy decisions made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic from January to August 2020. We reviewed policy documents from the Public Health Institute of Malawi, the Malawi Gazette, the Malawi Ministry of Health and Population and the University o…
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The health policy response to Covid-19 in Malawi
Malawi declared a state of national disaster due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 20th March 2020 and registered its first confirmed coronavirus case on the 2 April 2020. The aim of this paper was to document policy decisions made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic from January to August 2020. We reviewed policy documents from the Public Health Institute of Malawi, the Malawi Gazette, the Malawi Ministry of Health and Population and the University o…
Covid-19 vaccine inequity in African low-income countries
Equitable access and utilization of the COVID-19 vaccine is the main exit strategy from the pandemic. This paper used proceedings from the Second Extraordinary Think-Tank conference, which was held by the Health Economics and Policy Unit at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in collaboration with the Malawi Ministry of Health, complemented by a review of literature. We found disparities in COVID-19 vaccine coverage among low-income countrie…
A baseline assessment of antimicrobial stewardship core element implementation in selected public hospitals in Malawi
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Malawi, frequent stockouts of essential medicines and the widespread dispensing of antibiotics without prescriptions have exacerbated the AMR burden, highlighting the urgent need for robust antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions. This study presents the first documented baseline assessment of AMS…
Determinants of cholera fatalities in Malawi
Malawi experienced its deadliest cholera outbreak in 2022, reporting over 50,000 cases and more than 1,700 deaths. This situation was further exacerbated by the Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which caused widespread damage to health infrastructure and strained Malawi’s limited healthcare resources. Despite the scale of the outbreak, no evaluations were conducted to identify risk factors associated with cholera-related mortality among hospitalized indiv…
Business (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Audit (2 works) · COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works) · Public health (2 works)