Leticia Chimwemwe Suwedi-Kapesa

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ID4219343
NOMBRELeticia Chimwemwe Suwedi-Kapesa
NOMBRESLeticia Chimwemwe
APELLIDOSuwedi-Kapesa
FIRMASUWEDI-KAPESA L C
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Liverpool
ORCID0000-0002-7702-1358
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS0
OBRAS COMO AUTOR5
OBRAS COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • A context-responsive health systems intervention improves the uptake of early infant HIV diagnosis

    Open AccessLeticia Chimwemwe Suwedi-Kapesa, Augustine Choko et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Health system challenges limit uptake of early infant diagnosis of HIV (EID). Context-appropriate strategies are required to achieve global 95% six-week testing target. We evaluated a co-designed context-appropriate enhanced health system (EEHS) intervention to strengthen client identification, appointment booking systems, leadership, and facility-based training to improve enrolment of Infants Exposed to HIV (IEH) in HIV care and testing at six w…

  • Developing an intervention to improve early infant HIV diagnosis service uptake among postpartum women in Malawi’s primary healthcare using a co-designing approach with stakeholders

    Open AccessLeticia Chimwemwe Suwedi-Kapesa, Augustine Choko et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Low health service use by women and infants after birth limits early infant HIV diagnosis (EID). From August 2021 to December 2022, we collaborated with 44 healthcare workers (HCW), service users, and non-governmental organisation stakeholders from seven public facilities and five non-governmental organisations in Blantyre, building on a previous study. We analysed context-specific problems in EID services and co-designed a context-appropriate en…

  • “Why take the patient back home?”

    Open AccessAlinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando, Deborah Nyirenda et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have serious health and socio-economic consequences. In Malawi, COVID-19 cases are managed at home, with hospital admission reserved for severe cases. This study described the lived experiences of caregivers of COVID-19-infected individuals in Blantyre, Malawi. This descriptive qualitative study was conducted from January to June 2021 in Blantyre, Malawi, among caregivers of confirmed…

  • Methodological Insights, Advantages and Innovations Manuscript Title

    Open AccessLeticia Chimwemwe Suwedi-Kapesa, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023Referencias: 26

    With the growth of qualitative health research in low- and middle-income countries, local health professionals are increasingly involved in facilitating interviews with their fellow health workers. Understanding the methodological implications of such situations is required to ensure high-quality study findings and to build capacity and skills for interviewers with clinical backgrounds working with limited resources. This article reports a qualit…

  • “You Cannot Catch Fish Near the Shore nor Can You Sell Fish Where There Are No Customers”

    Open AccessAlinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando, Mphatso Kumwenda et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Men s Health2021

    HIV testing is the entry point to the cascade of services within HIV care. Although Malawi has made positive strides in HIV testing, men are lagging at 65.5% while women are at 81.6%. This study explored the preferences of men on the avenues for HIV testing in Blantyre, Malawi. This was a descriptive qualitative study in the phenomenological tradition in seven public health facilities in Blantyre, Malawi, among men and health-care workers (HCWs).…