Tila Mainga

Datos Biográficos

ID7581052
NOMBRETila Mainga
NOMBRESTila
APELLIDOMainga
FIRMAMAINGA T
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Zambia
ORCID0000-0002-7711-3623
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • The local dynamics of sociostructural features and HIV stigma in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial

    Open AccessVirginia Bond, Lario Viljoen et al.ARTICLEStigma and Health2024

    Across sub-Saharan Africa, stigma levels have been decreasing but not enough to achieve the 95–95–95 HIV targets by 2030. Current global HIV frameworks have identified stigma reduction, context specific interventions, and community mobilization as critical to enabling more effective uptake of HIV services. We conducted a retrospective analysis of longitudinal qualitative and quantitative data collected in 21 urban communities in Zambia and South …

  • Prevalence of mental distress in adults with and without a history of tuberculosis in an urban Zambian community

    Open AccessTila Mainga, Ab Schaap et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2023

    People with tuberculosis (TB) are susceptible to mental distress. Mental distress can be driven by biological and socio-economic factors including poverty. These factors can persist beyond TB treatment completion yet there is minimal evidence about the mental health of TB survivors. A cross-sectional TB prevalence survey of adults was conducted in an urban community in Zambia. Survey participants were administered the five-item Self Reporting Que…

  • Qualitative study of patient experiences of mental distress during TB investigation and treatment in Zambia

    Open AccessTila Mainga, Melleh Gondwe et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2022

    The findings illustrate that mental distress during TB is driven by multi-layered and intersecting stresses, with the economic stress of poverty often being the most powerful driver. Measures are urgently needed to support TB patients during the investigation and treatment phase, including increased availability of mental health services, better social security safety nets during TB treatment, and interventions targeting TB, HIV and mental health…

  • TB is a disease which hides in the body’

    Open AccessDillon T Wademan, Tila Mainga et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2021

    The WHO estimates 58 million people experienced one or more TB disease episodes between 2000 and 2018. These 'former TB patients' are at greater risk of future TB infection and death than TB naïve people. Additionally, former TB patients experience social, psychological, and physiological difficulties after microbiological cure. Drawing on semi-structured interviews collected with 28 people from communities in Zambia ( n = 8) and South Africa ( n…

  • Community-based health workers implementing universal access to HIV testing and treatment

    Open AccessLario Viljoen, Tila Mainga et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    The global expansion of HIV testing, prevention and treatment services is necessary to achieve HIV epidemic control and promote individual and population health benefits for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa. Community-based health workers (CHWs) could play a key role in supporting implementation at scale. In the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa, a cadre of 737 study-specific CHWs, working closely with governm…