Itai Chitungo

Biographic Data

ID2245747
NAMEItai Chitungo
GIVEN NAMESItai
FAMILY NAMEChitungo
SIGNATURECHITUNGO I
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Zimbabwe
ORCID0000-0001-6306-8916
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Overcoming challenges and thriving as a new NGO - a case for institutional capacity building

    Thulani Dzinamarira, Thulani Runyararo Dzinamarira et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2024References: 7

    New non-governmental organisations (NGOs) face a challenging landscape, struggling to secure funding and demonstrate impact in their early stages. This creates a Catch-22 situation, hindering their ability to gain traction. This paper explores these hurdles and showcases how the Abdullah Dzinamarira Foundation (ADF), a Zimbabwean NGO, navigated these challenges through resourcefulness. The paper outlines successful strategies adopted by ADF, incl…

  • Key populations and Sub-Saharan Africa's HIV response

    Open AccessEnos Moyo, Perseverance Moyo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    OPINION article Front. Public Health, 16 May 2023Sec. Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1079990

  • Emerging infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessEnos Moyo, Malizgani Mhango et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has faced multiple public health emergencies (1). A public health emergency (PHE) is a situation with health consequences too severe for conventional community response (2). Between 2001 and 2022, the region reported 1,800 PHEs, most of them emerging infectious diseases (3). Emerging infectious diseases are new or resurgent diseases in the population (4). Cholera, meningitis, Ebola, …

  • Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health in Marginalised Areas

    Open AccessGrant Murewanhema, Godfrey Musuka et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns have brought unprecedented challenges for Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health (MSRH) services. Components of MSRH services adversely affected include antenatal, postnatal, and newborn care; provision of family planning and post-abortion care services; sexual and gender-based violence care and prevention; and care and treatment for sexually transmitted infections including HIV. Resuscitating, remo…

  • Utility of telemedicine in sub‐Saharan Africa during the Covid ‐19 pandemic. A rapid review

    Open AccessItai Chitungo, Malizgani Mhango et al.ARTICLEHuman Behavior and Emerging…2021

    Telemedicine is the use of technology to achieve remote care. This review looks at the utility of telemedicine during the pandemic, period March 2020 to February 2021. Eleven articles met inclusion criteria. There was moderate use of telemedicine in sub-Sahara Africa during the pandemic, however, there were also some limitations. Benefits of telemedicine include continuing medical service provision, connecting relatives with loved ones in quarant…

  • Covid-19 Lockdowns

    Open AccessMalizgani Mhango, Itai Chitungo et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020