Joseph Mfutso‐Bengo

Biographic Data

ID5991999
NAMEJoseph Mfutso‐Bengo
GIVEN NAMESJoseph
FAMILY NAMEMfutso‐Bengo
SIGNATUREBENGO J M
AFFILIATIONSKamuzu Central Hospital
ORCID0000-0001-9396-3700
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Covid-19 vaccine inequity in African low-income countries

    Open AccessChifundo Annessia Kunyenje, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    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…

  • Exploring culturally-preferred communication approaches for increased uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services in rural Malawi

    Open AccessKent Yelemia G Mphepo, Adamson S Muula et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The study concluded that community engagement and interpersonal communication which provide room for real-time feedback in any communicative event are the most preferred communication interventions for VMMC services among Yaos and Chewas

  • Modeling Contraception and Pregnancy in Malawi: A Thanzi La Onse Mathematical Modeling Study

    Open AccessTrevor Colbourn, Eva Janoušková et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2023References: 13

    Malawi has high unmet need for contraception with a costed national plan to increase contraception use. Estimating how such investments might impact future population size in Malawi can help policymakers understand effects and value of policies to increase contraception uptake. We developed a new model of contraception and pregnancy using individual‐level data capturing complexities of contraception initiation, switching, discontinuation, and fai…

  • Assessing the potential of HTA to inform resource allocation decisions in low-income settings: The case of Malawi

    Open AccessFrancesco Ramponi, Pakwanja Twea et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Health technology assessment (HTA) offers a set of analytical tools to support health systems' decisions about resource allocation. Although there is increasing interest in these tools across the world, including in some middle-income countries, they remain rarely used in low-income countries (LICs). In general, the focus of HTA is narrow, mostly limited to assessments of efficacy and cost-effectiveness. However, the principles of HTA can be used…

  • Cost of wastewater-based environmental surveillance for Sars-CoV-2: Evidence from pilot sites in Blantyre, Malawi and Kathmandu, Nepal

    Open AccessLucky G Ngwira, Bhawana Sharma et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Environmental surveillance of rivers and wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 detection has been explored as an innovative way to surveil the pandemic. This study estimated the economic costs of conducting wastewater-based environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 to inform decision making if countries consider continuing these efforts. We estimated the cost of two SARS-CoV-2 environmental surveillance pilot studies conducted in Blantyre, Malawi, and Kathma…

  • Motivational Factors for Participation in Biomedical Research: Evidence From a Qualitative Study of Biomedical Research Participation in Blantyre District, Malawi

    Open AccessJoseph Mfutso‐Bengo, Lucinda Manda‐Taylor et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2014Cited by: 3References: 2

    Obtaining effective informed consent from research participants is a prerequisite to the conduct of an ethically sound research. Yet it is believed that obtaining quality informed consent is generally difficult in settings with low socioeconomic status. This is so because of the alleged undue inducements and therapeutic misconception among participants. However, there is a dearth of data on factors that motivate research participants to take part…

  • National policy-makers speak out: Are researchers giving them what they need

    Open AccessAdnan A Hyder, Adrijana Corluka et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2011Cited by: 8References: 29

    The objective of this empirical study was to understand the perspectives and attitudes of policy-makers towards the use and impact of research in the health sector in low- and middle-income countries. The study used data from 83 semi-structured, in-depth interviews conducted with purposively selected policy-makers at the national level in Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Malawi, Oman and Singapore. The interviews were structured around an interview guide …