Roeland Monasch

Biographic Data

ID6072359
NAMERoeland Monasch
GIVEN NAMESRoeland
FAMILY NAMEMonasch
SIGNATUREMONASCH R
AFFILIATIONSConstance A. Nyamukapa, Simon Gregson, Ben Lopman, Helen J. Watts, and Matthew C. H. Jukes are with the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, England. Suzue Saito and Roeland Monasch are with UNICEF, Harare, Zimbabwe.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS21
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX2

  • The Effect of Community-Based Prevention and Care on Ebola Transmission in Sierra Leone

    Paul Pronyk, Braeden Rogers et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016Cited by: 3References: 13

    Objectives. To examine the acceptability, use, effects on early isolation, and contribution to Ebola virus disease (EVD) transmission of Community Care Centers (CCCs), which were rapidly deployed in Sierra Leone during an accelerated phase of the 2014–2015 EVD epidemic. Methods. Focus group discussions, triads, and key informant interviews assessed acceptability of the CCCs. Facility registers, structured questionnaires, and laboratory records do…

  • Effects of unconditional and conditional cash transfers on child health and development in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessLaura Robertson, Phyllis Mushati et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2013

  • HIV-Associated Orphanhood and Children’s Psychosocial Distress

    Constance Nyamukapa, Constance A Nyamukapa et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2008Cited by: 15References: 19

    Objectives. We measured the psychosocial effect of orphanhood in a sub-Saharan African population and evaluated a new framework for understanding the causes and consequences of psychosocial distress among orphans and other vulnerable children. Methods. The framework was evaluated using data from 5321 children aged 12 to 17 years who were interviewed in a 2004 national survey in Zimbabwe. We constructed a measure of psychosocial distress using pri…

  • National response to orphans and other vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa

    Roeland Monasch, John Stover et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2007Cited by: 1

    The orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) Policy and Planning Effort Index measures the amount of effort put into place by governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders in countries in response to the needs of the increasing numbers of orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. The OVC Index was applied to 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa in 2004. All countries have some organized effort to respond to the nee…

  • Baseline for the evaluation of a National Action Plan for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children using the Unaids core indicators

    Suzue Saito, Roeland Monasch et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2007Cited by: 2References: 1

    This paper describes the experience of Zimbabwe in establishing a baseline for its National Action Plan for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children (NAP for OVC) using the 10 core indicators developed by the UNAIDS Global Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group in 2004. Through a population-based household survey in rural and urban high-density areas and the OVC policy and planning effort index assessment tool, a baseline was established. The sur…

  • Orphanhood and childcare patterns in sub-Saharan Africa

    Roeland Monasch, J Ties BoermaARTICLEAIDS2004

    OBJECTIVE: Assess the impact of AIDS on prevalence of orphanhood and care patterns. METHODS: Descriptive analysis of nationally representative household surveys from 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. RESULTS: Overall 9% of children under 15 years have lost at least one parent in sub-Saharan Africa. On average one in six households with children are caring for orphans. Orphans more frequently live in households that are female-headed, larger, an…