Mphatso Kamndaya

Biographic Data

ID6652394
NAMEMphatso Kamndaya
GIVEN NAMESMphatso
FAMILY NAMEKamndaya
SIGNATUREKAMNDAYA M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ORCID0000-0002-7597-3339
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket health payments in Malawi

    Open AccessAtupele N Mulaga, Mphatso Kamndaya et al.ARTICLEAfrican Geographical Review2025

    Out-of-pocket health payments are payments made by households at a point of use of health services. Researchers often use single-level logistic models to examine factors associated with impoverishment due to health payments. However, single-level models fail to account for neighborhood correlation which exist in complex survey data. The paper compares spatial multilevel to standard multilevel and single-level logistic models in terms of performan…

  • Social support and very young adolescent girl’s knowledge on sexual relationships

    Open AccessWanangwa Chimwaza Manda, Mphatso Kamndaya et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Early sexual relationships are associated with an increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDs, teenage pregnancies, and unsafe abortions among other negative health outcomes. Understanding sexual relationships among very young adolescents (VYAs) is important to equip them to protect themselves from negative sexual health (SH) outcomes. DREAMS ( D etermined, R esilient, E mpowered, A IDS-free, M entored, and S afe)…

  • Decomposing socio-economic inequality in catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditures in Malawi

    Open AccessAtupele N Mulaga, Mphatso Kamndaya et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Reducing health inequalities and inequities is one of the key goals that health systems aspire to achieve as it ensures improvement in health outcomes among all population groups. Addressing the factors contributing to inequality in catastrophic health expenditures is important to reducing inequality in the burden of health expenditures. However, there are limited studies to explain the factors contributing to inequalities in catastrophic health …

  • “Female genital schistosomiasis is a sexually transmitted disease”

    Open AccessHumphrey D Mazigo, Anna Samson et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Female Genital Schistosomiasis is a gynecological disease that is a complication of parasitic Schistosoma haematobium infection and affects at least 40 million girls and women, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Little is known about how healthcare workers in endemic areas perceive and manage (diagnose and treat) Female Genital Schistosomiasis. We conducted cross-sectional focus group discussions and key informant interviews among healthcare workers i…

  • Spatial disparities in impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket health payments in Malawi

    Open AccessAtupele N Mulaga, Mphatso Kamndaya et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket health payments as a means of financing health services are a cause of concern among households in low and middle-income countries. They prevent households from accessing health care services, can disrupt households' living standards by reducing consumption of other basic needs and push households into poverty. Previous studies have reported geographical variations in impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket health payment…

  • Girl-only clubs’ influence on SRH knowledge, HIV risk reduction, and negative SRH outcomes among very young adolescent girls in rural Malawi

    Open AccessWanangwa Chimwaza Manda, Nanlesta Pilgrim et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Girls-only HIV and SRH programs coupled with economic empowerment for their families can be effective in keeping VYA girls in school and improving SRH knowledge and health seeking behavior

  • Using surrogate vaccines to assess feasibility and acceptability of future HIV vaccine trials in men

    Open AccessLucy Chimoyi, Mphatso Kamndaya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Recruitment and retention of men into vaccine trials is feasible and acceptable in our setting. Findings from this surrogate vaccine trial show a high willingness to participate in future HIV vaccine trials. While access to potentially effective vaccines is important, quality health services are an equally compelling incentive for enrolment

  • Exploring The Migration Profiles of Primary Healthcare Users in South Africa

    Open AccessJo Vearey, Thea de Gruchy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2016

    South Africa's public healthcare system responses seldom engage with migration. Our exploratory study investigates migration profiles and experiences of primary healthcare (PHC) users. A cross-sectional survey involving non-probability sampling was conducted with 229 PHC users at six purposively selected PHC clinics in three districts of SA. The survey captured socio-demographic information, migration histories, and PHC experiences. Chi square an…

  • The role of material deprivation and consumerism in the decisions to engage in transactional sex among young people in the urban slums of Blantyre, Malawi

    Open AccessMphatso Kamndaya, Jo Vearey et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2015

    Transactional sex has been associated with a high risk of HIV acquisition and unintended pregnancy among young women in urban slums in sub-Saharan Africa. However, few studies have explored the structural drivers of transactional sex from the perspective of both genders in these settings. This paper explores how young men and women understand the factors that lead to transactional sex among their peers, and how deprivation of material resources (…

  • Material deprivation and unemployment affect coercive sex among young people in the urban slums of Blantyre, Malawi

    Open AccessMphatso Kamndaya, Lawrence N Kazembe et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2015Cited by: 1References: 17

    We explore relations among material deprivation (measured by insufficient housing, food insecurity and poor healthcare access), socio-economic status (employment, income and education) and coercive sex. A binary logistic multi-level model is used in the estimation of data from a survey of 1071 young people aged 18-23 years, undertaken between June and July 2013, in the urban slums of Blantyre, Malawi. For young men, unemployment was associated wi…

  • Sharing perspectives and experiences of doctoral fellows in the first cohort of Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa

    Open AccessBabatunde Adedokun, Peter Nyasulu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Resolution of public health problems in Africa remains a challenge because of insufficient skilled human resource capacity. The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) was established to enhance capacity in multi-disciplinary health research that will make a positive impact on population health in Africa. OBJECTIVE: The first cohort of the CARTA program describes their perspectives and experiences during the 4 year…

  • Material Deprivation Affects High Sexual Risk Behavior among Young People in Urban Slums, South Africa

    Open AccessMphatso Kamndaya, Liz Thomas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2014Cited by: 1References: 9