Gwendoline Chimhini

Biographic Data

ID7797974
NAMEGwendoline Chimhini
GIVEN NAMESGwendoline
FAMILY NAMEChimhini
SIGNATURECHIMHINI G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Zimbabwe
ORCID0000-0002-7280-3801
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Clinical prediction models to diagnose neonatal sepsis in low-income and middle-income countries

    Open AccessSamuel R Neal, Sarah Sturrock et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Neonatal sepsis causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide but is difficult to diagnose clinically. Clinical prediction models (CPMs) could improve diagnostic accuracy, facilitating earlier treatment for cases and avoiding antibiotic overuse. Neonates in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately affected by sepsis, yet no review has comprehensively synthesised evidence for CPMs validated in this…

  • Rapid bacterial identification and resistance detection using a low complexity molecular diagnostic platform in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessTinashe Mwaturura, Ioana D Olaru et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a major cause of mortality in low-resource settings. Effective microbiological culture services are a bottleneck in diagnosis and surveillance. AIM: We aimed to evaluate the performance of the BIOFIRE FILMARRAY Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2, bioMérieux) assay in a low-resource setting laboratory in comparison to standard practice. METHODS: This five month prospective validation study included all positive blood cultu…

  • Risk factors of mortality in neonates with neonatal encephalopathy in a tertiary newborn care unit in Zimbabwe over a 12-month period

    Open AccessHannah Gannon, Gwendoline Chimhini et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) accounts for ~23% of the 2.4 million annual global neonatal deaths. Approximately 99% of global neonatal deaths occur in low-resource settings, however, accurate data from these low-resource settings are scarce. We reviewed risk factors of neonatal mortality in neonates admitted with neonatal encephalopathy from a tertiary neonatal unit in Zimbabwe. A retrospective review of risk factors of short-term neonatal encepha…

  • Unlocking the global health potential of dried blood spot cards

    Open AccessBrianne Bota, Victoria Ward et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2022

    A key challenge to providing care for newborn infants in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is the lack of timely diagnostic testing due to weak local infrastructures such as laboratory capacity and imaging technologies. To address this challenge, low-cost diagnostic testing that does not require extensive laboratory processing or costly storage procedures has been prioritised. [...]

  • Changes in causes of pregnancy-related and maternal mortality in Zimbabwe 2007-08 to 2018-19

    Open AccessReuben Musarandega, Solwayo Ngwenya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Zimbabwe experienced a decline in both direct and indirect causes of pregnancy-related deaths. Deaths from indirect causes declined mainly due to a reduction in HIV/AIDS-related and malaria mortality, while deaths from direct causes declined because of a reduction in obstetric haemorrhage and pregnancy-related infections. Ongoing interventions ought to improve the coverage and quality of maternal care in Zimbabwe, to further reduce deaths from di…