Epiphania Munetsi

Biographic Data

ID7986111
NAMEEpiphania Munetsi
GIVEN NAMESEpiphania
FAMILY NAMEMunetsi
SIGNATUREMUNETSI E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Zimbabwe
ORCID0000-0001-9174-3827
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Effect of a brief psychological intervention for common mental disorders on HIV viral suppression

    Open AccessVictoria Simms, Melanie Abas et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Background For people living with co-morbid HIV and common mental disorders (CMD), it is not known whether a brief psychological intervention for CMD can improve HIV viral suppression. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study in eight primary care clinics in Harare, Zimbabwe, enrolling adults with co-morbid HIV and CMD. Six clinics provided the Friendship Bench (FB), a brief psychological intervention for CMD based on problem-solving thera…

  • Living with psychosis in West and Southeast Africa

    Open AccessOlubukola Omobowale, Rachel Neff Greenley et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2024

    As part of the formative work of the SUCCEED Africa consortium, we followed a participatory process to identify existing gaps and resources needed for the development and implementation of a rights-based intervention for people with lived experience of psychosis in Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. In 2021, we conducted a desk review of published and grey literature on psychosis in the four SUCCEED countries. Using an adapted version of…

  • Child play and caregiver support to promote convalescence following severe acute malnutrition in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessJacqueline Kabongo, Louisa Mudawarima et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    Children hospitalised for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a high risk of mortality, relapse and rehospitalisation following hospital discharge. Current approaches fail to promote convalescence, or to address the underlying social determinants of SAM, meaning that restoration of long-term health, growth and neurodevelopment is not achieved. Although guidelines recommend play and stimulation to promote recovery, most caregivers are not support…

  • The Friendship Bench as a brief psychological intervention with peer support in rural Zimbabwean women

    Open AccessShamiso Fernando, Tim Brown et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2021

    VHW-delivered problem-solving therapy and peer-support was acceptable and showed promising results in this pilot evaluation, leading to quantitative and qualitative improvements in mental health among rural Zimbabwean women. Scale-up of the Friendship Bench in rural areas would help close the treatment gap for common mental disorders

  • Effect of a Primary Care–Based Psychological Intervention on Symptoms of Common Mental Disorders in Zimbabwe

    Dixon Chibanda, Helen A Wei et al.ARTICLEJAMA2016

    Importance: Depression and anxiety are common mental disorders globally but are rarely recognized or treated in low-income settings. Task-shifting of mental health care to lay health workers (LHWs) might decrease the treatment gap. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally adapted psychological intervention for common mental disorders delivered by LHWs in primary care. Design, Setting, and Participants: Cluster randomized clinical …

  • Scaling up interventions for depression in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessDixon Chibanda, Ruth Verhey et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2016

    Key requirements for success included early buy-in from key stakeholders, extensive consultation at each point of the scale-up journey, financial support both locally and externally, and a coherent sustainability plan endorsed by both government and private sectors