Kondwani Mwandira

Biographic Data

ID9002825
NAMEKondwani Mwandira
GIVEN NAMESKondwani
FAMILY NAMEMwandira
SIGNATUREMWANDIRA K
AFFILIATIONSPublic Health Institute of Malawi
ORCID0000-0001-8362-7156
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Do global health networks facilitate innovation, learning and sharing? A qualitative analysis of the Quality-of-Care Network in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda

    Open AccessKondwani Mwandira, Seblewengel Lemma et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    The Quality-of-Care Network (QCN), launched by WHO and partners, links global and national actors across several countries to improve maternal and newborn health. We conducted a prospective qualitative study to examine how QCN in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda facilitated learning, sharing, and innovation within and between network countries. We conducted 227 key informant interviews with QCN actors at global, national, and facility leve…

  • Adapting a digital quality improvement system (Neotree) for newborn care in primary health centres and community hospitals

    Open AccessEmma Wilson, Tim Hull-Bailey et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    BACKGROUND: Digital innovations incorporating clinical digital support can improve the delivery of perinatal and postnatal care, yet few interventions exist in primary care settings. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to adapt a digital quality improvement system (Neotree) from tertiary facilities to lower-level facilities providing Level 1 newborn care. METHODS: We conducted a mixed method stepwise study using the ADAPT framework. We conducted a needs and tec…

  • Effectiveness of a multi-country implementation-focused network on quality of care

    Open AccessNehla Djellouli, Yusra Ribhi Shawar et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (QCN) aims to work through learning, action, leadership and accountability. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of QCN in these four areas at the global level and in four QCN countries: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda. This mixed method evaluation comprised 2–4 iterative rounds of data collection between 2019–2022, involving stakeholder interviews, hospita…

  • Evaluating theory of change to improve the functioning of the network for improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health

    Open AccessAlbert Dube, Kondwani Mwandira et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In 2017, WHO and global partners launched ‘The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health’ (QCN) seeking to reduce in-facility maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirth by 50% in health facilities by 2022. We explored how the QCN theory of change guided what actually happened over 2018–2022 in order to understand what worked well, what did not, and to ultimately describe the consequences of QCN activities. We ap…

  • Association between physical multimorbidity and common mental health disorders in rural and urban Malawian settings

    Open AccessOwen Nkoka, Shekinah Munthali-Mkandawire et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In low-income Africa, the epidemiology of physical multimorbidity and associated mental health conditions is not well described. We investigated the multimorbidity burden, disease combinations, and relationship between physical multimorbidity and common mental health disorders in rural and urban Malawi using early data from 9,849 adults recruited to an on-going large cross-sectional study on long-term conditions, initiated in 2021. Multimorbidity…

  • Individual, organizational and system circumstances, and the functioning of a multi-country implementation-focused network for maternal, newborn and child health

    Open AccessAnene Tesfa, Catherine Nakidde et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Better policies, investments, and programs are needed to improve the integration and quality of maternal, newborn, and child health services. Previously, partnerships and collaborations that involved multiple countries with a unified aim have been observed to yield positive results. Since 2017, the WHO and partners have hosted the Quality of Care Network [QCN], a multi-country implementation network focused on improving maternal, neonatal, and ch…

  • Individual interactions in a multi-country implementation-focused quality of care network for maternal, newborn and child health

    Open AccessFidele Kanyimbu Mukinda, Nehla Djellouli et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (QCN) was established to build a cross-country platform for joint-learning around quality improvement implementation approaches to reduce mortality. This paper describes and explores the structure of the QCN in four countries and at global level. Using Social Network Analysis (SNA), this cross-sectional study maps the QCN networks at global level and in four countrie…

  • Opportunities to sustain a multi-country quality of care network

    Open AccessSeblewengel Lemma, Callie Daniels-Howell et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The Quality of Care Network (QCN) is a global initiative that was established in 2017 under the leadership of WHO in 11 low-and- middle income countries to improve maternal, newborn, and child health. The vision was that the Quality of Care Network would be embedded within member countries and continued beyond the initial implementation period: that the Network would be sustained. This paper investigated the experience of actions taken to sustain…