Fingani Mphande-Nyasulu

Biographic Data

ID9070887
NAMEFingani Mphande-Nyasulu
GIVEN NAMESFingani
FAMILY NAMEMphande-Nyasulu
SIGNATUREMPHANDE-NYASULU F
AFFILIATIONSKing Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Task shifting of point-of-care testing to lay health workers in rural primary health facilities in Nsanje, Malawi

    Open AccessZibusiso Ndlovu, Rosie Burton et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026

    Background Point-of-care testing (POCT) can reduce diagnostic gaps, but because it frequently falls to overstretched frontline healthcare workers (HCW), its real-world effectiveness is diminished. Despite World Health Organization recommendations for task sharing (TS) with lay health workers (LHW), it remains underutilized.Objective To explore whether task-shifted POCT by LHWs can improve uptake compared to standard HCW-led care.Methods A retrosp…

  • Task sharing for point-of-care testing

    Open AccessZibusiso Ndlovu, Mariamo Ibraimo Assane et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    World Health Organization recommends task sharing (TS) for point-of-care testing (POCT) with lay health workers (LHW) to improve access when professional capacity is limited. Despite many benefits of POCT, TS remains underutilized. This study examined uptake of TS for POCT in national policies and the implementation landscape in 19 African countries from November 2024 to March 2025. A mixed-methods approach included an online cross-sectional surv…