Vester Gunsaru

Biographic Data

ID9075650
NAMEVester Gunsaru
GIVEN NAMESVester
FAMILY NAMEGunsaru
SIGNATUREGUNSARU V
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Liverpool
ORCID0000-0002-5262-0020
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • The prevalence of gestational syphilis in Malawi between 2014 and 2022

    Open AccessJames Chirombo, Annielisa Majamanda et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background: Mother-to-child transmission of syphilis remains high especially in the WHO AFRO region with a prevalence of 1.62%, resulting in a congenital syphilis rate of 1,119 per 100,000 live births. Elimination efforts can be supported by an understanding of the spatial and temporal changes in disease over time, which can identify priority areas for targeted interventions aimed at reducing transmission. Methods: We collated routine surveillanc…

  • Screening for post-TB lung disease at TB treatment completion

    Open AccessJamilah Meghji, Vester Gunsaru et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Pulmonary TB survivors face a high burden of post-TB lung disease (PTLD) after TB treatment completion. In this secondary data analysis we investigate the performance of parameters measured at TB treatment completion in predicting morbidity over the subsequent year, to inform programmatic approaches to PTLD screening in low-resource settings. Cohort data from urban Blantyre, Malawi were used to construct regression models for five morbidity outco…