Effie Chipeta

Dados Biográficos

ID6782839
NOMEEffie Chipeta
PRENOMESEffie
SOBRENOMEChipeta
ASSINATURACHIPETA E
AFILIAÇÕESKamuzu Central Hospital
ORCID0000-0002-7925-3443
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS20
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR20
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2009
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • (De)coding perinatal deaths

    Open AccessMaria Del Rosario Alsina, Aliki Christou et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026

    BACKGROUND: To reduce perinatal deaths, identification of their causes is paramount. 'The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period' (ICD-PM) was developed to improve the quality of perinatal death data. OBJECTIVES: To determine stillbirth and very early neonatal death rates across 16 hospitals in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda, examine causes of death and associated maternal conditions applying the ICD-PM, and assess h…

  • Factors affecting access to and utilisation of intravenous iron to treat anaemia in pregnancy in Zomba, Malawi

    Open AccessKhic-Houy Prang, Effie Chipeta et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    Background Anaemia in pregnancy significantly increases the risk of maternal and neonatal complications. Oral iron supplementation, the standard treatment, is often poorly tolerated and associated with low adherence. Intravenous iron presents a rapid alternative, and we examined the factors influencing access to and utilisation of intravenous iron in treating anaemia in pregnancy within Malawi’s primary healthcare system.Methods We conducted a qu…

  • Stakeholder perspectives on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in Malawi

    Open AccessGavin George, Adamson S Muula et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2026

    Social norms, institutional weaknesses, and gaps between policy commitments and implementation in Malawi continue to pose significant barriers to adolescents' realisation of their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Early marriage, gender-based violence, and limited access to contraception and comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) undermine adolescents' wellbeing and future opportunities. This qualitative study examines how actor …

  • Acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness of integrating HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening into voluntary family planning services in Malawi

    Open AccessPatani Mhango, Andrew Kumitawa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Despite being preventable, the cervical cancer burden remains high in Malawi and other low-income countries. The World Health Organization recommends cervical cancer screening (CCS) using human papillomavirus (HPV) testing. The coverage of HPV-based CCS is low but may increase with self-sampling of vaginal fluid. We assessed the acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness of two models for integrating HPV self-sampling for CCS into family plan…

  • Client perspectives and satisfaction with integrating facility and community-based HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening with family planning

    Open AccessAgatha Bula, Agatha K Bula et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Our findings highlight that women were satisfied with HPV self-sampling, valuing its convenience, privacy, and cost-effectiveness, which enhanced their willingness to undergo CCS. These findings suggest that integrating CCS self-sampling into FP services could potentially improve CCS uptake in Malawi

  • 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…

  • Examining concordance of sexual-related factors and PrEP eligibility with HIV risk perception among adolescent girls and young women

    Open AccessCraig J Heck, Domonique M Reed et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    AGYW's HIV risk perceptions were mostly influenced by factors beyond their locus of control. Conditional PrEP eligibility criteria may inhibit AGYW's access and uptake in some settings: countries should consider decoupling these factors to minimize barriers. Intersections between autonomy, behaviors, and perceptions among AGYW in gender-inequitable settings warrants further investigation

  • Midwifery care providers’ childbirth and immediate newborn care competencies

    Open AccessAnn‐Beth Moller, Joanne Welsh et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Evidence-based quality care is essential for reducing sub-Saharan Africa’s high burden of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. Provision of quality care results from interaction between several components of the health system including competent midwifery care providers and the working environment. We assessed midwifery care providers’ ability to provide quality intrapartum and newborn care and selected aspects of the working environment…

  • Social support and very young adolescent girl’s knowledge on sexual relationships

    Open AccessWanangwa Chimwaza Manda, Mphatso Kamndaya et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Early sexual relationships are associated with an increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDs, teenage pregnancies, and unsafe abortions among other negative health outcomes. Understanding sexual relationships among very young adolescents (VYAs) is important to equip them to protect themselves from negative sexual health (SH) outcomes. DREAMS ( D etermined, R esilient, E mpowered, A IDS-free, M entored, and S afe)…

  • Multi-country collaborative citizen science projects to co-design cardiovascular disease prevention strategies and advocacy

    Open AccessKufre Okop, Kufre J Okop et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The collaborative engagement, participatory learning, and co-designing activities enhanced active engagement between citizen scientists, researchers, and stakeholders. This, in turn, provided context-specific insights on CVD prevention in the different SSA settings

  • Are midwives ready to provide quality evidence-based care after pre-service training? Curricula assessment in four countries—Benin, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda

    Open AccessAnn‐Beth Moller, Joanne Welsh et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    This research sought to map midwifery pre-service training curricula as part of the Action Leveraging Evidence to Reduce perinatal morTality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa (ALERT) project conducted in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda. We conducted the review in two phases. In the first phase, online interviews were performed with the lead project midwives in all four study countries to get an overview of midwifery care providers’ pre-serv…

  • Why do young people engage in dating relationships during early adolescence? An inter-generational qualitative analysis from Blantyre, Malawi

    Annie D Smith, Effie Chipeta et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2022

    Engagement in dating relationships plays an important role in the health trajectories of young people, particularly during the early adolescent period between ages 10-14. Yet little is known about such relationships among youth in low resource contexts. This study sought to contribute to the literature on this topic by exploring reasons why school-going young people aged 12-14 years engage in dating relationships in Blantyre, Malawi. A thematic a…

  • How do adolescents navigate Covid-19 information, and why does it matter

    Open AccessA Ramaiya, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

  • Interventions to reduce preterm birth and stillbirth, and improve outcomes for babies born preterm in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessElizabeth Wastnedge, Donald Waters et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

  • Service Use and Resilience among Adolescents Living with HIV in Blantyre, Malawi

    Open AccessBlessings N Kaunda-Khangamwa, Innocent Maposa et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021Referências: 5

    Adolescent centred-approaches have the potential to enhance resilience promoting resources and outcomes. A multi-sectoral approach to service use and provision is critical to inform adolescent intervention programs and wellbeing

  • Measuring sexual behaviour in Malawi

    Open AccessNicola Desmond, Nico Nagelkerke et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Diaries may therefore have higher validity for sensitive behaviour reporting and thus be the preferred method in similar African contexts in measuring sexual behaviours

  • Pilot study of home-based delivery of HIV testing and counseling and contraceptive services to couples in Malawi

    Open AccessStan Becker, Frank Taulo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Home-based CHCT and CFP were very successful in this pilot study with high proportions of previously untested husbands and wives accepting CHCT and there were virtually no negative outcomes within one week. This study supports the need for further research and testing of home- and couple-based approaches to expand access to HCT and contraceptive services to prevent the undesired consequences of sexually transmitted infection and unintended pregna…

  • Men's Perceptions of Delivery Care in Rural Malawi

    Pauliina Aarnio, Effie Chipeta et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2013

    In this cross-sectional survey with qualitative components (n = 389), we explored how husbands perceive delivery care in rural Malawi. Most husbands decide on maternal health care seeking, believe in antenatal care, and prefer institutional delivery. Men acknowledge that their unfaithfulness and violence can harm the pregnancy. Most husbands feel responsible for birth preparedness, but poor availability and unforeseeable transport costs hinder ca…

  • Experiences with fistula repair surgery among women and families in Malawi

    Open AccessMarissa Pine Yeakey, Effie Chipeta et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2010

    Fistula treatment through surgery is reported to be successful in 80-90% of cases. Success in fistula repair has been defined by medical professionals in terms of clinical outcomes; beyond these definitions, it is important to understand how women perceive a positive clinical outcome and how it affects her family and home environment. This research was conducted in the Mangochi District of Malawi to answer these questions through interviews with …

  • The lived experience of Malawian women with obstetric fistula

    Marissa Pine Yeakey, Effie Chipeta et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2009

    Data on women who experience obstetric fistula paints an often tragic picture. The majority of previous research has focused on facility-based data from women receiving surgical treatment. The goal of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of the lived experience of obstetric fistula in Malawi. Forty-five women living with fistula were interviewed in their homes to learn how the condition affected them and their families on a daily b…