Nathan Kapata

Dados Biográficos

ID7013377
NOMENathan Kapata
PRENOMESNathan
SOBRENOMEKapata
ASSINATURAKAPATA N
AFILIAÇÕESMinistry of Health
ORCID0000-0002-3877-8809
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2010
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Evaluating the impact of Covid-19 on routine childhood immunizations coverage in Zambia

    Open AccessKelvin Mwangilwa, Charles Chileshe et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    There are growing concerns about the comeback of vaccine-preventable diseases. Epidemics exert shocks which affect other health performance indicators such as routine immunizations. Early model forecasts indicate decreased use of immunization services, which puts children at greater risk. Concerns about an increase in morbidity and mortality for illnesses other than COVID-19, particularly in children missing routine vaccinations, are of public he…

  • An assessment of excess mortality during the Covid-19 pandemic, a retrospective post-mortem surveillance in 12 districts – Zambia, 2020–2022

    Open AccessStephen Longa Chanda, Jonas Z Hines et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    There was excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia, with more deaths occurring within the community during wave periods. This analysis suggests more COVID-19 deaths likely occurred in Zambia than suggested by officially reported numbers. Mortality surveillance can provide important information to monitor population health and inform public health programming during pandemics

  • Changes in mobility patterns during the Covid-19 pandemic in Zambia

    Open AccessStacie Loisate, Simon Mutembo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many facets of human behavior, including human mobility partially driven by the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as stay at home orders, travel restrictions, and workplace and school closures. Given the importance of human mobility in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, there have been an increase in analyses of mobility data to understand the COVID-19 pandemic to date. However, despite…

  • Covid-19—Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease

    Open AccessNajmul Haider, Peregrine Rothman-Ostrow et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    The World Health Organization defines a zoonosis as any infection naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. The pandemic of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been classified as a zoonotic disease, however, no animal reservoir has yet been found, so this classification is premature. We propose that COVID-19 should instead be classified an “ emerging infectious disease (EID) of probable animal origin .” To exp…

  • Lockdown measures in response to Covid-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

    Open AccessNajmul Haider, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-19. However, the term ‘lockdown’ is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO’s reference to ‘so-called lockdown measures’ indicates the absence of a clear and universally accepted definition of the term ‘lockdown’. We propose a definition of ‘lockdown’ based on a two-by-two matrix that categorises different communicable disease measures based on whether they are compulsory…

  • Feasibility of district wide screening of health care workers for tuberculosis in Zambia

    Open AccessSuzanne Verver, Nathan Kapata et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    It is feasible to conduct and implement screening programs for TB among HCWs in hospitals and clinics, and the notified incidence and yield is high. Advocacy is needed to educate managers and HCWs on the importance of screening and the implementation of locally relevant screening algorithms. It is essential to ensure access to TB infection control, diagnostics, treatment and confidential registration for HCW

  • Tuberculosis among older adults in Zambia

    Open AccessJenna Coffman, Pascalina Chanda‐Kapata et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    High TB rates among older adults in TB endemic areas justify consideration of active TB case finding and prevention strategies

  • Tuberculosis patients’ pre-hospital delay and non-compliance with a longstanding DOT programme

    Open AccessAnne Lia Cremers, René Gerrets et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Mixed methods analysis demonstrated the importance of in-depth information ascertained by qualitative approaches to understand how cultural, socio-economic and organisational factors are influencing patients' pre-hospital delay and treatment compliance. To strengthen the Zambian NTP, combating stigma is of utmost priority coupled with programmes addressing poverty. Organisational barriers and co-operation between (private) clinics and traditional…

  • The prevalence and socio-economic determinants of HIV among teenagers aged 15–18 years who were participating in a mobile testing population based survey in 2013–2014 in Zambia

    Open AccessPascalina Chanda‐Kapata, Pascalina Chanda-Kapata et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    HIV prevalence among teenagers was lower than the overall national level prevalence. The patterns of HIV risk among the young population will require further monitoring in order to identify appropriate tools for intervention

  • Management of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in an urban setting in Zambia

    Open AccessChanda Mulenga, David Mwakazanga et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2010

    There is a need to emphasise the importance of submitting follow-up sputum during patient education and counselling in order to enhance patient adherence and ultimately treatment outcome