Publications

Dibba Y, Kachimanga C, Gassimu J, Kulinkina A.V, Bukhman G, Gilbert H.N, Adler A.J, Mukherjee J.S. Non-communicable disease care in Sierra Leone: a mixed-methods study of the drivers and barriers to retention in care for hypertension. BMJ Open. 2024;14(2):e077326. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077326

Kachimanga C, Mulwafu M, Ndambo M.K, Harare J, Murkherjee J, Kulinkina A.V, Mbae S, Ndarama E, van den Akker T, Abejirinde I.O. Experiences of community health workers on adopting mHealth in rural Malawi: a qualitative study. Digit Health. 2024;10:20552076241253994. DOI: 10.1177/20552076241253994

Kachimanga C, Zaniku H.R, Divala T.H, Ket J.C.F, Mukherjee J.S, Palazuelos D, Kulinkina A.V, Abejirinde I.O, Akker T.V.D. Evaluating the adoption of mhealth technologies by community health workers to improve the use of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2024;12:e55819. DOI: 10.2196/55819

Lotto T, Renggli S, Kaale E, Masanja H, Ternon B, Décosterd L.A, D'Acremont V, Genton B, Kulinkina A.V. Prevalence and predictors of residual antibiotics in children's blood in community settings in Tanzania. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024;30(8):1042-1048. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.05.004

Tan R, Kavishe G, Luwanda L.B, Kulinkina A.V, Renggli S, Mangu C, Ashery G, Jorram M, Mtebene I.E, Agrea P, Mhagama H, Vonlanthen A, Faivre V, Thabard J, Levine G, Le Pogam M.A, Keitel K, Taffé P, Ntinginya N, Masanja H, D'Acremont V. A digital health algorithm to guide antibiotic prescription in pediatric outpatient care: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Nat Med. 2024;30:76-84. DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02633-9

Farnham A, Loss G, Lyatuu I, Cossa H, Kulinkina A.V, Winkler M.S. A roadmap for using DHIS2 data to track progress in key health indicators in the Global South: experience from sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:1030. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15979-z

Kachimanga C, Divala T.H, Ket J.C.F, Kulinkina A.V, Zaniku H.R, Murkherjee J, Palazuelos D, Abejirinde I.O, Akker T.V.D. Adoption of mHealth technologies by community health workers to improve the use of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a mixed method systematic review. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023;12:e44066. DOI: 10.2196/44066

Kulinkina A.V, Farnham A, Biritwum N.K, Utzinger J, Walz Y. How do disease control measures impact spatial predictions of schistosomiasis and hookworm? The example of predicting school-based prevalence before and after preventive chemotherapy in Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(6):e0011424. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011424

Tan R, Cobuccio L, Beynon F, Levine G.A, Vaezipour N, Luwanda L.B, Mangu C, Vonlanthen A, De Santis O, Salim N, Manji K, Naburi H, Chirande L, Matata L, Bulongeleje M, Moshiro R, Miheso A, Arimi P, Ndiaye O, Faye M, Thiongane A, Awasthi S, Sharma K, Kumar G, Van De Maat J, Kulinkina A, Rwandarwacu V, Dusengumuremyi T, Nkuranga J.B, Rusingiza E, Tuyisenge L, Hartley M.A, Faivre V, Thabard J, Keitel K, D'Acremont V. ePOCT+ and the medAL-suite: development of an electronic clinical decision support algorithm and digital platform for pediatric outpatients in low- and middle-income countries. PLOS Digit Health. 2023;2:e0000170. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000170

Trapence C.P, Kanyenda C, Muyila F, Ndarama E.P, Suffrin D, Connolly E, Kachimanga C, Kulinkina A.V. Impact of a teen club model on HIV outcomes among adolescents in rural Neno district, Malawi: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2023;13(8):e069870. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069870

Trottet C, Vogels T, Keitel K, Kulinkina A.V, Tan R, Cobuccio L, Jaggi M, Hartley M.A. Modular Clinical Decision Support Networks (MoDN)-Updatable, interpretable, and portable predictions for evolving clinical environments. PLOS Digit Health. 2023;2(7):e0000108. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000108

Schultes O.L, Sikder M, Agyapong E.A, Sodipo M.O, Naumova E.N, Kosinski K.C, Kulinkina A.V. Longitudinal borehole functionality in 15 rural Ghanaian towns from three groundwater quality clusters. BMC Res Notes. 2022;15:114. DOI: 10.1186/s13104-022-05998-1

Simpson R.B, Kulinkina A.V, Naumova E.N. Investigating seasonal patterns in enteric infections: a systematic review of time series methods. Epidemiol Infect. 2022;150:e50. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268822000243

Kachimanga C, Dibba Y, Patiño M, Gassimu J.S, Lavallie D, Sesay S, Lado M, Kulinkina A.V. Implementation of a non-communicable disease clinic in rural Sierra Leone: early experiences and lessons learned. J Public Health Policy. 2021;42(3):422-438. DOI: 10.1057/s41271-021-00304-y

Wroe E.B, Nhlema B, Dunbar E.L, Kulinkina A.V, Kachimanga C, Aron M, Dullie L, Makungwa H, Chabwera B, Phiri B, Nazimera L, Ndarama E.P.L, Michaelis A, McBain R, Brown C, Palazuelos D, Lilford R, Watson S.I. A household-based community health worker programme for non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV and maternal health: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial in Neno District, Malawi. BMJ Glob Health. 2021;6(9):e006535. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006535