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Manala Makua

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Articles 6
Citations 59
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Infectious Diseases
General Medicine
Public Health
Top 10 Co-Authors
Yogan Pillay
Ameena Goga
Terusha Chetty
Carol Marshall
Shuaib Kauchali
Willem Odendaal
Mark Tomlinson
Xanthe Hunt
Ute Feucht
Yages Singh
Published In
South Afr J HIV Med
Emerg Infect Dis
J Int AIDS Soc
BMC Health Serv Res
Glob Health Sci Pract
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Recent Articles
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Good practices to optimise the performance of maternal and neonatal quality improvement teams: Results from a longitudinal qualitative evaluation in South Africa, before, and during COVID-19
Odendaal W, Tomlinson M, Goga A, Singh Y, Kauchali S, Marshall C, et al.
PLoS One . 2024 Nov; 19(11):e0314024. PMID: 39561133
Many maternal and neonatal deaths can be avoided if quality healthcare is provided. To this end, the South African National Department of Health implemented a quality improvement (QI) programme (2018-2022)...
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From purists to pragmatists: a qualitative evaluation of how implementation processes and contexts shaped the uptake and methodological adaptations of a maternal and neonatal quality improvement programme in South Africa prior to, and during COVID-19
Odendaal W, Chetty T, Goga A, Tomlinson M, Singh Y, Marshall C, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res . 2023 Jul; 23(1):819. PMID: 37525226
Background: Despite progress, maternal and neonatal mortality and still births remain high in South Africa. The South African National Department of Health implemented a quality improvement (QI) programme, called Mphatlalatsane,...
3.
Outbreak of NDM-1- and OXA-181-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Unit, South Africa
Magobo R, Ismail H, Lowe M, Strasheim W, Mogokotleng R, Perovic O, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2023 Jul; 29(8):1531-1539. PMID: 37486166
After an increase in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) bloodstream infections and associated deaths in the neonatal unit of a South Africa hospital, we conducted an outbreak investigation during October 2019-February...
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Early Reflections on Mphatlalatsane, a Maternal and Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiative Implemented During COVID-19 in South Africa
Odendaal W, Goga A, Chetty T, Schneider H, Pillay Y, Marshall C, et al.
Glob Health Sci Pract . 2022 Oct; 10(5). PMID: 36316142
Despite global progress in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and stillbirths, much work remains to be done to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Reports indicate that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) disrupts...
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Responding to the ECHO trial results: modelling the potential impact of changing contraceptive method mix on HIV and reproductive health in South Africa
Smith J, Beacroft L, Abdullah F, Buthelezi B, Makua M, Morroni C, et al.
J Int AIDS Soc . 2020 Oct; 23(10):e25620. PMID: 33030312
Introduction: Some observational data suggest that the progestogen injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) may increase a woman's risk of HIV acquisition but a randomized clinical trial did not find...
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The updated South African National Guideline for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of Communicable Infections (2019)
Wessels J, Sherman G, Bamford L, Makua M, Ntloana M, Nuttall J, et al.
South Afr J HIV Med . 2020 Aug; 21(1):1079. PMID: 32832113
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