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Nqobile Mmema

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Articles 5
Citations 26
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Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Health Services
Top 10 Co-Authors
Velibanti Dlamini
Bernhard Kerschberger
Alison Wringe
Iza Ciglenecki
Debrah Vambe
Esther Mukooza
Bernadette Schausberger
Aung Aung
Lenhle Dube
Pia Juul Bjertrup
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Glob Public Health
AIDS Care
BMC Public Health
BMC Infect Dis
BMC Health Serv Res
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Recent Articles
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Understanding the role of video direct observed therapy for patients on an oral short-course regimen for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: findings from a qualitative study in Eswatini
Mukooza E, Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Aung A, Kerschberger B, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2024 Aug; 24(1):829. PMID: 39148081
Background: Improving treatment success rates among multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients is critical to reducing its incidence and mortality, but adherence poses an important challenge. Video-based direct observed therapy (vDOT)...
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"It is still very little; I cannot pass it on": a qualitative study of experiences of diagnosis and treatment of acute HIV infection in Eswatini
Mukooza E, Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Aung A, Kerschberger B, et al.
AIDS Care . 2023 Aug; 36(3):308-313. PMID: 37552882
Acute and early HIV infection (AEHI) is rarely diagnosed in sub-Saharan Africa, despite its potential contribution to incidence reduction. This qualitative study in Eswatini explored the experiences of health workers,...
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"We have to learn to cooperate with each other": a qualitative study to explore integration of traditional healers into the provision of HIV self-testing and tuberculosis screening in Eswatini
Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Dube L, Aung A, Kerschberger B, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res . 2021 Dec; 21(1):1314. PMID: 34872563
Background: Traditional healing plays an important role in healthcare in Eswatini, and innovative collaborations with traditional healers may enable hard-to-reach men to access HIV and tuberculosis diagnostic services. This study...
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PrEP reminds me that I am the one to take responsibility of my life: a qualitative study exploring experiences of and attitudes towards pre-exposure prophylaxis use by women in Eswatini
Bjertrup P, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Ciglenecki I, Mpala Q, Matse S, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2021 Apr; 21(1):727. PMID: 33853575
Background: Pre-exposure-prophylaxis (PrEP) has been heralded for its potential to put women in control of preventing HIV infection, but uptake and continuation rates have been disappointing in high-incidence settings in...
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'She is like my mother': Community-based care of drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural Eswatini
Burtscher D, Bjertrup P, Vambe D, Dlamini V, Mmema N, Ngwenya S, et al.
Glob Public Health . 2020 Aug; 16(6):911-923. PMID: 32816634
Patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have received community-based care in Eswatini since 2009. Trained and compensated community treatment supporters (CTSs) provide directly observed therapy (DOT), injectables and psychological support. We...