Elias Phiri

ORCID: 0000-0002-8944-0322
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Research Areas
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • Biotechnology and Related Fields
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Forecasting Techniques and Applications
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Healthcare Quality and Management
  • Stock Market Forecasting Methods
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
2023-2024

Kamuzu Central Hospital
2023-2024

University of Health Science
2023-2024

University of Liverpool
2021-2023

Faculty of Public Health
2023

Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
2021-2023

Zhejiang University of Science and Technology
2022

Barts Health NHS Trust
2015-2020

University of Limpopo
2014

Abstract Cholera is endemic in many African countries with recurrent seasonal outbreaks parts of the region. Malawi has been experiencing since 1998, and it one major public health problems. The current cholera outbreak Malawi's worst past 10 years. Since beginning about 56,090 cumulative cases have reported 1712 deaths representing a case fatality rate 3.1%. This happening when country recovering from COVID‐19 epidemic, devastating effects tropical storms, also tackling polio outbreak....

10.1002/hsr2.1594 article EN cc-by Health Science Reports 2023-10-01

The use of digital vending machines (VMs) to delivery HIV self-testing (HIVST) could expand testing in priority populations. We surveyed primarily Black African (BA) participants and other minority ethnicities, identify acceptability, preferences, concerns using VMs for HIVST dispensing. A structured survey was developed with Caribbean, Latin American Minorities (BLAM) communities, distributed between September 2018 January 2019. Participants were recruited mobile tablet surveys by outreach...

10.1177/0956462419887042 article EN International Journal of STD & AIDS 2020-01-22

Routine HIV testing in areas of high prevalence has been shown to be both cost effective and avert downstream morbidity mortality from 'late' diagnosis (defined as CD4 cell count<350 cells/ml). In the London borough Waltham Forest 2010, late diagnoses were resulting with associated lengthy costly hospital admissions.A retrospective analysis all new was undertaken within a two-phased quality improvement project 2010-13. Newly diagnosed patients 2010 characterized, including immunological...

10.12968/hmed.2015.76.10.592 article EN British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2015-10-02

In Sub Saharan Africa, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) co-infections are common, patients often find out about their HIV positive status during consultation for pulmonary tuberculosis. Reports from the TB hospital unit in Swaziland indicate that many deaths related to low uptake of antiretroviral therapy among co-infected with TB, anecdotal evidence suggests reluctance refusal by some TB/HIV initiate (ART) before completing treatment, this phenomenon is not well...

10.5897/jahr2013.0284 article EN Journal of AIDS and HIV Research 2014-02-28

<title>Abstract</title> Policy and decision-makers are increasingly interacting with complex science as the momentum for evidence-informed decision-making grows. Unfortunately, often, have not been equipped optimally this interaction, so may understand, communicate, or use data information appropriately, at all. This leads to missed opportunities improve health society outcomes, in worst case scenarios, lead risky decisions, if results misinterpreted miscommunicated. In study, we explored...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-5344539/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2024-11-06

"Every malaria fever should be treated quickly. That’s where I would put my money. Maybe we will get on top of transmission, maybe mosquitoes but in the meantime, let us stop children from dying".

10.4314/mmj.v30i2.16 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Malawi Medical Journal 2018-06-30

Purpose: By empirically examining Zambia’s CPI between 2010 and 2020, the study attempts to determine structural change in time series. The is one of most important variables for analyzing inflation macroeconomics, therefore any dynamic must be determined. In this paper points dates are highlighted statistical analysis methods have been employed explore discover underlying patterns trends past 10 years.&#x0D; Methodology/approach: Secondary Data from Zambia Statistics Agency...

10.47941/ijecop.914 article EN International Journal of Economic Policy 2022-07-08
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