Publications by authors named "E Mhango"

Lipophilic drugs require more advance formulation, especially if the intention is to make solutions or semisolid formulations. This also accounts for most antimalarial drugs. Although some of these antimalarial drugs are soluble in lipid vehicles, few of them, such as lumefantrine (LF), are also poorly soluble in oily vehicles.

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We conducted a cluster randomized trial of two models for integrating HPV self-collection into family-planning (FP) services at 16 health facilities in Malawi between March 2020-December 2021. Model 1 involved providing only clinic-based HPV self-collection, whereas Model 2 included both clinic-based and community-based HPV self-collection. An endline household survey was performed in sampled villages and households between October-December 2021 in the catchment areas of the health facilities.

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Most of the individuals who die of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa are children. It is, therefore, important for this age group to have access to the right treatment and correct dose. Artemether-lumefantrine is one of the fixed dose combination therapies that was approved by the World Health Organization to treat malaria.

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Objective: To develop a sepsis care bundle for the initial management of maternal sepsis in low resource settings.

Design: Modified Delphi process.

Setting: Participants from 34 countries.

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Encapsulation of antibiotics into nanocarriers has the potential to overcome resistance and disadvantages associated with conventional dosage forms as well as increase half-life of an antibiotic. Encapsulation of meropenem (MRPN) into solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) remains unexplored among the limited work reported on nanoformulation incorporating MRPN. The study aimed to use an experimental design, to optimize MRPN-loaded SLNs, and to undertake in vitro and in silico evaluations.

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