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Dr Malebogo Tlhajoane

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I have a BSc in Biology from Union College, Schenectady (NY), an MSc in the Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM, an MRes in Biomedical Research, and PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from Imperial College London.

Affiliations

Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Research

HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa, including health systems and HIV service delivery, population-based estimates of HIV incidence and associated risk factors, and the use of cross-sectional HIV incidence assays for surveillance. Mobile Phone Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa, COVID-19, mortality surveillance, mobile technologies for health, health equity, health services research.

At present my work is with the ALPHA Network, the RAMMPS Consortium, and the International Centre for Eye Health.
Research Area
Health systems
Policy analysis
Implementation science
Mobile technologies
Health services research
Randomised controlled trials
Disease and Health Conditions
HIV/AIDS
Sexually transmitted infections
Country
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Kenya
India
Nepal
Malawi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
United Kingdom
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
South Asia
World

Selected Publications

Access to community-based eye services in Meru, Kenya: a cross-sectional equity analysis.
ALLEN, LN; Karanja, S; Gichangi, M; Bunywera, C; Rono, H; MACLEOD, D; Kim, MJ; TLHAJOANE, M; BURTON, MJ; RAMKE, J; Bolster, NM; BASTAWROUS, A;
2024
Int J Equity Health
Comparison of programmatic data from antenatal clinics with population-based HIV prevalence estimates in the era of universal test and treat in western Kenya.
Ambia, J; Romero-Prieto, JE; Kwaro, D; RISHER, K; Khagayi, S; CALVERT, C; Obor, D; TLHAJOANE, M; Odongo, F; MARSTON, M; SLAYMAKER, E; Rice, B; Kabudula, CW; Eaton, JW; RENIERS, G;
2023
PloS one
Protocol for piloting a phone-based web survey to elicit barriers to accessing triage camps within community-based, Peek-powered eye screening programmes
Allen, L; Mishra, S; TLHAJOANE, M; Ratshaa, B; MACLEOD, D; Chroston, H; Nkomazana, O; Bastawrous, A;
2023
medRxiv
Increased Age Heaping in Mobile Phone Surveys Conducted in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries
Helleringer, S; Lau, SW; Luhar, S; Banda, J; Lankoande, B; TLHAJOANE, M; RENIERS, G;
2023
Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world
Collecting mortality data via mobile phone surveys: A non-inferiority randomized trial in Malawi.
Chasukwa, M; Choko, AT; Muthema, F; Nkhalamba, MM; Saikolo, J; TLHAJOANE, M; RENIERS, G; Dulani, B; Helleringer, S;
2022
PLOS Global Public Health
Collecting mortality data via mobile phone surveys: a non-inferiority randomized trial in Malawi
Chasukwa, M; Choko, A; Muthema, F; Nkahlamba, M; Saikolo, J; TLHAJOANE, M; RENIERS, G; Dulani, B; Helleringer, S;
2022
medRxiv
Age patterns of HIV incidence in eastern and southern Africa: a modelling analysis of observational population-based cohort studies.
RISHER, KA; Cori, A; RENIERS, G; MARSTON, M; CALVERT, C; CRAMPIN, A; Dadirai, T; Dube, A; Gregson, S; Herbst, K; Lutalo, T; Moorhouse, L; Mtenga, B; Nabukalu, D; NEWTON, R; PRICE, AJ; TLHAJOANE, M; TODD, J; TOMLIN, K; Urassa, M; Vandormael, A; Fraser, C; SLAYMAKER, E; Eaton, JW; ALPHA Network,;
2021
The lancet. HIV
The temporalities of policymaking: The case of HIV test-and-treat policy adoption in Zimbabwe.
Moran, M; Skovdal, M; Mpandaguta, E; Maswera, R; Kadzura, N; Dzamatira, F; Nyamukapa, C; Gregson, S; TLHAJOANE, M;
2019
Health & place
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