Dr Malebogo Tlhajoane

Assistant Professor

United Kingdom

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Malebogo

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

Protocol for an adaptive platform trial of intended service user-derived interventions to equitably reduce non-attendance in eye screening programmes in Botswana, India, Kenya and Nepal.

ALLEN, L; Kim, M; TLHAJOANE, M; MACLEOD, D; Nkomazana, O; Gichangi, M; Mishra, S; SABHERWAL, S; CARPENTER, JR; Karanja, S; Ho-Foster, A; Ratshaa, B; Bolster, N; RAMKE, J; BURTON, MJ; BASTAWROUS, A;

2025

BMJ open

Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study protocol.

ALLEN, LN; Karanja, S; Gichangi, M; Mishra, S; SABHERWAL, S; Motlhatlhedi, K; Nkomazana, O; MACLEOD, D; Kim, M; RAMKE, J; Ratshaa, B; TLHAJOANE, M; Ho-Foster, A; Tlhakanelo, J; Bolster, N; Roshan, A; Javed, M; BURTON, MJ; BASTAWROUS, A;

2025

BMJ open

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

A Protocol for the Comparison of Telephone and In-Person Interview Modalities: Duration, Richness, and Costs in the Context of Exploring Determinants of Equitable Access to Community Health Services in Meru, Kenya

ALLEN, LN; Karanja, S; TLHAJOANE, M; Tlhakanelo, J; MACLEOD, D; BASTAWROUS, A;

2024

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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;