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Dr Malebogo Tlhajoane

Assistant Professor

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

Individual and population-level risk factors for new HIV infections among adults in Eastern and Southern Africa.
SLAYMAKER, E; Calvert, C; MARSTON, M; RISHER, K; Imai-Eaton, JW; Moorhouse, L; PRICE, A; Abdul, R; Dube, A; Nabukalu, D; Obor, D; McLean, E; TLHAJOANE, M; Tomlin, K; Urassa, M; BAISLEY, K; CRAMPIN, A; Geubbels, E; Gregson, S; Herbst, K; Kwaro, D; Lutalo, T; Newton, R; TODD, J; ALPHA Network,;
2026
Nature communications
Enhanced patient counselling and SMS reminder messages to improve access to community-based eye care services in Meru, Kenya: an embedded, pragmatic, individual-level, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial.
ALLEN, LN; Kim, MJ; Gichangi, M; MACLEOD, D; CARPENTER, J; TLHAJOANE, M; Karanja, S; Bolster, N; Bunywera, C; Rono, H; Merletti, F; Tadesse, D; Odero, K; Munyendo, D; Njeru, A; Murira, S; Omoga, T; Mutunga, A; BURTON, M; BASTAWROUS, A;
2026
The Lancet. Global health
Measuring adult mortality from mobile phone surveys in Burkina Faso, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Dianou, K; Masquelier, B; Luhar, S; Lankoandé, B; Menashe-Oren, A; Soura, A; Bassinga, H; TLHAJOANE, M; Dulani, B; Akilimali, PZ; RENIERS, G;
2025
BMJ global health
Rapid sequential mixed-method study to identify barriers and explore solutions for improving equitable access to community-based eye care services in Uttar Pradesh, India.
SABHERWAL, S; ALLEN, L; Javed, M; Mazumdar, A; THAKER, N; TLHAJOANE, M; Rathore, D; Singh, A; Sood, I; BASTAWROUS, A;
2025
BMJ open
2022-'23 Malawi rapid mortality mobile phone survey (RaMMPS) dataset.
AMADI, D; ROMERO-PRIETO, J; Muthema, F; Saikolo, J; Chasukwa, M; Banda, J; Jamali, M; Souza, E; BHATTACHARJEE, T; TLHAJOANE, M; Helleringer, S; RENIERS, G; Dulani, B;
2025
Data in brief
Interactive voice response surveys as a method for increasing the representativeness of rural respondents in a mortality mobile phone survey: Findings from Malawi.
TLHAJOANE, M; Muthema, F; Chasukwa, M; McCain, K; Luhar, S; PRIETO, JR; Saikolo, J; Manhica, C; WALTERS, S; Dulani, B; RENIERS, G;
2025
Tropical Medicine & International Health
The use of mobile phone surveys for rapid mortality monitoring: A national study in Burkina Faso
Kassoum, D; Soura, AB; Lankoandé, B; Bassinga, H; Luhar, S; Menashe-Oren, A; McCain, K; TLHAJOANE, M; RENIERS, G; Masquelier, B;
2025
Demographic research
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
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