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M. Kawonga

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h-index: 17
Works: 52
Citations: 755

Most-cited papers

Aligning vertical interventions to health systems: a case study of the HIV monitoring and evaluation system in South Africa
M. Kawonga, D. Blaauw, S. Fonn
2012Health Research Policy and Systems72 citations Open access
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Challenges in implementing a cervical screening program in South Africa.
J. Moodley, M. Kawonga, J. Bradley, Margaret Hoffman
2006Cancer Detection and Prevention72 citations
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Beliefs and perceptions regarding cervical cancer and screening associated with Pap smear uptake in Johannesburg: A cross-sectional study
Mantwa Chisale Mabotja, J. Levin, M. Kawonga
2021PLoS ONE61 citations Open access
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Achieving effective cervical screening coverage in South Africa through human resources and health systems development
M. Kawonga, S. Fonn
2008Reproductive Health Matters55 citations Open access
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Estimated SARS-CoV-2 infection rate and fatality risk in Gauteng Province, South Africa: a population-based seroepidemiological survey
P. Mutevedzi, M. Kawonga, G. Kwatra, A. Moultrie +11 more
2021International Journal of Epidemiology33 citations Open access
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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Big Data to Optimize COVID-19 Clinical Public Health and Vaccination Roll-Out Strategies in Africa
B. Mellado, Jian-Hong Wu, J. Kong, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi +10 more
2021International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health32 citations Open access
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Integrating medical abortion into safe abortion services: experience from three pilot sites in South Africa
M. Kawonga, K. Blanchard, D. Cooper, L. Cullingworth +4 more
2008Journal of family planning and reproductive health care29 citations Open access
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‘Our culture prohibits some things’: qualitative inquiry into how sociocultural context influences the scale-up of community-based injectable contraceptives in Nigeria
O. Akinyemi, Bronwyn Harris, M. Kawonga
2019BMJ Open24 citations Open access
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The influence of health system organizational structure and culture on integration of health services: the example of HIV service monitoring in South Africa.
M. Kawonga, D. Blaauw, S. Fonn
2016Health Policy and Planning23 citations
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Administrative integration of vertical HIV monitoring and evaluation into health systems: a case study from South Africa
M. Kawonga, S. Fonn, D. Blaauw
2013Global Health Action22 citations Open access
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Process evaluation of implementation fidelity of the integrated chronic disease management model in two districts, South Africa
L. Lebina, O. Alaba, A. Ringane, Khuthadzo Hlongwane +3 more
2019BMC Health Services Research20 citations Open access
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“When you get the HPV vaccine, it will prevent cervical cancer; it will act as a shield”: adolescent girls’ knowledge and perceptions regarding the human papillomavirus vaccine in Zambia
M. Lubeya, Carla J. Chibwesha, Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, M. Mukosha +2 more
2023Frontiers in Health Services19 citations Open access
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The cost and cost implications of implementing the integrated chronic disease management model in South Africa
L. Lebina, M. Kawonga, T. Oni, Hae-Young Kim +1 more
2020PLoS ONE19 citations Open access
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Innovation diffusion: how homogenous networks influence the uptake of community-based injectable contraceptives
O. Akinyemi, Bronwyn Harris, M. Kawonga
2019BMC Public Health19 citations Open access
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Exploring the use of social network analysis to measure communication between disease programme and district managers at sub-national level in South Africa.
M. Kawonga, D. Blaauw, S. Fonn
2015Social Science & Medicine (1967)19 citations
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Correlates of Parental Consent to Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake by Their Adolescent Daughters in ZAMBIA: Application of the Health Belief Model
M. Lubeya, C. Chibwesha, Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, M. Mukosha +2 more
2023Vaccines18 citations Open access
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A mixed methods approach to exploring the moderating factors of implementation fidelity of the integrated chronic disease management model in South Africa
L. Lebina, T. Oni, O. Alaba, M. Kawonga
2020BMC Health Services Research18 citations Open access
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Factors influencing the implementation of TB screening among PLHIV in selected HIV clinics in Ghana: a qualitative study
S. Narh-Bana, M. Kawonga, S. Odopey, F. Bonsu +2 more
2022BMC Health Services Research16 citations Open access
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Implementation strategies to increase human papillomavirus vaccination uptake for adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol
M. Lubeya, Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, C. Chibwesha, M. Mukosha +2 more
2022medRxiv15 citations Open access
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Implementation Strategies Used to Increase Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Uptake by Adolescent Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review
M. Lubeya, Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, C. Chibwesha, M. Mukosha +2 more
2023Vaccines12 citations Open access
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Providing HIV Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Services to Migrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa: Insights of Healthcare Providers
Melanie A Bisnauth, Ashraf Coovadia, M. Kawonga, J. Vearey
2022Health Services Insights12 citations Open access
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Development of an Early Alert System for an Additional Wave of COVID-19 Cases Using a Recurrent Neural Network with Long Short-Term Memory
Finn Stevenson, Kentaro Hayasi, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, J. Kong +12 more
2021International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health12 citations Open access
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Health system readiness for innovation scale-up: the experience of community-based distribution of injectable contraceptives in Nigeria
O. Akinyemi, Bronwyn Harris, M. Kawonga
2019BMC Health Services Research12 citations Open access
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Addressing the migrant gap: maternal healthcare perspectives on utilising prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa
Melanie A Bisnauth, Ashraf Coovadia, M. Kawonga, J. Vearey
2022Global Health Action11 citations Open access
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Predictors of time to sputum culture conversion in multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in patients at Tshepong-Klerksdorp Hospital
R. Ncha, E. Variava, K. Otwombe, M. Kawonga +1 more
2019Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases11 citations Open access
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Determinants of the Implementation of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Zambia: Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
M. Lubeya, Carla J. Chibwesha, Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, M. Mukosha +2 more
2023Vaccines9 citations Open access
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Health system response to preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV policy changes in Zambia: a health system dynamics analysis of primary health care facilities
Jonathan Mwanza, M. Kawonga, A. Kumwenda, G. Gray +2 more
2022Global Health Action9 citations Open access
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Fidelity of implementation of TB screening guidelines by health providers at selected HIV clinics in Ghana
S. Narh-Bana, M. Kawonga, E. Chirwa, L. Ibisomi +2 more
2021PLoS ONE9 citations Open access
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Decentralisation of health systems
M. Kawonga, D. Maceira, T. Ravindran, H. de Pinho
20059 citations
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Selecting and Tailoring Implementation Strategies to Improve Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake in Zambia: A Nominal Group Technique Approach
M. Lubeya, Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, Carla J. Chibwesha, M. Mukosha +1 more
2024Vaccines7 citations Open access
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Big data- and artificial intelligence-based hot-spot analysis of COVID-19: Gauteng, South Africa, as a case study
Benjamin Lieberman, J. Kong, R. Gusinow, A. Asgary +13 more
2023BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making7 citations Open access
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Process evaluation of fidelity and costs of implementing the Integrated Chronic Disease Management model in South Africa: mixed methods study protocol
L. Lebina, O. Alaba, M. Kawonga, T. Oni
2019BMJ Open7 citations Open access
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A randomized control trial comparing vaginal and laparoscopically-assisted vaginal hysterectomy in the absence of uterine prolapse in a South African tertiary institution.
Andreas K. Chrysostomou, D. Djokovic, E. Libhaber, W. Edridge +2 more
2021European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology6 citations
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Laboratory services in the context of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV testing requirements in Copperbelt Province, Zambia: a qualitative inquiry
Jonathan Mwanza, T. Doherty, M. Lubeya, G. Gray +2 more
2023BMC Health Services Research5 citations Open access
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Using social network analysis to examine inter-governmental relations in the implementation of the Ideal Clinic Realisation and Maintenance programme in two South African provinces
I. S. Muthathi, M. Kawonga, L. Rispel
2021PLoS ONE5 citations Open access
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Mapping local evidence on early recognition and management of people with potential cancer symptoms: a narrative review
J. Moodley, Sarah Day, Tasleem Ras, J. Ataguba +9 more
2024South African Health Review4 citations Open access
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Assessing cervical precancer treatment rate among people utilising the Johannesburg public sector through record linkage of laboratory data
Amilcar M Juggernath, M. Kawonga, C. Kabudula, P. Michelow +1 more
2023Population Medicine4 citations Open access
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Organisational culture and the integrated chronic diseases management model implementation fidelity in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
L. Lebina, M. Kawonga, O. Alaba, N. Khamisa +2 more
2020BMJ Open4 citations Open access
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Measuring administrative integration of disease control programmes within health systems: a case study of HIV monitoring and evaluation in South Africa
M. Kawonga, S. Fonn, D. Blaauw
2014BMC Health Services Research4 citations Open access
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Leveraging implementation science for secondary prevention of cervical cancer in South Africa
M. Kawonga
2024South African Health Review3 citations Open access
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Evolution of Prevention of Mother to Child transmission of HIV Policy in Zambia: Application of the Policy Triangle to Understand the Roles of Actors, Process and Power
Jonathan Mwanza, M. Kawonga, G. Gray, T. Doherty +1 more
2021Global Public Health3 citations Open access
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Editorial: Pandemic-driven telehealth uptake: the missing healthcare provider, system and patient voices
J. Michel, M. Kawonga, H. Rubin
2023Frontiers Digit. Health2 citations Open access
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Adherence of HIV clinics to guidelines for the delivery of TB screening among people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana
S. Narh-Bana, T. Chirwa, E. Chirwa, F. Bonsu +2 more
2021BMC Health Services Research2 citations Open access
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BUILDING NEW KNOWLEDGE
L. Rispel, S. Fonn, J. Gear, W. Pick +72 more
2013Global Health Action2 citations Open access
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Pain as a mutual experience for patients, nurses and families: a perspective from Lilongwe, Malawi.
G. Essoka, D. Magai, E. Mbweza, M. Mtenje +6 more
2000Journal of cultural diversity2 citations
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Applying Social Network Analysis to Explore the Extent of Communication Interactions Between HIV Program and General Health Service Managers in South Africa
M. Kawonga
20171 citations
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Health on the move: understanding ethical and structural challenges in HIV prevention for migrant and mobile women in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic
Melanie A Bisnauth, Ashraf Coovadia, M. Kawonga, Jo Vearey
2026Frontiers in Human Dynamics0 citations Open access
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Big Data- and Artificial Intelligence-Based Hot-Spot Analysis of COVID-19: Gauteng, South Africa, as a case study
Benjamin Lieberman, R. Gusinow, A. Asgary, N. Bragazzi +13 more
2021Social Science Research Network0 citations Open access
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Organizational Culture and the Integrated Chronic Diseases Management Model Implementation Fidelity in South Africa
L. Lebina, M. Kawonga, O. Alaba, N. Khamisa +2 more
20190 citations Open access
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“Our culture prohibits some things”: Qualitative inquiry into 1 how sociocultural context influences the scale up of community- 2 based injectable contraceptives in Nigeria 3
O. Akinyemi, M. Kawonga
20190 citations
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