G. Biemba

Most-cited papers

1. Population-based rates, timing, and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country prospective cohort study

   I. Ahmed, S. Ali, S. Amenga‐Etego, Shabina Ariff +63 more

   2018Lancet Global Health257 citations Open access

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2. Effect of iron chelation therapy on recovery from deep coma in children with cerebral malaria.

   V. Gordeuk, P. Thuma, G. Brittenham, C. McLaren +9 more

   1992New England Journal of Medicine202 citations Open access

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3. 'We are also dying like any other people, we are also people': perceptions of the impact of HIV/AIDS on health workers in two districts in Zambia.

   M. Dieleman, G. Biemba, Simon Mphuka, Karen Sichinga-Sichali +3 more

   2007Health Policy and Planning93 citations Open access

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4. Children of female sex workers and drug users: a review of vulnerability, resilience and family-centred models of care

   J. Beard, G. Biemba, Mohamad I. Brooks, J. Costello +4 more

   2010Journal of the International AIDS Society86 citations Open access

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5. Severe anaemia in Zambian children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

   G. Biemba, Dennis Dolmans, P. E. Thuma, G. Weiss +1 more

   2000Tropical medicine & international health79 citations Open access

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6. Effectiveness of 4% chlorhexidine umbilical cord care on neonatal mortality in Southern Province, Zambia (ZamCAT): a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

   K. Semrau, J. Herlihy, Caroline Grogan, K. Musokotwane +13 more

   2016Lancet Global Health71 citations Open access

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7. Markers of inflammation in children with severe malarial anaemia

   G. Biemba, V. R. Gordeuk, P. Thuma, G. Weiss

   2000Tropical medicine & international health64 citations

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8. Listening to the community: Using formative research to strengthen maternity waiting homes in Zambia

   N. Scott, T. Vian, Jeanette L. Kaiser, T. Ngoma +5 more

   2018PLoS ONE63 citations Open access

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9. Beliefs, Behaviors, and Perceptions of Community-Led Total Sanitation and Their Relation to Improved Sanitation in Rural Zambia.

   J. J. Lawrence, K. Yeboah-Antwi, G. Biemba, P. Ram +3 more

   2016American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene59 citations Open access

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10. A Mobile-Based Community Health Management Information System for Community Health Workers and Their Supervisors in 2 Districts of Zambia

    G. Biemba, Boniface Chiluba, K. Yeboah-Antwi, Vichaels Silavwe +4 more

    2017Global Health: Science and Practice Journal49 citations Open access

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11. Prolonged macrophage activation and persistent anaemia in children with complicated malaria

    G. Biemba, V. R. Gordeuk, P. E. Thuma, G. Mabeza +1 more

    1998Tropical medicine & international health46 citations Open access

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12. Impact of maternity waiting homes on facility delivery among remote households in Zambia: protocol for a quasiexperimental, mixed-methods study

    N. Scott, Jeanette L. Kaiser, T. Vian, Rachael Bonawitz +7 more

    2018BMJ Open43 citations Open access

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13. Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort study in 8 countries

    Fahad Aftab, I. Ahmed, Salahuddin Ahmed, S. Ali +58 more

    2021PLoS Medicine42 citations Open access

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14. Epidemiology of injuries, outcomes, and hospital resource utilisation at a tertiary teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

    P. Seidenberg, Kathryn Cerwensky, Rae Brown, E. Hammond +5 more

    201442 citations Open access

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15. How a woman's interpersonal relationships can delay care-seeking and access during the maternity period in rural Zambia: An intersection of the Social Ecological Model with the Three Delays Framework

    Jeanette L. Kaiser, Rachel M. Fong, D. Hamer, G. Biemba +3 more

    2019Social Science & Medicine (1967)41 citations Open access

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16. Facilitators and Barriers to Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and Retention in Care Among Adolescents Living with HIV/AIDS in Zambia: A Mixed Methods Study

    Aldina Mesic, Nafisa Halim, W. MacLeod, Catharine Haker +2 more

    2019Aids and Behavior36 citations

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17. Impact of a community-based package of interventions on child development in Zambia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

    P. Rockers, G. Fink, A. Zanolini, Bowen Banda +5 more

    2016BMJ Global Health35 citations Open access

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18. PEPFAR's support for orphans and vulnerable children: some beneficial effects, but too little data, and programs spread thin.

    M. Bryant, J. Beard, L. Sabin, Mohamad I. Brooks +5 more

    2012Health Affairs35 citations

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19. Population-based rates, risk factors and consequences of preterm births in South-Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country prospective cohort study

    Fahad Parvez Salahuddin Corneille Bashagaluke Said Moham Aftab Ahmed Ahmed Akonkwa Ali Bahl Banda Baqui Beg, Fahad Aftab, P. Ahmed, Salahuddin Ahmed +45 more

    2022Journal of Global Health28 citations Open access

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20. Out-of-pocket expenditure for home and facility-based delivery among rural women in Zambia: a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study

    Jeanette L. Kaiser, K. L. McGlasson, P. Rockers, Rachel M. Fong +6 more

    2019International Journal of Women's Health27 citations Open access

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21. Maternity waiting homes as part of a comprehensive approach to maternal and newborn care: a cross-sectional survey

    J. Lori, Joseph E. Perosky, Michelle L. Munro-Kramer, P. Veliz +7 more

    2019BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth26 citations Open access

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22. Predictors of severity of illness on presentation in children with cerebral malaria.

    G. Mabeza, V. Moyo, P. Thuma, G. Biemba +5 more

    1995Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology26 citations

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23. Priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic: going beyond vaccines

    Iestyn Williams, Beverley M. Essue, E. Nouvet, L. Sandman +7 more

    2021BMJ Global Health24 citations Open access

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24. Priority setting and equity in COVID-19 pandemic plans: a comparative analysis of 18 African countries

    L. Kapiriri, S. Kiwanuka, G. Biemba, Claudia Velez +9 more

    2021Health Policy and Planning23 citations Open access

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25. Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns: A descriptive analysis of subnational, population‐based birth cohorts for 238 203 live births in low‐ and middle‐income settings from 2000 to 2017

    E. Hazel, D. Erchick, Joanne Katz, Anne C. C. Lee +109 more

    2023BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology22 citations Open access

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26. Lessons from a Year of COVID-19 in Zambia: Reported Attendance and Mask Wearing at Large Gatherings in Rural Communities

    Allison Juntunen, Jeanette L. Kaiser, T. Ngoma, D. Hamer +4 more

    2022American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene22 citations Open access

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27. The impact of a multi-level maternal health programme on facility delivery and capacity for emergency obstetric care in Zambia

    E. Henry, D. Thea, D. Hamer, W. DeJong +4 more

    2017Global Public Health21 citations Open access

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28. Improving Sanitation and Hygiene through Community-Led Total Sanitation: The Zambian Experience.

    K. Yeboah-Antwi, W. MacLeod, G. Biemba, Patrick Sijenyi +4 more

    2019American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene20 citations Open access

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29. A Cluster Randomised Trial on the Impact of Integrating Early Infant HIV Diagnosis with the Expanded Programme on Immunization on Immunization and HIV Testing Rates in Rural Health Facilities in Southern Zambia

    Paul Wang, A. Mwango, S. Moberley, Benjamin J. Brockman +9 more

    2015PLoS ONE20 citations Open access

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30. Vulnerable newborn types: analysis of subnational, population‐based birth cohorts for 541 285 live births in 23 countries, 2000–2021

    D. Erchick, E. Hazel, J. Katz, A. C. Lee +185 more

    2023BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology19 citations Open access

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31. Impact of mobile health-enhanced supportive supervision and supply chain management on appropriate integrated community case management of malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia in children 2-59 months: A cluster randomised trial in Eastern Province, Zambia

    G. Biemba, Boniface Chiluba, K. Yeboah-Antwi, Vichaels Silavwe +4 more

    2020Journal of Global Health19 citations Open access

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32. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health care waste management among Zambian health care workers

    Colleen Leonard, C. Chunga, Justine M. Nkaama, K. Banda +5 more

    2022PLOS Global Public Health18 citations Open access

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33. Equity dimensions of the availability and quality of reproductive, maternal and neonatal health services in Zambia

    Lily D. Yan, Jonas Mwale, Samantha Straitz, G. Biemba +11 more

    2018Tropical medicine & international health18 citations Open access

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34. Willingness to Pay for a Maternity Waiting Home Stay in Zambia

    T. Vian, E. White, G. Biemba, Kaluba Mataka +1 more

    2016Journal of midwifery & women's health18 citations Open access

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35. A Qualitative Exploration of Community Ownership of a Maternity Waiting Home Model in Rural Zambia

    Constance P Fontanet, Rachel M. Fong, Jeanette L. Kaiser, Misheck Bwalya +4 more

    2020Global Health: Science and Practice Journal17 citations Open access

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36. Quality and utilization patterns of maternity waiting homes at referral facilities in rural Zambia: A mixed-methods multiple case analysis of intervention and standard of care sites

    Rachael Bonawitz, Kathleen L. McGlasson, Jeanette L. Kaiser, T. Ngoma +5 more

    2019PLoS ONE17 citations Open access

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37. The effects of maternity waiting homes on the health workforce and maternal health service delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative analysis

    Jeanette L. Kaiser, Rachel M. Fong, T. Ngoma, K. L. McGlasson +5 more

    2019Human Resources for Health17 citations Open access

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38. Clinical management of children with fever: a cross-sectional study of quality of care in rural Zambia

    Karsten Lunze, G. Biemba, J. J. Lawrence, W. MacLeod +8 more

    2017Bulletin of the World Health Organization17 citations Open access

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39. The scale, scope and impact of alternative care for OVC in developing countries

    G. Biemba, J. Beard, Bram Brooks, Megan M. Bresnahan +2 more

    201017 citations

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40. Governance of health research in four eastern and southern African countries

    Pamela A. Juma, Catherine M. Jones, Rhona M. Mijumbi-Deve, C. Wenham +5 more

    2021Health Research Policy and Systems16 citations Open access

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41. Nigeria research situation analysison orphans and other vulnerable children

    G. Biemba, E. Walker, J. Simon, J. Costello +2 more

    200913 citations

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42. Barriers and facilitators to facility-based delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative study of women’s perceptions after implementation of an improved maternity waiting homes intervention

    Rachel M. Fong, Jeanette L. Kaiser, T. Ngoma, T. Vian +11 more

    2022BMJ Open12 citations Open access

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43. Impact of beliefs on perception of newborn illness, caregiver behaviors, and care-seeking practices in Zambia’s Southern province

    Kasthuri Sivalogan, Bowen Banda, J. Wagner, G. Biemba +11 more

    2023PLoS ONE11 citations Open access

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44. Increasing facility delivery through maternity waiting homes for women living far from a health facility in rural Zambia: a quasi‐experimental study

    J. Lori, Michelle L. Munro-Kramer, Haiyin Liu, K. L. McGlasson +18 more

    2021BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology11 citations Open access

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45. Evaluating implementation effectiveness and sustainability of a maternity waiting homes intervention to improve access to safe delivery in rural Zambia: a mixed-methods protocol

    E. Henry, T. Ngoma, Jeanette L. Kaiser, Rachel M. Fong +5 more

    2020BMC Health Services Research11 citations Open access

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46. If we build it, will they come? Results of a quasi-experimental study assessing the impact of maternity waiting homes on facility-based childbirth and maternity care in Zambia

    N. Scott, Jeanette L. Kaiser, T. Ngoma, K. L. McGlasson +18 more

    2021BMJ Global Health10 citations Open access

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47. Towards an AIDS free generation: Is stigma still an issue in Zambia? Results from a legal environment assessment of the HIV/AIDS/TB program of the Churches Health Association of Zambia

    G. Biemba, Dhally M. Menda, Yoram Siame, K. Sichinga +1 more

    2019Journal of Public Health in Africa10 citations Open access

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48. Effect of deploying community health assistants on appropriate treatment for diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia: quasi‐experimental study in two districts of Zambia

    G. Biemba, K. Yeboah-Antwi, Kathryn Bradford Vosburg, Margaret Lippitt Prust +5 more

    2016Tropical medicine & international health10 citations Open access

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49. How maternity waiting home use influences attendance of antenatal and postnatal care

    J. Buser, Michelle L. Munro-Kramer, P. Veliz, Xing-Yu Zhang +5 more

    2020PLoS ONE8 citations Open access

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50. Influence of newborn health messages on care-seeking practices and community health behaviors among participants in the Zambia Chlorhexidine Application Trial

    Kasthuri Sivalogan, K. Semrau, P. Ashigbie, S. Mwangi +6 more

    2018PLoS ONE8 citations Open access

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