Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Surgery
Research interest
Research interests include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.
Undiagnosed burden of latent tuberculosis, active tuberculosis and tuberculosis-HIV co-infections in Africa-status quo, needs, priorities, and opportunities.
Perspectives on development and advancement of new tuberculosis vaccines
Global and regional governance of One Health and implications for global health security
World tuberculosis day 2023 – Reflections on the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis by travellers and reducing risk in forcibly displaced populations
Vaccination for monkeypox prevention in persons with high-risk sexual behaviours to control on-going outbreak of monkeypox virus clade 3.
Global Tuberculosis Report 2020 – Reflections on the Global TB burden, treatment and prevention efforts
Global Tuberculosis Report 2020 - Reflections on the Global TB burden, treatment and prevention efforts.
Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Omicron (B.1.1.529) - highlights Africa's research capabilities, but exposes major knowledge gaps, inequities of vaccine distribution, inadequacies in global COVID-19 response and control efforts
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in six districts in Zambia in July, 2020: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey.
Detection of B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 Variant Strain - Zambia, December 2020.
Minimizing the impact of the triple burden of COVID-19, tuberculosis and HIV on health services in sub-Saharan Africa.
First COVID-19 case in Zambia - Comparative phylogenomic analyses of SARS-CoV-2 detected in African countries.
World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme — ‘The Clock is Ticking’ — and the world is running out of time to deliver the United Nations General Assembly commitments to End TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic
World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme - 'The Clock is Ticking' - and the world is running out of time to deliver the United Nations General Assembly commitments to End TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Among Healthcare Workers-Zambia, July 2020.
Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries
Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries.
COVID-19—Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease?
Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic. Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future.
COVID-19-Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease?
National tuberculosis prevalence surveys in Africa, 2008-2016: an overview of results and lessons learned.
COVID-19 and tuberculosis—threats and opportunities
COVID-19 and malaria: A symptom screening challenge for malaria endemic countries.
First 100 Persons with COVID-19 - Zambia, March 18-April 28, 2020.
COVID-19 and tuberculosis-threats and opportunities.
COVID-19 travel restrictions and the International Health Regulations – Call for an open debate on easing of travel restrictions
Programmatic versus personalised approaches to managing the global epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
COVID-19 travel restrictions and the International Health Regulations - Call for an open debate on easing of travel restrictions.
West Nile Virus in Farmed Crocodiles, Zambia, 2019.
Mutations in rpoB and katG genes and the inhA operon in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Zambia.