Publications

Professor Address Mauakowa Malata has made significant contributions to the academic and scientific communities through her extensive research and numerous publications. Her work spans across the fields of science, technology, nursing, and healthcare, addressing critical issues and advancing knowledge in these areas. Below is a selection of her notable publications and contributions, which highlight her expertise, dedication, and impact on both local and international levels. Professor Malata's research continues to influence and inspire practitioners, scholars, and students around the world.

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    Global Health: Science and Practice
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    Supporting midwifery is the answer to the wicked problems in maternity care
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    Research priorities in maternal and neonatal health in Africa: results using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative method involving over 900 experts across the continent
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    Assessing the impact of a motivational intervention to improve the working lives of maternity healthcare workers: a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of a feasibility study in Malawi
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    Predicted Effect of Regionalised Delivery Care on Neonatal Mortality, Utilisation, Financial Risk, and Patient Utility in Malawi: an Agent-based Modelling Analysis; Lancet Glob Health
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    Scaling up care by midwives must now be a global priority, The Lancet Global Health
  • Experiences of using misoprostol in the management of incomplete abortions: A voice of healthcare workers in central Malawi
    Kafulafula, U.K., Maluwa, A., Chiudzu, G., Malata, A., Odland, J. Ø., Odland, M.L., (2022).
  • Effectiveness of a training intervention in increasing the use of misoprostol in postabortion care in Malawi: a quasi-experimental study
  • Can artificial intelligence-augmented fetal monitoring prevent intrapartum stillbirth and neonatal death in a low-income setting: An observational study?
    Chiweza, C., Iwuh, I., Hasn, A., Malata, A., Melfort, M., Wilkinson, J (2022).
  • Determinants of maternal near-miss cases at two selected central hospitals in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal, 7
    Kachale, F., Malata, A. M., Chorwe-Sungani, G., & Maluwa, A. (2021).
  • Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Set of Descriptive Case Studies Presented with the Networks of Care Framework
    Malata, A. & Carmone, A, E. (2020).
    Health Systems & Reform, 6(2), e1840824, DOI:10.1080/23288604.2020.1840824
  • Variation in competent and respectful delivery care in Kenya and Malawi: a retrospective analysis of national facility surveys
    Arsenault, C., English, M., Gathara, D., Malata, A., Mandala, W., Kruk, M.E.(2020).
    Trop Med Int Health. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13361
  • Development of the FAST-M maternal sepsis bundle for use in low-resource settings: a modified Delphi process
    Lissauer, D., Cheshire, J., Dunlop, C., Taki, F., Wilson, Malata, A., Chirwa,T., Lwesha, V.M., Mhango, C., Mhango,E., Makwenda, C., Banda, L., Munthali, L., Nambiar, B., Hussein, J., Williams, H.M., Devall, A.J., Gallos, I., Merriel, A., Bonet, M., Souza, J.P., Coomarasamy, A. (2020).
  • In Low And Middle-Income Countries, Is Delivery In High-Quality Obstetric Facilities Geographically Feasible?
    Gage A.D., Carnes F., Blossom J., Aluvaala J., Amatya A., Mahat K., Malata A., Roder-DeWan S., Twum-Danso N., Yahya T., Kruk M.E., (2019).
  • Predicted Effect of Regionalised Delivery Care on Neonatal Mortality, Utilisation, Financial Risk, and Patient Utility in Malawi: an Agent-based Modelling Analysis; Lancet Glob Health
    Shrime M.G., Iverson K.R., Yorlets R., Roder-DeWan S., Gage A.D., Leslie H.,Malata A. (July 2019).
  • Foreign Aid, Cashgate and Trusting Relationships Amongst Stakeholders: Key Factors Contributing to (Mal) Functioning of the Malawian Health System; Oxford Academic, Health Policy and Planning
  • High Quality Health Systems in the Sustainable Development Goals Era: Time for a Revolution; Lancet Global Health
  • Reassessing Pregnancy Intention and its Relation to Maternal, perinatal and Neonatal Outcomes in a Low-income Setting: A Cohort Study. PLOS ONE
  • Learning from the Experience of Maternity Healthcare Workers in Malawi: A Qualitative Study Leading to Ten Low-Cost Recommendations to Improve Working Lives and Quality of Care.
  • Clinical Competence Among Recent Graduates in Nine Low and Middle-income Countries
  • Perspectives About Policy Implementation: A Learning Opportunity from the 2003-2013 Malawi HIV/AIDS Policy
  • Effective coverage of primary care services in eight high-mortality countries.
  • Use and evaluation of postpartum care services in rural Malawi. Journal of Nursing Scholarship
  • Husbands’ knowledge and attendance of wives’ postpartum care among rural farmers in central Malawi. Submitted to Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Increasing human resource capacity in African countries: A nursing and midwifery Research Summit. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences.
  • VIA and Challenges of a Single Visit Approach in Malawi
  • Clinical Nursing and Midwifery Research Priorities in Eastern and Southern African Countries
  • Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in Mchinji District, Malawi. Plos One (Unpublished).
  • Understanding Pregnancy Planning in a Low-income Country Setting: Validation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in Malawi, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, and (Pending publication).
  • Balancing Work Practices and Protocols in the Design of EMR Systems: The Case of Developing an EMR System for Antenatal Care Services in Malawi.
  • Midwives’ Adherence to Preoperative Care Guidelines Prior to Emergency Caesarean Section at Bwaila Maternity Hospital in Malawi.
  • The Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI): Innovations in Nursing and Midwifery Education
  • Easier said than done!: Methodological challenges with conducting maternal death review research in Malawi
  • Assessing Global Partnerships in Graduate Nursing
  • Sources of information on HIV and sexual and reproductive health for couples living with HIV in rural southern Malawi.
  • Experiences of women with the support they received from their birth companions during labour and delivery in Malawi
  • A qualitative study on women’s perceptions of perinatal care at a district hospital in Malawi
  • Adverse perinatal outcomes in Chiradzulu, Southern Malawi
  • Striving to Promote male involvement in maternal health care in rural and urban settings in Malawi – A qualitative study
  • Factors that contribute to delay in seeking cervical cancer diagnosis and treatment among women in Malawi
  • Home deliveries in Malawi
  • Midwives’ adherence to guidelines on the management of birth asphyxia in Malawi