Chikondi Charity Kandulu

chikondi Kandulu

MSc Student

University of Cork, Ireland and University of Malawi College of Medicine 

Tel: +2775912788

Email: ckandulu@gmail.com 

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:

Network Affiliate

 

Research Keywords: 

TB Clinical Trials

 

Biography:

Chikondi is PhD student passionate about Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) research. She is currently working on developing tailored interventions to address vaccine uptake. Her work will improve vaccine delivery strategies in the face of pandemics and life course immunization and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Her goal is to become an independent investigator and conduct evidence-based policy-changing vaccine implementation research that will improve health systems policies around vaccine delivery, increase vaccine science communication to the lay person and improve vaccine confidence among individuals. She also has interests in using vaccines to  overcome AMR.

 

Key Publications:
  • T Divala, C Kandulu, K Fielding, E Corbett, M Nliwasa, A Gupta-Wright, D Sloan, A systematic review and meta-analysis of the use of broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment to exclude pulmonary tuberculosis in adults - https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30143-23099(20)30143-2
  • Titus Henry Divala, Katherine L Fielding, Derek J Sloan, Neil French, Marriott Nliwasa, Peter MacPherson, Chikondi Charity Kandulu, Lingstone Chiume, Sanderson Chilanga, Masiye John Ndaferankhande, Elizabeth L Corbet, Accuracy and consequences of using trial-of-antibiotics for TB diagnosis (ACT-TB study): protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033999
  • Titus H Divala, Katherine L Fielding, Chikondi Kandulu, Marriott Nliwasa, Derek J Sloan, Ankur Gupta-Wright, Elizabeth L Corbett, Utility of broad-spectrum antibiotics for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis,The Lancet Infectious Diseases,Volume 20, Issue 9,2020, - Pages 1089-1098, ISSN 1473-3099, - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30143-2.
  • Chikondi Charity Kandulu, A scoping review protocol on factors affecting COVID-19 vaccination uptake healthcare systems globally - https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/K28CS