Akhona Tshangela

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention — ET

Mathematics · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

COVID-19 epidemiological studies(8), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research(7), Influenza Virus Research Studies(6), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy(6), Respiratory viral infections research(6)

Publications22 total

Empowering Africa's healthcare future: the crucial role of human capital development in bio- and pharmaceutical manufacturing
Journal of Public Health in Africa·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Empowering Africa's healthcare future: The crucial role of human capital development in bio- and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
PubMed·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Empowering Africa's healthcare future: the crucial role of human capital development in bio- and pharmaceutical manufacturing
Journal of Public Health in Africa·2023Open Access
Characterising social contacts under COVID-19 control measures in Africa
BMC Medicine·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Psychosocial determinants of adherence to public health and social measures (PHSMs) in 18 African Union Member States during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a cross-sectional survey
BMJ Open·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Infodemics: A new challenge for public health
Cell·2021· 130 citedOpen Access
Assessing fitness-for-purpose and comparing the suitability of COVID-19 multi-country models for local contexts and users
Gates Open Research·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Priorities for COVID-19 research response and preparedness in low-resource settings
The Lancet·2021· 25 citedOpen Access
One size does not fit all: adapt and localise for effective, proportionate and equitable responses to COVID-19 in Africa
Family Medicine and Community Health·2021· 11 citedOpen Access
The first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a cross-sectional study
The Lancet·2021· 380 citedOpen Access
COVID-19 vaccines: how to ensure Africa has access
Nature·2020· 114 citedOpen Access
COVID-19 in Africa: the spread and response
Nature Medicine·2020· 241 citedOpen Access
Mortality surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bulletin of the World Health Organization·2020· 60 citedOpen Access
Healthcare seeking behaviour for common infectious syndromes among people in three administrative regions of Johannesburg, South Africa, 2015: a cross-sectional study
Pan African Medical Journal·2019· 7 citedOpen Access
Household Transmission of Seasonal Influenza From HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Individuals in South Africa, 2013–2014
The Journal of Infectious Diseases·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
Risk Factors for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Hospitalization in South Africa, 2012–2015
Open Forum Infectious Diseases·2017· 71 citedOpen Access
Evaluation of an influenza vaccination campaign among pregnant women in two provinces in South Africa, 2015
International Journal of Infectious Diseases·2016· 1 citedOpen Access
Determining the Provincial and National Burden of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa Using a Rapid Assessment Methodology
PLoS ONE·2015· 37 citedOpen Access
Salmonella enterica, subspecies enterica, serotype Enteritidis Outbreak at a Lodge in Mokopane, Limpopo Province, January 2014
UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria)·2015
Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) among Adults and Children Aged ≥5 Years in a High HIV-Prevalence Setting, 2009–2012
PLoS ONE·2015· 57 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Cheryl Cohen(8), Stefano Tempia(7), Sibongile Walaza(6), Adam L. Cohen(6), Marietjie Venter(6), Shabir A. Madhi(6), Halima Dawood(5), Ebrahim Variava(5), Jocelyn Moyes(4), Marthi Pretorius(4), Kathleen Kahn(4), Anne von Gottberg(4), Nicole Wolter(4), Orienka Hellferscee(4), John N. Nkengasong(3), Summaya Haffejee(3), Babatyi Malope‐Kgokong(3), Michelle J. Groome(3), Michael Mynhardt(3), Chiluba Mwila(3)