PhD Medical Research - International Health

2023

Amare, Equlinet Misganaw (2023): Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) Framework to Inform Surgical Residency Training Programs in Ethiopia Medical Education. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Mutayoba, Beatrice Kemilembe (2023): Evaluation of the magnitude of Anti Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in Tanzania. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Ndenkeh, Jackson Jr Nforbewing (2023): Impact of depression and psychosocial management on drug adherence and viral suppression in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral treatment in Cameroon. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine Link
Shin, Anna (2023): Characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Kazakhstan by serological and molecular-biological techniques. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine Link

2022

Ali, Sádia (2022): Epidemiological analysis of emerging and re-emerging virus infections in Mozambique: from arbovirus to SARS-CoV-2. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Dumrongwongsiri, Oraporn (2022): The actual zinc and iron intakes among breastfed infants during the first 4 months of life. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Espinoza Castro, Bernarda Cristina (2022): Working conditions as risk factors for depressive symptoms among spanish speaking au-pairs living in Germany. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Kangbai, Jia Bainga (2022): Treatment outcome and survival analysis of Ebola patients receiving treatment in Sierra Leone. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Masenza, Issa Sabi (2022): Evaluation of new diagnostics for Tuberculosis in children. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine Link
Meggi, Bindiya (2022): Accuracy and Operational Feasibility of Point-of-Care (PoC) Viral Load Monitoring of HIV-positives mothers at delivery in the context of HIV vertical transmission reduction in Mozambique. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Moonga, Given Mwenda (2022): Spatial Modelling for Health and Exposure Data- Child stunting and Blood Lead in Kabwe, Zambia. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Pirmatova, Dilnoza (2022): Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Tajikistan: Prevalence and Management. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Thapa, Janak Kumar (2022): Impact of the Investment Case Approach on Equitable Access to Maternal and Child Health Services in Nepal. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine Link
Tukhanova, Nur (2022): Serological and molecular investigations of Orthohantaviruses in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine

2021

Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw (2021): Disclosure of HIV status to infected children in Ghana: a north-south comparison of enablers and barriers. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Capitine, Igor (2021): Socio-behavioral aspects regarding participation to HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials among young people in Maputo, Mozambique (SoBeVacH). Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Daba, Matiwos (2021): Substance use and its effect on quality of life, mental health, and adherence to anti-TB medication among tuberculosis patients in Southwest Ethiopia. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Gidi, Netsanet Workneh (2021): Intrauterine growth and postnatal nutritional status of Ethiopian preterm infants: a prospective cohort study. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Ho, Xuan Tuan (2021): Surgical and Interventional Treatments of Congenital Heart Diseases in Da Nang Hospital, Vietnam. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Macicame, Ivalda (2021): Social Determinants and Exposure to Risk Factors for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in a Peri-urban Setting of Maputo City, Mozambique. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Suraya, Anna (2021): Asbestos exposure in lung cancer: a hospital-based case control study in Indonesia. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Wahiduzzaman, Mohammad (2021): Factors affecting clinical outcome among Type 2 diabetic subjects attending the outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link

2020

Garrido Campos, Marie Astrid (2020): Basic occupational safety and health for small-scale fishing workers in rural communities in Latin America using a community-based approach. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Lennemann, Tessa-Suntje (2020): HIV Viral load measurement in the Public Health Approach to HIV/AIDS - Developing a clinical score for patient management to identify patients at risk of failing HIV treatment. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Idoko, Olubukola T. (2020): Exploring the relationship between nutritional status and immunogenicity of routine childhood vaccines. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link
Yesuf, Elias Ali (2020): Developing and validating a multi-dimensional instrument for measuring the performance of district health systems in a national region in Ethiopia. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine. Link

2019

Espinosa, Angela (2019): Environmental Risk Factors Associated with Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Respiratory Symptoms in Pregnant Woman Residing in Low Income Neighbourhoods in Bogota, Colombia. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Abdiyeva Karlygash (2019): The investigation of highly pathogenic viruses in Kazakhstan. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Giang, Hoang (2019): Perinatal outcomes in urban and rural areas of Da Nang, Vietnam. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Celso Khosa (2019): The Impact of Tuberculosis on Pulmonary Health in Maputo, Mozambique. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Nurkeldi Turebekov (2019): Investigations on tick-borne bacterial agents in Kazakhstan. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Ahmed, Mohamed (2019): Exploring sputum independent host biomarkers for detection of Tuberculosis disease and monitoring treatment. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Azam K (2019): Evaluation of the performance of Molecular Bacterial Load Assay for TB treatment response in a clinical setting. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Eshete MT (2019): Overcoming barriers to postoperative pain management in low resource settings. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine

2018

Chigbu C (2018): Epidemiology of adult obesity in Enugu Southeast Nigeria. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Yumo HA (2018): The Active Search for Pediatric HIV/AIDS (ASPA) Study: Assessing the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of targeted versus blanket provider-initiated-testing and counselling (PITC) among children and adolescents in Cameroon. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine

2017

Arenliu-Qosaj F (2017): An empirical model of access to health care, health care expenditure and impoverishment in Kosovo. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Atanga PN (2017): Adherence; Retention in Care and Treatment outcomes in HIV-positive Women enrolled in a pilot project implementing Option B+ in Cameroon. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Esu E (2017): The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of intermittent screening & treatment with Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine versus Arthemetherlumefantrine for malaria prevention in pregnancy in South East Nigeria. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Egere U (2017): Contact tracing and Isoniazid Prophylaxis for prevention of childhood Tuberculosis in The Gambia - an Analysis of the challenges and opportunities. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Fiengo TL (2017): Trends in AIDS-defining and non-AIDS-defining cancers among patients living with HIV/AIDS in the city of Sao Paulo 1997-2010. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Kasim AZ (2017): Genotypic and Phenotypic Resistance Traits of Gram-Negative Bacteria from Jimma University Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Mohammed SA (2017): M. tuberculosis among jail inmates of Ethiopian prisons; Molecular epidemiology, drug resistance and the role of LTA4H gene polymorphism during infection and disease progression. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Mwingira UJ (2017): An evaluation of the health impact of integrated helminths control by preventive mass chemotherapy: A study from urban and rural endemic districts of Tanzania. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Nguyen TA (2017): Vietnamese vegetarian diet: does it affect the prevalence of metabolic syndrome? Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Ntinginya NE (2017): Evaluation of potential surrogate markers to determine TB treatment response among TB patients in Mbeya, Tanzania. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Patel K (2017): Implementation of \"T-cell activation markers\" -based assay to diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (TAM-TB): explore the potential for Point-of-Care (POC) settings. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine

2016

Girma M (2016): Evaluation of early infant diagnosis of HIV in infants using the polymerase chain reaction method on dry blood spots and linkage of DBS results to care and treatment in the Southern Highland Zone. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Gudina E (2016): The impact of HIV infection on the outcome of acute bacterial Meningitis in Ethiopia: a case-control study. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Loveline LN (2016): Determinants of outcome of children with type 1 diabetes in the North West and Central Regions of Cameroon. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Vicente CR (2016): Evaluation of factors predictive of severe dengue related to the virus and to the human host. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine

2015

Abera MW (2015): Effect of community-level intervention on maternal health care utilization in Gilgel Gibe Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Southwest Ethiopia. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Kudom AA (2015): Insecticide resistance status of Culex species in urban areas in Ghana and efficacy of long lasting nets against them. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Kyeyune R (2015): Hematological and clinical profiles of HIV-infected adults initiating highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) in Uganda. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Mwangoka GW (2015): Serum microRNAs as biomarker for active and latent TB infection in immunocompetent and immunodeficient hosts. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Odari EO (2015): Establishment and evaluation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay (LAMP) for the semi-quantitative detection of HIV-1 group M virus in blood and plasma. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Shariful Islam SM (2015): Mobile phone interventions for adherence to treatment for diabetics in an urban area of Bangladesh. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Wandiga SO (2015): Recruitment, loss to follow-uo and morbidity: Lessons for infant TB vaccine trials from an epidemiological cohort study in western Kenya. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine

2014

Adedayo A (2014): Assessing predictors of HIV infection among out-of-school youths in rural and urban areas of north Central Nigeria. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Chhaganlal K (2014): Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Meningitis at patient\'s bedside using Urine Dip Strip to evaluate cerebrospinal fluid. A strategy for early diagnosis and treatment BEST Meningitis. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Eller LA (2014): Acute HIV infection in non-subtype B populations: Viral dynamics, laboratory staging and early detection. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Ibekwe P (2014): Correlation of Malassezia species with clinical characteristics of Pityriasis versicolor. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Kidane, EG (2014): Determinants of self and public stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness and their family in Jimma zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Lohani A (2014): Efficacy of salmeterol 50μg and fluticasone 250μg combination therapy for the treatment of high altitude cough: a randomized controlled trial at Everest base camp. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Mensah GI (2014): Biomarkers for TB treatment outcome and cure: immunological profiles in individuals infected by different species of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Ghana. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Navti LK (2014): Contribution of stature and socioeconomic status to overweight and obesity in Cameroon school-age children. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Neupane M (2014): Cardio-respiratory health of women exposed to household air pollution in rural Nepal: A matched cross-sectional study among traditional stove users and biogas users. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Shah R (2014): Factors affecting institutional delivery in Chitwan District of Nepal. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine

2013

Chachage M (2013): Immune system modulation by infections with Helminths and HIV-1: Impact on pathogen-specific T cellresponses, regulatory T cells and systemic immune activation. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Nicoli F (2013): Immunomodulatory properties of the HIV-1 Tat protein. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Nji AM (2013): Modeling response and delayance to parasite clearance time to artemisinin combination therapies(ACT). Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Paudel D (2013): Impact of community- and home-based interventions for improved newborn care practices in Nepal. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Rojas Ponce G (2013): Evaluation and improvement of new diagnostic tools for the rapid detection of M. tuberculosis in a population with a high Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis prevalence. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine
Solis Soto MT (2013): Prevalence, severity and risk factors of asthma, rhinitis and eczema symptoms in school-aged children from Oropeza Province -- Bolivia, Prevalencia, severidad y factores de riesgo de síntomas de asma, rinitis y eczema en niños de edad escolar en la provincia Oropeza - Bolivia. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of Medicine