Giuliana Sanchez Samaniego

Gerber, F., Gupta, R., Sanchez-Samaniego, G., Lejone, T. I., Tahirsylaj, T., Raeber, F., Saavedra, E. B., Esquivel-Valdés, I., Chitja, M., Molulela, M., Khomolishoele, M., Mota, M., Bane, M., Masike, S., Sematle, M. P., Mofokeng, M., Makabateng, R., Mphunyane, M., Sao, L., et al. (2026). Community health worker-led versus facility-based type 2 diabetes care in rural Lesotho: a cluster-randomized trial within the ComBaCaL cohort study [Journal-article]. BMC Medicine, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04943-4

Lee, T. T., Gerber, F., Sanchez-Samaniego, G., Gupta, R., Sao, L., Tlahali, M., Kamele, M., Sematle, M. P., Khomolishoele, M., Molulela, M., Bane, M., Vanobberghen, F., Signorell, A., Ayakaka, I., Mphunyane, M., Amstutz, A., Reither, K., Labhardt, N. D., & Chammartin, F. (2026). Geographic clustering of hypertension and diabetes prevalence and care in Lesotho: a pooled spatial analysis of community-based studies [Journal-article]. The Lancet Regional Health - Africa. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanafr.2026.100077

Gerber, Felix, Semphere, Robina, Lukau, Blaise, Mahlatsi, Palesa, Mbale, Hannah, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Sass, Nikita, Amstutz, Alain, Molatelle, Mamello, Marake, Nthuseng Bridgett, Tarumbiswa, Tapiwa, Nliwasa, Marriot, Ayakaka, Irene, Glass, Tracy R, MacPherson, Peter, Burke, Rachael M, & Labhardt, Niklaus D. (2026). Same-day versus rapid ART initiation in people with HIV and symptoms of tuberculosis (SaDAPT): a randomised, non-inferiority trial in Lesotho and Malawi. The Lancet HIV. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3018(25)00276-0

Esquivel-Valdés, Iliana M, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Gupta, Ravi, Tahirsylaj, Thesar, Raeber, Fabian, Chitja, Mamakhala, Mathulise, Malebona, Kabi, Thuso, Mokaeane, Mosoetsi, Maphenchane, Malehloa, Manthabiseng, Molulela, Khomolishoele, Makhebe, Mota, Mota, Masike, Sesale, Bane, Matumaole, Sematle, Mamoronts’sane P, Makabateng, Retselisitsoe, Sao, Lebohang, Tlahani, Mosa, et al. (2026). Untreated, uncontrolled and below-target hypertension in southern Africa: a population-based prevalence and care cascade assessment in rural Lesotho. BMJ Global Health, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-020344

Spaolonzi, Nicoló, Gupta, Ravi, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Chammartin, Frédérique, Carter, Alexander W, Tahirsylaj, Thesar, Raeber, Fabian, Mathulise, Malebona, Kabi, Thuso, Mokaeane, Mosoetsi, Maphenchane, Malehloa, Molulela, Manthabiseng, Khomolishoele, Makhebe, Mota, Mota, Masike, Sesale, Bane, Matumaole, Sematle, Mamoronts’ane Pauline, Makabateng, Retselisitsoe, Sao, Lebohang, et al. (2025). Costs and coverage of community health worker-led hypertension and diabetes screening in rural Lesotho (ComBaCaL): cost–consequence analysis of a cohort study. The Lancet Primary Care, 1(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanprc.2025.100034

Gerber, Felix, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Tahirsylaj, Thesar, Lejone, Thabo Ishmael, Lee, Tristan, Raeber, Fabian, Chitja, Mamakhala, Mathulise, Malebona, Kabi, Thuso, Mokaeane, Mosoetsi, Maphenchane, Malehloa, Molulela, Manthabiseng, Mota, Mota, Masike, Sesale, Bane, Matumaole, Makabateng, Retselisitsoe, Khomolishoele, Makhebe, Sematle, Mamoronts’Ane, Gupta, Ravi, et al. (2025). Cohort profile: The open, prospective Community-Based chronic Care Lesotho (ComBaCaL) cohort - Design, baseline chronic disease risk factors and hypertension and diabetes care cascades. BMJ Open, 15(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093852

Gerber, Felix, Semphere, Robina, Lukau, Blaise, Mahlatsi, Palesa, Mbale, Hannah, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Sass, Nikita, Amstutz, Alain, Molatelle, Mamello, Marake, Nthuseng Bridgett, Tarumbiswa, Tapiwa, Nliwasa, Marriott, Ayakaka, Irene, Glass, Tracy Renée, MacPherson, Peter, Burke, Rachael Mary, & Labhardt, Niklaus D. (2025). Same-Day Versus Rapid ART Initiation in People with HIV and Symptoms of Tuberculosis (SaDAPT): A Randomised, Non-Inferiority Trial in Lesotho and Malawi [Posted-content]. In SSRN Electronic Journal. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5233286

Lejone, Thabo Ishmael, Gerber, Felix, Gupta, Ravi, Belus, Jennifer M., Tahirsylaj, Thesar, Lee, Tristan, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Kohler, Maurus, Haldemann, Maria Ines, Raeber, Fabian, Williams, Andrea, Khomolishoele, Makhebe, Mahlatsi, Palesa, Sematle, Pauline Mamoroents’ane, Motlatsi, Lucia, Matjeane, Boikano, Basler, Dave, Kindler, Kevin, Grimm, Pauline, et al. (2025). Feasibility and Acceptability of Diabetes and Hypertension Screening and Diagnosis by Community Health Workers in Rural Lesotho: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study. Annals of Global Health, 91(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4738

Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana. (2025). Understanding non-communicable diseases in the Peruvian Andes: epidemiology, peoples’ perceptions and health system monitoring [Doctoral Thesis]. University of Basel.

Spaolonzi, Nicoló, Gupta, Ravi, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Carter, Alexander, Tahirsylaj, Thesar, Raeber, Fabian, Mathulise, Malebona, Kabi, Thuso, Mokaeane, Mosoetsi, Maphenchane, Malehloa, Molulela, Manthabiseng, Khomolishoele, Makhebe, Mota, Mota, Masike, Sesale, Bane, Matumaole, Sematle, Mamoronts’ane Pauline, Makabateng, Retselisitsoe, Sao, Lebohang, Tlahali, Mosa, et al. (2025). Costs and Coverage of Community Health Worker-Led Hypertension and Diabetes Screening in Rural Lesotho: A Cohort Study with a Cost-Consequence Analysis. In SSRN. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5177608

Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Mäusezahl, Daniel, Hartinger-Peña, Stella Maria, Hattendorf, Jan, Verastegui, Hector, Fink, Günther, & Probst-Hensch, Nicole. (2024). Pre-pregnancy body mass index and caesarean section in Andean women in Peru: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06466-3

Gerber, F., Gupta, R., Lejone, T. I., Tahirsylaj, T., Lee, T., Sanchez-Samaniego, G., Kohler, M., Haldemann, M.-I., Raeber, F., Chitja, M., Mathulise, M., Khabi, T., Mokaeane, M., Maphenchane, M., Molulela, M., Khomolishoele, M., Mota, M., Masike, S., Bane, M., et al. (2024, April 9). Community-based management of arterial hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors by lay village health workers for people with controlled and uncontrolled blood pressure in rural Lesotho: Joint protocol for two cluster-randomized trials within the ComBaCaL cohort study (ComBaCaL aHT Twic 1 & ComBaCaL aHT TwiC 2) [Posted-content]. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3805346/v1

Gerber, Felix, Tahirsylaj, Thesar, Lejone, Thabo Ishmael, Lee, Tristan, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Raeber, Fabian, Masike, Sesale, Gupta, Ravi, Molulela, Manthabiseng, Khomolishoele, Makhebe, Mota, Mota, Bane, Matumaole, Sematle, Mamoronts’ane Pauline, Makabateng, Retselisitsoe, Browne, Jason Immanuel, Wittwer, Jonas, Basler, Dave Brian, Kindler, Kevin, Labhardt, Niklaus Daniel, & Amstutz, Alain. (2024). eConsent administered by Community Health Workers in a study using the Trials within Cohorts (TwiCs) design—Experiences from the Community-Based chronic Care Lesotho (ComBaCaL) project. Digital Health, 10, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241288757

Venkatesh, Apoorva, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Mäusezahl, Daniel, Hattendorf, Jan, & Hartinger, Stella Maria. (2024). Prevalence of urinary tract infections in pregnancy in rural Andean communities of Peru. Women’s Health, 20. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057241294215

Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Hartinger, Stella Maria, Mäusezahl, Daniel, Hattendorf, Jan, Fink, Günther, & Probst-Hensch, Nicole. (2023). Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a cohort in Northern Andean Peru. Global Health Action, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2023.2285100

Sanchez-Samaniego, G., Mäusezahl, D., Carcamo, C., Probst-Hensch, N., Verastegui, H., & Hartinger, S. M. (2022). Metabolic syndrome in rural Peruvian adults living at high altitudes using different cookstoves. PLoS One, 17(2), e0263415. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263415

Tallman, P. S., Valdes-Velasquez, A., & Sanchez-Samaniego, G. (2022). The “double burden of malnutrition” in the Amazon: dietary change and drastic increases in obesity and anemia over 40 years among the Awajun. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 61(1), 20–42. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1916925

Sanchez-Samaniego, G., Hartinger, S. M., Tallman, P. S., & Mäusezahl, D. (2021). Cardiovascular disease in the Peruvian Andes: local perceptions, barriers, and paths to preventing chronic diseases in the Cajamarca region. International journal of public health, 66, 1604117. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604117

Sanchez-Samaniego, G., Tallman, P. S., & Valdes-Velasquez, A. (2021). Metabolic syndrome risk unexpectedly predicted by traditional food consumption: shifting food systems and health among the Awajun of the Peruvian Amazon. Ann Hum Biol, 48(2), 110–118. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2021.1908424