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ComBaCaL: Community-based Chronic Care Lesotho

Research Networks of the University of Basel
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01.01.2020
 - 31.12.2025

Community-based Chronic Care Lesotho is a five-year implementation research project addressing chronic disease care in remote villages in rural Lesotho. In a cohort of over 100 villages we assess through cluster-randomized trials within cohorts (TwiCs) different innovative models where ehealth assisted lay community health workers provide care for hypertension, diabetes and HIV.

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Fernández, Lucia González et al. (2024) ‘Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance use Problems and Awareness of Need for Services in Lesotho: Results from a Population-Based Survey’, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01309-w.

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Firima, E. et al. (2024) ‘Implementing focused echocardiography and AI-supported analysis in a population-based survey in Lesotho: implications for community-based cardiovascular disease care models’, Hypertension Research, 47, pp. 708–713. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-023-01559-6.

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Gerber, Felix et al. (2024) ‘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 and ComBaCaL aHT TwiC 2)’, Trials, 25. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08226-2.

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Raeber, Fabian et al. (2024) ‘Community-based models of care for adolescent and adult depression, suicidal behavior, anxiety, trauma, and substance use in Africa: a scoping review’, Frontiers in Psychology, 15. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1241403.

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González Fernández L et al. (2023) ‘Prevalence and determinants of cardiovascular risk factors in Lesotho: a population-based survey.’, International health [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad058.

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Firima, Emmanuel et al. (2023) ‘High Rates of Undiagnosed Target Organ Damage Among Adults with Elevated Blood Pressure or Diabetes Mellitus in a Community-Based Survey in Lesotho’, Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 13, pp. 857–869. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-023-00158-5.

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Firima, Emmanuel et al. (2023) ‘Community-based models of care for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus among non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review’, PLoS ONE, 18. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278353.

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Firima, E. et al. (2023) ‘Head-to-head comparison of the WHO STEPwise approach with immediate unattended and delayed unattended automated blood pressure measurements during household-based screening: a diagnostic accuracy study in Lesotho’, EClinicalMedicine, 63, p. 102197. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102197.

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Gerber, Felix et al. (2023) ‘Community-based type 2 diabetes care by lay village health workers in rural Lesotho: protocol for a cluster-randomized trial within the ComBaCaL cohort study (ComBaCaL T2D TwiC)’, Trials, 24. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07729-8.

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Members (11)

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Alain Amstutz

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Jennifer Belus

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Emmanuel Firima

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Felix Gerber

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Niklaus Labhardt

Owner
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Tristan Lee

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