Community prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in rural Malawi: Implications for policy

Hastings T. Banda; Rachael Thomson; Kevin Mortimer; George A. F. Bello; Grace B. Mbera; Rasmus Malmborg; Brian Faragher; S. Bertel Squire

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188437

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

Community prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in rural Malawi: Implications for policy

Hastings T. Banda,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research for Equity and Community Health Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi
⨯
Rachael Thomson,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Collaboration for Applied Health Research & Delivery, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
⨯
Kevin Mortimer,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Collaboration for Applied Health Research & Delivery, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
⨯
George A. F. Bello,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Research for Equity and Community Health Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi
⨯
Grace B. Mbera,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Research for Equity and Community Health Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi
⨯
Rasmus Malmborg,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation LHL International, Oslo, Norway
⨯
Brian Faragher,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Collaboration for Applied Health Research & Delivery, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
⨯
S. Bertel Squire

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: bertie.squire@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliation Collaboration for Applied Health Research & Delivery, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7173-9038

⨯

Community prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in rural Malawi: Implications for policy

Hastings T. Banda,
Rachael Thomson,
Kevin Mortimer,
George A. F. Bello,
Grace B. Mbera,
Rasmus Malmborg,
Brian Faragher,
S. Bertel Squire

Published: December 7, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188437

Reader Comments (0)

Post a new comment on this article

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Tuberculosis diagnosis and management
Is the Subject Area "Tuberculosis diagnosis and management" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Coughing
Is the Subject Area "Coughing" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Tuberculosis
Is the Subject Area "Tuberculosis" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Asthma
Is the Subject Area "Asthma" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Dyspnea
Is the Subject Area "Dyspnea" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Diagnostic medicine
Is the Subject Area "Diagnostic medicine" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Health care facilities
Is the Subject Area "Health care facilities" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Malawi
Is the Subject Area "Malawi" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.