Publications

Scientific publications

Lejone, T. I., Gerber, F., Gupta, R., Belus, J. M., Tahirsylaj, T., Lee, T., … Labhardt, N. D. (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

Johnson, N. E., Falgas-Bague, I., Chammartin, F., Gerber, F., Lee, T. T., Gupta, R., Mjadu, R., Nthunya, J., Mokebe, M., Makabateng, R., Sematle, M. P., Letsoela, P., Labhardt, N. D., Amstutz, A., & Belus, J. M. (2025). Mental health and substance use problems among adolescents in Lesotho: Prevalence, access to care, and association with lifestyle factors. Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 35(3), e70062. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70062

Gerber, F., Sanchez-Samaniego, G., Tahirsylaj, T., Lejone, T. I., Lee, T., Raeber, F., Chitja, M., Mathulise, M., Kabi, T., Mokaeane, M., Maphenchane, M., Molulela, M., Mota, M., Masike, S., Bane, M., Makabateng, R., Khomolishoele, M., Sematle, M., Gupta, R., Ayakaka, I., … Labhardt, N. D. (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), e093852. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093852

Cohort profile: the open, prospective Community-Based chronic Care Lesotho (ComBaCaL) cohort - design, baseline chronic disease risk factors and hypertension and diabetes care cascades (2025)

Community Health Worker-led versus facility-based hypertension care for people with uncontrolled blood pressure in rural Lesotho: a cluster-randomized trial within the ComBaCaL cohort study (preprint 2025)

Prevalence and factors associated with dementia in Lesotho:A cross-sectional, population-based study (2024)

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and treatment eligibility in Lesotho, Southern Africa: a population-based cross-sectional study with case-based follow-up (2024)

Awareness, treatment, and control among adults living with arterial hypertension or diabetes mellitus in two rural districts in Lesotho (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 (2024)

Empowering Community Health Workers with Scripted Medicine: A Design Science Research Study (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) (2024)

Community-based models of care for adolescent and adult depression, suicidal behavior, anxiety, trauma, and substance use in Africa: a scoping review (2024)

Implementing focused echocardiography and AI-supported analysis in a population-based survey in Lesotho: implications for community-based cardiovascular disease care models (2024)

Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance use Problems and Awareness of Need for Services in Lesotho: Results from a Population-Based Survey (2024)

Algorithmic Management for Community Health Worker in Sub-Saharan Africa: Curse or Blessing? (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) (2023)

Prevalence and determinants of cardiovascular risk factors in Lesotho: a population-based survey (2023)

High Rates of Undiagnosed Target Organ Damage Among Adults with Elevated Blood Pressure or Diabetes Mellitus in a Community-Based Survey in Lesotho (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 (2023)

Community-based care models for arterial hypertension management in non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature scoping review and framework for designing chronic services (2023)

Community-based models of care for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus among non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review (2023)

Community-based models of care for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus among non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol (2023)