Dr Kudakwashe Chani
PhD Candidate
MBChB, MPH
email Kudakwashe.chani@anu.edu.au
call +61 2 6125 5611

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About

Kudakwashe Chani is currently a PhD student in the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH), at the Australian National University. His research focuses on the impact of decentralisation of rapid molecular tests on TB and MDR-TB care in Zimbabwe.

Prior to undertaking his PhD, Dr Chani gained a Master of Public Health (MPH) from University of South Africa and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from the University of Zimbabwe. Dr Chani has over 25 years’ experience spanning clinical medicine and designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating complex public health programs in southern Africa and the Pacific. His research interests are in health systems and policy, tuberculosis (including drug-resistant TB), HIV, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and One Health.

Dr Chani’s work experience is from Zimbabwe, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Australia, where he worked for several organisations including ministries/departments of health, non-governmental and faith based organisations. 

Affiliations

Research interests

  • Health systems research and policy
  • Infectious diseases
  • Maternal and Child Health

Projects

Location

Building 62, Rm 2.06

Publications

  • Majumdar SS, Islam S, Huang GK, Morris L, Bauri M, Chan G, Kama G, Keam T, Peacock-Smith A, Finch S, Marukutira T, Bhatt S, Drewett G, Wratten M, Murray A, Pank N, Masah C, Bala R, Umali S, Kalon S, Greig J, Chani K, Kal M and Graham SM. Contact screening and management in a high-transmission MDR-TB setting in Papua New Guinea: Progress, challenges and future directions. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases. 2023 Jan 10;3:1085401. https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2022.1085401
  • Chani K, Sekadde MP, Dlodlo RA, Graham SM. Evaluating the impact of Xpert® MTB/RIF on mortality from TB: are we asking the right questions?. Public health action. 2022 Jun 21;12(2):53. PMID: 35734007
  • Coorey NJ, Kensitt L, Davies J, Keller E, Sheel M, Chani K, Barry S, Boyd R, Denholm J, Watts K, Fox G. Risk factors for TB in Australia and their association with delayed treatment completion. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2022 May 1;26(5):399-405. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0111
  • Alene, K.A., Wangdi, K., Colquhoun, S., Chani, K., Islam, T., Rahevar, K., Morishita, F., Byrne, A., Clark, J. and Viney, K., 2021. Tuberculosis related disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC medicine, 19(1), pp.1-19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02063-9
  • Adepoyibi, T., Keam, T., Kuma, A., Haihuie, T., Hapolo, M., Islam, S., Akumu, B., Chani, K., Morris, L. and Taune, M., 2019. A pilot model of patient education and counselling for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Daru, Papua New Guinea. Public health action, 9(Suppl 1), p.S80. DOI: 10.5588/pha.18.0096
  • De Beer I, Chani K, Feeley F, Rinke De Wit TF, Sweeney-Bindels E, Mulongeni P.  Assessing the costs of mobile voluntary counseling and testing at the work place versus facility based voluntary counseling and testing in Namibia. Rural and Remote Health 2015; 15: 3357. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH3357
  • Chani, K. and Cassim, N., 2014. An Investigation of Staff Turnover at a Private Healthcare Provider in the Kavango Region, Namibia. Kuwait Chapter of the Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review, 4(1), p.24. DOI:10.12816/0018888
  • Chani, K. 2010. Factors affecting compliance to tuberculosis treatment in Andara Kavango region Namibia (masters dissertation). https://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4778