Learn more about Melf's work: Turning Knowledge into Action under the Global Agenda 2030: the potential of implementation research

Academic article

• Sanaa Suleiman Said; Melf-Jakob Kühl; Bjørg Tilde Svanes Fevang et al. (2025). Treating rheumatoid arthritis in Zanzibar: a cost effectiveness study comparing conventional, biologic, and targeted-synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. (external link)
• Neda Valeckaite; Melf-Jakob Kühl; Juliet N. Babirye et al. (2025). Alcohol education in Ugandan primary schools: teaching approaches and learners’ perspectives. (external link)
• Melf-Jakob Kühl; Thandile Nkosi-Gondwe; Feiko O. Ter Kuile et al. (2023). Predicting adherence to postdischarge malaria chemoprevention in Malawian preschool children: A prognostic multivariable analysis. (external link)
• Myness K. Ndambo; Kristine Bærøe; Kamija S. Phiri et al. (2025). Conceptualizing the implementation of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention in Malawi using a co-design approach. (external link)
• Vilde Skylstad; Harriet Aber; Victoria Bakken et al. (2021). Child alcohol use disorder in Eastern Uganda: Screening, diagnostics, risk factors and management of children drinking alcohol in Uganda (TREAT C-AUD): A mixed-methods research protocol. (external link)
• Lucy C. Okell; Titus K. Kwambai; Aggrey Dhabangi et al. (2023). Projected health impact of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention among children with severe malarial anaemia in Africa. (external link)
• Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen; Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar; Jutta Dierkes et al. (2020). Are pre-adolescent children drinking alcohol? Studies on child alcohol use disorder in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
• Thandile Gondwe; Bjarne Robberstad; Mavuto Mukaka et al. (2021). Adherence to community versus facility-based delivery of monthly malaria chemoprevention with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the post-discharge management of severe anemia in Malawian children: A cluster randomized trial. (external link)
• Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar; Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen; Nora Braathu et al. (2024). Study protocol for a stepped-wedge implementation study investigating the intersectoral collaboration of implementing the TREAT INTERACT intervention for primary school teachers and the mhGAP for health care workers for child mental health promotion in Uganda. (external link)
• Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen; Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar; Jutta Dierkes et al. (2020). Are pre-adolescent children drinking alcohol? Studies on child alcohol use disorder in Eastern Uganda. (external link)
• Melf-Jakob Kühl; Thandile Gondwe; Aggrey Dhabangi et al. (2022). Economic evaluation of postdischarge malaria chemoprevention in preschool children treated for severe anaemia in Malawi, Kenya, and Uganda: A cost-effectiveness analysis. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Melf-Jakob Kühl (2023). Addressing implementation uncertainty in postdischarge malaria chemoprevention : Determinants of adherence, cost-effectiveness, and the value of further research in Malawi and other malaria-endemic African countries. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Thandile Nkosi-Gondwe; Bjarne Robberstad; Mavuto Mukaka et al. (2021). Effectiveness of community versus facility delivery of dihydroartemisinin-peraquine for post-discharge malaria chemoprevention in management of severe anaemia in Malawian children. (external link)
• Melf-Jakob Kühl; Feiko O. Ter Kuile; Kamija S. Phiri et al. (2021). Cost-effectiveness of PMC. (external link)
• Amani Thomas Mori; Lucy C Okell; Titus Kimutai Kwambai et al. (2021). Epidemiological impact of PMC. (external link)

Conference poster

• Thandile Gondwe; Bjarne Robberstad; Mavuto Mukaka et al. (2019). Effectiveness Of Community Versus Facility Delivery Strategies On Adherence To Dihydroartemesinin-Piperaquine For Post-Discharge Malaria Chemoprevention In Management Of Severe Anaemia In Malawian Children. (external link)
• Thandile Gondwe; Bjarne Robberstad; Mavuto Mukaka et al. (2019). Effectiveness Of Community Versus Facility Delivery Strategies On Adherence To Dihydroartemesinin-Piperaquine For Post-Discharge Malaria Chemoprevention In Management Of Severe Anaemia In Malawian Children. (external link)
• Melf-Jakob Kühl; Mehmajeet Kaur Pannu; Feiko ter Kuile et al. (2019). Predicting parents’ adherence to malaria prophylaxis: a multivariable prediction model for caregivers’ adherence to post-discharge malaria chemoprophylaxis for children in Malawi. (external link)

Lecture

• Neda Valeckaite; Melf-Jakob Kühl; Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen et al. (2024). “We talk about the dangers” Alcohol and substance use education in Ugandan primary schools. A qualitative study on teachers’ and pupils’ perspectives. (external link)
• Nora Braathu; Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye; Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen et al. (2024). Factors associated with mental health stigma among caretakers of primary school children and their teachers in Mbale, Uganda. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Amani Thomas Mori; Grace John Mallange; Melf-Jakob Kühl et al. (2024). Cost of treating severe malaria in children in Africa: a systematic literature review. (external link)
• Vilde Skylstad; Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye; Juliet Kiguli et al. (2022). Are we overlooking alcohol use by younger children?. (external link)

Study protocol

• Martin Chebet; David Mukunya; Kathy Burgoine et al. (2023). A cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of household alcohol-based hand rub for the prevention of sepsis, diarrhoea, and pneumonia in Ugandan infants (the BabyGel trial): a study protocol. (external link)

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