Biography

Nkumbula Moyo is a Research Coordinator with vast experience in health research and implementation of HIV-AIDS/TB, malaria, other infectious diseases, maternal and child health projects. He has prior engagements with the Zambian Ministry of Health as a District HIV/AIDS Coordinator and Health Planner. He later worked with Save the Children International and ABT Associate coordinating Maternal and Child Health projects on the Copperbelt and Eastern Provinces of Zambia. He has also been actively involved in administrative duties at senior management level at Macha Research Trust.

Education

• MSc Epi & BA (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia)
• Dip. Clinic Med (Chainama College of Health Sciences, Lusaka, Zambia)

Research Interests

• HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria diagnostics
• Respiratory and other infectious diseases
• Health service delivery approaches and interventions
• Maternal and child health

Selected contribution to scientific works:

• Moyo N, Makasa M, Chola M, Musonda P. Access factors linked to maternal deaths in Lundazi district, Eastern Province of Zambia: a case control study analysing maternal death reviews. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 18, 101 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1717-1.
• Sutcliffe CG, Mutanga JN, Moyo N, Schue JL, Hamahuwa M, Thuma PE, Moss WJ. Acceptability and feasibility of testing for HIV infection at birth and linkage to care in rural and urban Zambia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis 2020; 20(1):227. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-4947-6. PMID: 32183751; PMCID: PMC7079396.
• De Broucker G, Salvatore PP, Mutembo S, Moyo N, Mutanga JN, Thuma PE, Moss WJ, Sutcliffe CG. The cost-effectiveness of scaling-up rapid point-of-care testing for early infant diagnosis of HIV in southern Zambia. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0248217. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248217.
• Sutcliffe, C.G., Mutanga, J., Moyo, N. et al. Point-of-care p24 antigen detection for early infant diagnosis of HIV infection: cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in Zambia. BMC Infect Dis 21, 118 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05808-2.
• Sutcliffe CG, Moyo N, Schue JL, Mutanga JN, Hamahuwa M, Munachoonga P, Maunga S, Thuma PE, Moss WJ. The NSEBA Demonstration Project: implementation of a point-of-care platform for early infant diagnosis of HIV in rural Zambia. Trop Med Int Health. 2021 Sep;26(9):1036-1046. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13627. Epub 2021 Jun 7. PMID: 33999480; PMCID: PMC8416694.
• Oral presentation at American Society for Tropical Medicine (ASTMH) and Hygiene held in New Orleans LA from 28^th October to 1^st November 2018: ‘Performance of the LYNX p24 antigen point-of-care test for early infant diagnosis of HIV’ Nkumbula Moyo, Sylvia Maunga, Jane Mutanga, Simon Mutembo, Philip E. Thuma, William J. Moss, Catherine G. Sutcliffe