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ArticleInternational journal of public health2021

Prospective Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and Other Inherited Blood Disorders in Central Malawi.

Gerald Tegha, Hillary M Topazian, Portia Kamthunzi, Thad Howard, Zondwayo Tembo, Tisungane Mvalo, Nelecy Chome, Wiza Kumwenda, Tawonga Mkochi, Arielle Hernandez and 3 more

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Article in International journal of public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Advances and Gaps in Global Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease.International journal of neonatal screening · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Gerald TeghaUniversity of North Carolina Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Hillary M TopazianUniversity of North Carolina Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Portia KamthunziUniversity of North Carolina Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Thad HowardDivision of Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Zondwayo TemboUniversity of North Carolina Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Tisungane MvaloUniversity of North Carolina Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Nelecy ChomeUniversity of North Carolina Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Wiza KumwendaUniversity of North Carolina Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Tawonga MkochiUniversity of North Carolina Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Arielle HernandezDivision of Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Kenneth I AtagaCenter for Sickle Cell Disease, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
Irving F HoffmanUniversity of North Carolina Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Russell E WareDivision of Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
University of Malawi · MWCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · USUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

Targeted Anticoagulant Therapy for Sickle Cell DiseaseU01HL117659 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KEY, NIGEL S., MACKMAN, NIGEL · 2013 to 2017
$7.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL117659
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Anemia, Sickle CellHematologic DiseasesNeonatal Screeningalpha-ThalassemiaFemaleGlucosephosphate Dehydrogenase DeficiencyHumansInfant, NewbornMalawiMaleProspective Studiesalpha thalassemiaG6PD deficiencyMalawinewborn screeningsickle cell diseasesickle cell trait

Identifiers

PMID34335138
PMCPMC8284589
OpenAlexW3176645075

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Registered trials

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