Global health

NUWANGI, H., DIKOMITIS, L., WEERAKOON, K.G., LIYANAGE, C., AGAMPODI, T.C. and AGAMPODI, S.B. (2024). Stigma associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: development of a conceptual framework. International Health, 0 DOI     

NUWANGI, H., DIKOMITIS, L., WEERAKOON, K.G., AGAMPODI, S.B. and AGAMPODI, T.C. (2024) The psychosocial burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: A multi-method qualitative study. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (1): e0011909 DOI  

GUNASEKARA, S. D., WICKRAMASINGHE, N. D., AGAMPODI, S.B., FERNANDO, M.S., WEERAKOON, K.G., LIYANAGE, C., DIKOMITIS, L.* and AGAMPODI, T. C.* (2023) ‘We do not rush to the hospital for ordinary wounds (suḷu tuvāla)’: A qualitative study on the early clinical manifestations of cutaneous leishmaniasis and associated health behaviours in rural Sri Lanka. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (*joint senior authors) DOI  


AGAMPODI, T,, NUWANGI, H., GUNASEKARA, S., MALLAWAARACHCHI, A., PRICE, H., DIKOMITIS, L., AGAMPODI, S. (2023) Safeguarding community-centred global health research during crises. BMJ Global Health DOI 


KHATTAK, M. I., KHATTAK, S. I., KHAN, M., KHAN, Z., DIKOMITIS, L., UL-HAQ, Z. and SADDKI, N. (2022). Experiences of Newly Diagnosed Oral Cancer Patients during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study from Pakistan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (14) DOI 


NUWANGI, H., WEERAKOON, K.G., AGAMPODI, T.C., PRICE, H.P., DIKOMITIS, L. and AGAMPODI, S.B. (2022). Re-writing the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: an untold story since 1904. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases DOI 

WENNING, B., PRICE, H.P., NUWANGI, H., REDA, K., WALTERS, B., EHSANULLAH, R., VIANA, G., ANDRAS, A. and DIKOMITIS, L. (2022). Exploring the cultural effects of gender on perceptions of cutaneous leishmaniasis: A systematic literature review. Global Health Research and Policy, 7 DOI  

KHATTAK, M.I., DIKOMITIS, L., KHAN, F., HAQ, M.U., SAEED, U., AWAN, N.R., UL HAQ, Z., SHEPHERD, T., MALLEN, C.D. and FAROOQ, S. (2022) Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives on a community-based intervention for schizophrenia in Pakistan: a focus group study, PLoS One DOI 

POLIDANO, K., PARTON, L., AGAMPODI, S., AGAMPODI, T., HAILESELASSIE, B., LALANI, J., MOTA, S., PRICE, H., RODRIGUES, S., TAFERE, G., TRAD, L., ZERIHUN, Z. and DIKOMITIS, L. (2022) Community engagement in cutaneous leishmaniasis research in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: a decolonial approach for global health, Frontiers in Public Health, 10 DOI 

HICKEY, G., PORTER, K., TEMBO, D., RENNARD, U., THOLANAH, M., BERESFORD, P., CHANDLER, D., CHIMBARI, M., COLDHAM, T., DIKOMITIS, L., DZIRO, B., EKIIKINA, P., KHATTAK, M.I., MONTENEGRO, C., MUMBA, N., MUSESENGWA, R., NELSON, E., NHUNZVI, C., RAMIREZ, C.M., and STANISZEWSKA, S. (2022) What does ‘good’ community and public engagement look like? Developing relationships with community members in global health research, Frontiers in Public Health DOI  

WRIGHT, T., MUGHAL, F. BABATUNDE, O., HELLIWELL, T., DIKOMITIS, L. and MALLEN, C.D. (2022) Prevalence and Determinants of Burnout in Primary Healthcare Professionals in Low- and Middle- Income  Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 100 (6): 385-401A DOI 

MOTA, C., TRAD, L. A. and DIKOMITIS, L. (2022). Sickle Cell Disease in Bahia, Brazil: The Social Production of Health Policies and Institutional Neglect. Societies, 12 (4) DOI 

GUNASEKARA, S. D., NUWANGI, H., WICKRAMASINGHE, N. D., WEERAKOON, K., PRICE, H. P., DIKOMITIS, L. and AGAMPODI, S. B. (2022). Placing Leishmaniasis in the Limelight through the Communicable Disease Surveillance System: An Experience from Sri Lanka. Pathogens, 11 (6) DOI 

HICKEY, G., PORTER, K., TEMBO, D., RENNARD, U., THOLANAH, M., BERESFORD, P., CHANDLER, D., CHIMBARI, M., COLDHAM, T., DIKOMITIS, L., DZIRO, B., EKIIKINA, P., KHATTAK, M.I., MONTENEGRO, C., MUMBA, N., MUSESENGWA, R., NELSON, E., NHUNZVI, C., RAMIREZ, C.M., and STANISZEWSKA, S. (2022) What does ‘good’ community and public engagement look like? Developing relationships with community members in global health research, Frontiers in Public Health DOI  


POLIDANO, K., PARTON, L., AGAMPODI, S., AGAMPODI, T., HAILESELASSIE, B., LALANI, J., MOTA, S., PRICE, H., RODRIGUES, S., TAFERE, G., TRAD, L., ZERIHUN, Z. and DIKOMITIS, L. (2022) Community engagement in cutaneous leishmaniasis research in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: a decolonial approach for global health, Frontiers in Public Health, 10 DOI 

POLIDANO, K., WENNING, B., RUIZ, A., DAWAISAN, B., PANCHAL, J., GUNASEKARA, S., ABEBE, H., PRICE, H.P. and DIKOMITIS, L. (2022). Community-based interventions for the prevention and control of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a systematic review. Social Sciences DOI 


MOTA, C., TRAD, L. and DIKOMITIS, L. (2021) Insider-outsider positions during co-production: reflections from the Candomblé terreiros in Brazil in WILLIAMS, O., TEMBO, D., OCLOO, J., KAUR, M. HICKY, G., FARR, M. and BERESFORD, P. (Eds). COVID-19 and co-production in health and social care research, policy and practice Vol. 2 (Policy Press) link 

TEMBO, D., HICKEY, G., MONTENEGRO, C., CHANDLER, D., NELSON, E., PORTER, K., DIKOMITIS, L., CHAMBERS, M., CHIMBARI, M., MUMBA, N., BERESFORD, P., EKIIKINA, P., MUSESENGWA, R., STANISZEWSKA, S., COLDHAM, T. and RENNARD, U. (2021) Impactful engagement and involvement with community stakeholders in the co-production of global health research:  How do we make it happen?, BMJ, 372:n178 DOI 

YAHAYA, I., WRIGHT, T., BABATUNDE, O., HELLIWEL, T., DIKOMITIS, L., MALLEN, C. and CORP, N. (2021) Prevalence of osteoarthritis in lower-middle and low-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Rheumatology International, 41: 1221-1231 DOI 


SHEPHERD, T., UL HAQ, Z., UL-HAQ, M., KHAN, M., AFRIDI A., DIKOMITIS, L., ROBINSON, M., LEWIS, M., RAHMAN, A., DZIEDZIC, K., SAEED, U., MALLEN, C. and FAROOQ, S. (2020)  Supervised Treatment in Outpatients for Schizophrenia (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan, BMJ Open, 10:e034709 DOI