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Feasibility and Acceptability of Diabetes and Hypertension Screening and Diagnosis by Community Health Workers in Rural Lesotho: A Mixed‑Methods Pilot Study Cover

Feasibility and Acceptability of Diabetes and Hypertension Screening and Diagnosis by Community Health Workers in Rural Lesotho: A Mixed‑Methods Pilot Study

Open Access
|Sep 2025

Authors

Thabo Ishmael Lejone

t.lejone@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel

Felix Gerber

Felix.Gerber@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil

Ravi Gupta

r.gupta@solidarmed.ch

SolidarMed

Jennifer M. Belus

Jennifer.Belus@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel

Thesar Tahirsylaj

thesar.tahirsylaj@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel

Tristan Lee

tristantaylor.lee@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel

Giuliana Sanchez‑Samaniego

giuliana.sanchezsamaniego@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel

Maurus Kohler

maurus.kohler@outlook.com

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel

Maria Ines Haldemann

mi.haldemann@gmail.com

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel

Fabian Raeber

fabian.raeber@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel

Andrea Williams

andrea.williams@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel

Makhebe Khomolishoele

M.Khomolishoele@solidarmed.ch

SolidarMed

Palesa Mahlatsi

p.mahlatsi@solidarmed.ch

SolidarMed

Pauline Mamoroents’ane Sematle

M.Sematle@solidarmed.ch

SolidarMed

Lucia Motlatsi

ntjantjamotlatsi@gmail.com

Ministry of Health

Boikano Matjeane

b.jmatjeane@gmail.com

Ministry of Health

Dave Basler

davebrian.basler@uzh.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics, University of Zurich

Kevin Kindler

kevin.kindler@uzh.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics, University of Zurich

Pauline Grimm

P.Grimm@solidarmed.ch

SolidarMed

Martin Rohacek

mrohacek@ihi.or.tz

University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland; Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara

Alain Amstutz

A.Amstutz@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol

Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

Niklaus.Labhardt@usb.ch

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4738 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 17, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 11, 2025
Published on: Sep 12, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Thabo Ishmael Lejone, Felix Gerber, Ravi Gupta, Jennifer M. Belus, Thesar Tahirsylaj, Tristan Lee, Giuliana Sanchez‑Samaniego, Maurus Kohler, Maria Ines Haldemann, Fabian Raeber, Andrea Williams, Makhebe Khomolishoele, Palesa Mahlatsi, Pauline Mamoroents’ane Sematle, Lucia Motlatsi, Boikano Matjeane, Dave Basler, Kevin Kindler, Pauline Grimm, Martin Rohacek, Alain Amstutz, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt, published by Ubiquity Press
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