Professor Mapatano Mala received his medical degree from the Kinshasa University in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1977. From 1986 to 1993, Prof Mapatano received a Master’s degree and a PhD in Public Health from Tulane University, United States of America. Since April 2004, he is Professor of Public Health, Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Public Health School of Kinshasa and Director of the National Centre for the Epidemiology of Diabetes, DRC. From 1995 to 1997, he was the Director of the “Mont Amba” Hospital Center of the University of Kinshasa, DRC. Prof Mapatano is a former Deputy Director of the Public Health School in Kinshasa and former Cabinet Director of Ministry of Health, DRC.

 

Curriculum vitaePublicationsAutres

IDENTIFICATION

Name: Mapatano Mala Ali
Sex: Male
Birthplace: Mwanza (Moba), Democratic Republic of Congo
Profession: Physician, Faculty
Address: Kinshasa School of Public Health BP 11850, Kinshasa 1, DR Congo.
Téléphone: 00(243) 9-9894-7313
e-mail: mapatanow@yahoo.fr

EDUCATION:

  • Doctor in Public Health, Tulane University, USA with Concentration in Epidemiology, 1993.
  • Master in Public Health, Tulane University, USA, with Concentration in Nutrition, 1987
  • Medical School, Université Nationale du Zaïre, 1977

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • President of the Board, Centre de Connaissances en Santé, en République Démocratique du Congo (CCSC), until December 2019
  • Member, WHO Independent Expert Committee on Ebola (IHR 2005), May 2018
  • Member, Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (WHO/AFRO), June 2016-June 2018
  • Member, WHO Independent Expert Committee (IHR 2005) on Yellow Fever Risk Assessment, since November 2015
  • Co-initiator of the Project: “Renforcement Institutionnel pour des Politiques de Santé basées sur l’Evidence, en République Démocratique du Congo” (RIPSEC), 2013-2019
  • Head, Department of Nutrition, Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa University, August 2014-April 2019
  • Coordinator, Middle Level Manager (MLM) of Expanded Programme of Immunisation, DR-Congo 30 May 2013 – January 2014.
  • Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Health, June 18, 2011- July 11, 2012
  • Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Health, 23 February 2010 to 18 June 2011
  • Deputy Director, Kinshasa School of Public Health, in charge of Research, February 2009 – March 2012
  • Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Health, May-December 2008
  • Member of the Executive Committee in charge of Academic Affairs, Kinshasa School of Public Health, august 2005 – February 2009
  • Coordinator of Pedasante-Kin project, an inter-university project between Kinshasa University, Free University of Brussels, Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (research on the link between pedagogy and health) since August 2006.
  • Coordinator of the elaboration of the DRC Financial Sustainability Plan of the Expanded Programme on Immunization, June 2004-January 2005.
  • Director, National Center for the Epidemiology of Diabetes, DR-Congo, since April 2004
  • Co-facilitated a training workshop on Disaster management entitled: « Assistance Humanitaire Régionale et Formation Pratique sur la Gestion des Catastrophes Naturelles”, Brazzaville 18-22 novembre 2002.
  • Introduced the Disaster Management Module at the “Kinshasa School of Public Health», DR-Congo, since 1996.
  • Director, Centre Hospitalier du Mont Amba, University of Kinshasa, Zaïre, October 1995-August 1997.
  • Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, School of Public Health, Kinshasa University, DR-Congo, since May 1993.
  • Teaching Assistant, (Professor Dr Ivan Beghin, Nutrition) International Course in Health Development, Antwerp (Tropical Medicine Institute), Belgium, January-March 1988.
  • Assistant, Department of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, 1982-1986
  • Head of the Kinshasa University Outpatient Clinic, 1980
  • General Partitionner, Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Zaïre, 1978-81

 

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

A. Books:
  1. Bimamisana B, Mapatano MA. La Polyclinique Générale au Sein des Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, dans la Problématique Sanitaire du Zaire, Université de Kinshasa, Zaire. 1980.
  2. Mapatano MA. Nutritional Surveillance: Factors of Motivation and Non-motivation of Mothers to Use Underfive Clinics in Kinshasa, Zaire, Thesis, Tulane University, Fall 1987.
  3. Mapatano MA. Assessment of the Relationship between Maternal Psychological Characteristics and Growth Status among Children in the Kwilu Subregion of Zaire, Zaire, Dissertation, Tulane University, 1993.
  4. Mapatano MA. Accidents de trafic routier sur la Nationale 2. Séries, Gestion des catastrophes No.1. Ecole de Santé Publique de Kinshasa. 1997.
  5. Mapatano MA. Tremblement de terre de Kabalo. Séries, Gestion des catastrophes No.2. Ecole de Santé Publique de Kinshasa. 1998.
  6. Mpolesha, J. M. K., Mapatano, M. A., Elzawawy, A., & Mchiza, Z. J. R. (2016). Ethics of Conducting Cancer Research in Developing Countries. In Cancer Research and Clinical Trials in Developing Countries (pp. 77-94). Springer International Publishing.
  7. Hallgeir Kismul , Mala Ali Mapatano, Jean Pierre Banea. Diet and Kwashiorkor in the Democratic Republic of Congo; in Preedy V, Patel VB. Handbook of Famine, Starvation, and Nutrient Deprivation. 27 June 2017:1-19.
B.Scientific Papers:
  1. Kiyombo M, Itofe E, Kambala M, Kambale N, Yogo B, Sadiki N, Mapatano MA. A propos de la qualité de l’eau potable dans la Zone de Santé du Mont Amba : Evaluation des caractéristiques physico-chimiques et bactériologiques de l’eau utilisée par la population urbaine de Kinshasa. Panorama Médical 1995; 10:599-604.
  2. Mapatano M.A., Lusamba D, Okitolonda W, Buhendwa L. Technique traditionnelle de sevrage dans la Zone de Santé de Basankusu. Panorama Médical 1997; 2: 135-140.
  3. Mapatano M.A., Lusamba D, Banea M. Evaluation of growth monitoring programme in children in Kinshasa. East African Medical Journal; 74, 1997: 96-99
  4. Mapatano M.A. Surveillance de croissance et anthropométrie. Congo Médical 1999; 2: 608-618.
  5. Mapatano M.A. surveillance nutritionnelle. In : Tandu-Umba N. Nutrition de la théorie à la pratique. Presses Universitaires de Kinshasa. Kinshasa 2001, p 189-196.
  6. Mapatano M.A, Musafiri M, Mambu N, Mashinda K. Les paralysies iatrogènes à Kinshasa. Congo Médical 2004; 3: 1240-1249.
  7. Mapatano MA, Piripiri L. Quelques erreurs courantes d’analyse d’un système d’information sanitaire (RD Congo). Santé publique 2005; 17:551-558.
  8. Kodondi KK, Umbiala U, Tsakala M, Kembi N, Mapatano MA, Kakwaka K, Mukajimueni I, Bimamisana B. Consommation alimentaire et état nutritionnel des étudiants de l’Université de Kinshasa (RDC). Annales de Pharmacie ; 2005 ; vol 3, no. 1: 167-76
  9. Kayembe KP, Fatuma BA, Mapatano MA, Mambu T. Prevalence and determinants of the use of modern contraceptive methods in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Contraception 2006; 74: 400-406
  10. Mapatano MA, Muyer M, De Clerck M, Mashinda K, Kasongo G. Insulin needs, complications and obesity in diabetics in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Poster 1659: 19th World Diabetes Congress 3-7 December 2006, Cape Town.
  11. Muyer M, Mapatano MA, De Clerk M. comparison of people with diabetes in a primary health care network, ten years apart in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Poster 1664: 19th World Diabetes Congress 3-7 December 2006, Cape Town.
  12. Mapatano MA, Muyer M, Buntinx F, De Clerck M, Okitolonda W, Bieleli I, Muls E. Obesity in diabetic patients in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: Acta Clinica Belgica 2007; 62-5;:293-297
  13. Kayembe KP, Mapatano MA, Fatuma BA et al. Correlates of ever had sex and recent sex
    among teenagers and young unmarried adults in the Democratic Republic of Congo. AIDS Behav. 2008; 12 (4):585-93.
  14. Kayembe KP, Mapatano MA, Fatuma BA et al. Determinants of consistent condom use among female commercial sex workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: implications for interventions. Sex Transm Infect. 2008 Jun; 84(3):202-6.
  15. Mapatano MA, Kayembe KP, Piripiri L, Nyandwe K. Immunisation-related knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. SA Fam Pract 2008; 50(2):61.
  16. Makulo JR, Nseka MN, Mapatano MA, Bieleli EI, Lepira FB, Kabsel T, Mokoli MV, Muls E. Surveillance du diabète par le test de la glycémie à jeun : obsolète ou acceptable ? Cas des patients suivis aux Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa. Annales Africaines de Médecine 2008; (1) 2: 41-45.
  17. Muyer MT, Muls E, Buntinx F, Mapatano MA, Bieleli EI, Okitolonda W. Le diabète en Afrique subsaharienne, une revue systématique de la littérature. Louvain Médical 2008 ; (113) 5 :153-165.
  18. Kayembe PK, Mapatano MA, Fatuma AB, Nyandwe JK, Mayala GM, Kokolomami JI, Kibungu JP. Knowledge of HIV, sexual behavior and correlates of risky sex among street children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. East African Journal of Public Health 2008 ; 3 : 186-192
  19. Mapatano MA, Nkula K. profil épidémiologique des accidents routiers sur la Route Nationale no.1: Tronçon Kinshasa-Kimpese de 2000 à 2004. Ann Afr Méd 2008; 1:33-45
  20. Parent F, Coppieters Y., Baulana R., Kahombo G., Mapatano A., Garant M., Lejeune C., Lemenu D., Dury C., De Ketele JM. Managing coherency to improve the existing workforce: towards a comprehensive competency based approach education and training: process, paradigm and methods for a meaningful integration of professional and community health care practices. Human Resources for Health. 2008.
  21. d’Hoop E., Parent F., Baulana R., Kahombo G., Lemenu D., Dury C., Coppieters Y., Mapatano A. Planifier la formation et l’évaluation dans un cadre d’Approche par compétences intégrée. XVIIèmes Journées Universitaires Francophones de Pédagogie des Sciences de la Santé de la CIDMEF, Lille, France, du 5 au 8 avril 2008.
  22. Parent F., Mapatano A., Baulana R., Kahombo G., Coppieters Y. Vision, stratégie et méthode en faveur du développement professionnel et des organisations de santé. Echange autour de la mise en oeuvre d’une approche par compétences intégrée (APCI). Atelier aux XVIIèmes Journées Universitaires Francophones de Pédagogie des Sciences de la Santé de la CIDMEF, Lille, France, du 5 au 8 avril 2008.
  23. Parent F., Coppieters Y., Baulana R., Kahombo G., D’Hoop E., Dury C., Vandermeiren C., Mapatano A. La formation, levier d’intégration et de professionnalisation des systèmes de santé ? 3ème Colloque international des programmes locaux & régionaux de santé, Mons, 1 au 4 avril 2008.
  24. Kahombo G., Baulana R., Mapatano A., Parent F., Coppieters Y., Levêque A., Garant M. Le management participatif : levier pour la formation des enseignants professionnels en sciences de santé. 3ème Colloque international des programmes locaux & régionaux de santé, Mons, 1 au 4 avril 2008.
  25. Muyer MT, Buntinx F, Mapatano MA, De Clerck M, Carla T, Muls E.L’évolution des caractéristiques et le traitement du patient diabétique dans le réseau des soins de santé primaires et secondaires à Kinshasa, de 1994 à 2004. Ann Afri Méd 2009; (2) 2: 120-128.
  26. Muyer MT, Buntinx F, Mapatano MA, De Clerck M, Truyers C and Muls E. Mortality of young patients with diabetes in Kinshasa, Dr Congo. Diabetic Medicine 2010; doi: 10.111/j.1464-5491.2010.02961.x
  27. Makulo RJr, Nseka MN, Jadoul M, Mvitu M, Muyer MT, Kimenyembo W, Mandja M, Bieleli EO, Mapatano MA, Lepira BF, Sumaili KE, Kaimbo W.K., Okwe N, Buntinx F, Muls E. Albuminurie pathologique lors du dépistage du diabète en milieu semi-rural (cite´ de Kisantu en RD Congo). Nephrol ther (2010), doi:10.1016/j.nephro.2010.04.006
  28. Muyer MT, Muls E, Mapatano MA, Makulo R, Mvitu M, Kimenyembo W, Mandja M, Kimbondo P, Bieleli E, Kaïmbo Wa Kaïmbo D, Nseka N, Okitolonda W, Truyers C, Buntinx F. Estimating prevalence of diabetes in a Congolese town was feasible. J Clin Epidemiol. 2011 Feb; 64 (2):172-81.
  29. Kaputu KMC, Mafuta EM, Okitundu LEA, Lusamba M, Mapatano MA, Kayembe K, Misson JP, Mukendi Kavulu KMR. Convulsions associées à la fièvre et développement psychomoteur en soins de santé primaires à Kinshasa. Ann Afr Med ; vol 5 (3) ; 2012 :1106-1111
  30. Mashinda KD, Kayembe KP, Mapatano MA. Prévalence du cancer en République Démocratique du Congo : Données anatomopathologiques recueillies aux Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa et à l’Hôpital Général de Référence de Kinshasa. Ann Afri Med ; vol 5 (3) ; 2012 :1087-1093
  31. Kaputu KMC, Mafuta EM, Okitundu LEA, Lusamba MJ, Mapatano MA, Kayembe K, Mukendi KMR, Misson JP. Profils évolutifs à court terme des convulsions associées à la fièvre chez le nourrisson et le jeune enfant en milieu de soins de santé primaires à Kinshasa. AJNS 2012 ; vol 31 (1)
  32. Muyer MT, Muls E, Mapatano MA, Makulo J-R, Mvitu M, Kimenyembo W, Mandja B-A, Kimbondo P, Bieleli CB, Kaimbo D, Buntinx F. Diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in Kisantu, DR Congo: a cross-sectional prevalence study. BMJ Open. 2012 Nov 15;2(6). doi:pii: e001911. 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001911.
  33. Bazeyo W, Mayega RW, Nabukenya I, Keyyu J, Mamuya S, Tabu SJ, Senna L, Mohammad M, Rugigana E, Alingi A, Mapatano M, Kiguli J, Orach CG, Burnham G, Killewo J. Institutional frameworks for management of epizoonotic emergencies in six countries in the Eastern Africa region: a situational analysis. East Afr J Public Health. 2013 Jun;10(2):387-96.
  34. Bazeyo W, Mayega RW, Orach GC, Kiguli J, Mamuya S, Tabu JS, Sena L, Rugigana E, Mapatano M, Lewy D, Mock N, Burnham G, Keim M, Killewo J.Regional approach to building operational level capacity for disaster planning: the case of the Eastern Africa region. East Afr J Public Health. 2013 Jun;10(2):447-58.
  35. Kismul H, Schwinger C, Chhagan M, Mapatano M and Broeck JVB. Incidence and course of child malnutrition according to clinical or anthropometrical assessment: a longitudinal study from rural DR Congo. BMC Pediatrics 2014, 14:22 :
  36. Chenge MF, Van der Vennet J, Luboya NO, Vanlerberghe V, Mapatano MA, Criel B. Health-seeking behaviour in the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: results from a cross-sectional household survey. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Apr 15;14(1):173.
  37. Kennedy Mense, Mala Ali Mapatano, Paulin Beya Mutombo, Marie Claire Muyer. Une étude cas-témoins pour déterminer les facteurs de non-observance du suivi médical chez les patients diabétiques à Kinshasa, en 2010. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2014;17:258
  38. P.Z. Akilimali, P.B. Mutombo, P.K. Kayembe, D.K. Kaba, M.A. Mapatano. Les déterminants de la survie des patients vivant avec le VIH sous thérapie antirétrovirale dans la ville de Goma, RD-Congo. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 2014 Jun; 62(3):201-6.
  39. Joe Katabwa Kabongo, Célestin Kaputu-Kalala-Malu, Oscar Luboya, Valérien Mutombo, Abel Ntambwe, Mala Ali Mapatano, Kavulu Mayamba Mukendi. Les neuropathies liées au VIH/SIDA: une étude clinique chez les patients infectés par le VIH au Centre d’Excellence VIH/SIDA de l’Université de Lubumbashi. Pan African Medical Journal. 2015; 20:392 doi:10.11604/pamj.2015.20.392.5799
  40. Kismul H, Hatløy A, Andersen P, Mapatano M, Van den Broeck J, Moland KM. The social context of severe child malnutrition: a qualitative household case study from a rural area of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Int J Equity Health. 2015 May 19;14(1):47.
  41. Babakazo P, Donnen P, Akilimali P, Mapatano MA, Okitolonga E. Predictors of discontinuing exclusive breastfeeding before six months among mothers in Kinshasa: a prospective study. International Breastfeeding Journal 2015; doi: 10.1186/s13006-015-0044-7.
  42. Babakazo P, Donnen P, Mapatano MA, Lulebo A, Okitolonda E. [Effect of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in Kinshasa: A cluster randomized trial]. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 2015 Oct;63(5):285-92. doi: 10.1016/j.respe.2015.07.043
  43. Lulebo AM, Mutombo PB, Mapatano MA, Mafuta EM, Kayembe PK, Ntumba LT, Mayindu AN, Coppieters Y. Predictors of non-adherence to antihypertensive medication in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Oct 1;8:526. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1519-8.
  44. Akilimali PZ, Kashala-Abotnes E, Musumari PM, Kayembe PK, Tylleskar T, Mapatano MA. Predictors of Persistent Anaemia in the First Year of Antiretroviral Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 16;10(10):e0140240. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140240. eCollection 2015.
  45. Lulebo AM, Mapatano MA, Kayembe PK, Mafuta EP, Mutombo PB, Coppieters Y. Assessment of hypertension management in primary health care settings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Dec 24;15(1):573. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-1236-y.
  46. N.F. Bumbangi, J.B. Muma, K. Choongo, M. Mukanga, M.R. Velu, F. Veldman, A. Hatloy, M.A. Mapatano. Occurrence and factors associated with aflatoxin contamination of raw peanuts from Lusaka district’s markets, Zambia. Food Control. Volume 68, April 2016, Pages 291–296
  47. Joe Katabwa Kabongo, Mala Ali Mapatano, Tshibangu Manyonga, Costa Kazadi Mwadianvita, Mutombo Valérien, Wembonyama Stanis, Mukendi Kavulu, Kashala Espérance. Normal grief and its correlates in Lubumbashi, an urban city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2016; 24: 24. doi:10.11604/ pamj.2016.24.24.5533
  48. Akilimali PZ, Musumari PM, Tugirimana PL, Mutombo PB, Veldman FJ, Patrick Kayembe PK, Mapatano MA, Tylleskar T, Kashala-Abotnes E. (2016) Depressive Symptoms, Loss of Appetite and Under Nutrition among Treated HIV Patients: A Cross Sectional Study in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo. J Nutrition Health Food Sci 4(2): 1-10. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15226/ jnhfs.2015.00162.
  49. Akilimali PZ, Musumari PM, Kashala-Abotnes E, Tugirimana PL, Mutombo PB, Veldman FJ, Kayembe PK, Tylleskar T, Mapatano MA. (2016) Food insecurity and undernutrition in treated HIV patients a (post-) conflict setting: A cross sectional study from Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. J Nutrition Health Food Sci 4(2): 1-9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15226/ jnhfs.2015.00163
  50. Sompwe Eric Mukomena, Cilundika Mulenga Philippe, Mashinda Kulimba Désiré, Lutumba Tshindele Pascal, Mapatano Mala Ali, Luboya Numbi Oscar. Parasitémie asymptomatique chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans, enfants en âge scolaire et prise en charge des épisodes fébriles dans les ménages de Lubumbashi, République Démocratique du Congo. Pan African Medical Journal. 2016; 24:94 doi:10.11604/pamj.2016.24.94.9350.
  51. Pierre Zalagile Akilimali1, Patou Masika Musumari, Espérance Kashala-Abotnes, Patrick Kalambayi Kayembe, François B. Lepira, Paulin Beya Mutombo, Thorkild Tylleskar, Mapatano Mala Ali. Disclosure of HIV status and its impact on the loss in the follow-up of HIV-infected patients on potent anti-retroviral therapy programs in a (post-) conflict setting: A retrospective cohort study from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. PLoS ONE. 2017 Feb 7: 12(2): e0171407. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0171407
  52. Lulebo AM, Mapatano MA, Mutombo PB, Mafuta EM, Samba G, Coppieters Y. Prevalence and determinants of use of complementary and alternative medicine by hypertensive patients attending primary health care facilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study.BMC Complement Altern Med. 2017 Apr 8;17(1):205. doi: 10.1186/s12906-017-1722-3.
  53. Nkuadiolandu A, Bunga P.M., Mapatano M.A., Tandu B.U., Mashako M. Prévalence de la coexistence de la malnutrition mère-enfant dans un quartier de Kinshasa. J Innov Res Health Sci Biotechn 2017, 2 (3): 359-364.
  54. A Nkuadiolandu, MP Bunga, ML Mashako, B Tandu, P Akilimali, MA Mapatano. Risk factors associated with child stunting in a district of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Innovation and Research in Health Sciences & Biotechnology; Volume 2; Issue 3; March 2017
  55. Mpunga D, Lumbayi JP, Dikamba N, Mwembo A, Ali Mapatano M, Wembodinga G. Availability and Quality of Family Planning Services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: High Potential for Improvement. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2017 Jun 6. pii: GHSP-D-16-00205. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00205.
  56. Nkuadiolandu A, Bunga MP, Mapatano MA, Tandu-UB, Mashako ML L’état nutritionnel pendant l’adolescence de la mère serait-il déterminant de la coexistence de la malnutrition du couple mère-enfant ? J Innov Res Health SciBiotechn 2017, 3 (1): 459 – 467.
  57. Nkuadiolandu A, Bunga P.M., Mapatano M.A., Tandu B.U., Mashako M.L Facteurs Socioéconomiques de Risque du Retard de Croissance des Nourrissons dans un Quartier de Kinshasa. J. innov. Res. HealthSci. Biotechnol. 2017 ; 3(1) : 502 – 509. doi : 10.18644/jiresh-biotech.0000049.
  58. Nyandwe J, Mapatano MA, Lusamba PS, Kandala NB, Kayembe PK (2017). Measuring Patients’ Perception on the Quality of Care in the Democratic Republic of Congo Using a Modified Service Quality Scale (SERVQUAL). Arch Sci 1. 108
  59. Nyandwe J, Mapatano MA, Lusamba PS, Kandala NB, Kayembe PK (2017). Translation and Cross-cultural Adaptation of an Instrument to measure Patients’ Perception of the Quality of Care in Kinshasa Hospitals and Health Centers. Arch Sci 1. 109
  60. Lulebo AM, Kaba DK, Atake SE, Mapatano MA, Mafuta EM, Mampunza JM, Coppieters Y. Task shifting in the management of hypertension in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Dec 4;17(Suppl 2):698. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2645-x.
  61. Hallgeir Kismul, Pawan Acharya, Mala Ali Mapatano, Anne Hatløy. Determinants of childhood stunting in the Democratic Republic of Congo: further analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2013–14. BMC Public Health, 2018, Volume 18:74 DOI 10.1186/s12889-017-4621-0,
  62. Olu O, Usman A, Kalambay K, Anyangwe S, Voyi K, Orach CG, Azazh A, Mapatano MA, Nsenga N, Manga L, Woldetsadik S, Nguessan F, Benson A.. What should the African health workforce know about disasters? Proposed competencies for strengthening public health disaster risk management education in Africa. BMC Med Educ. 2018 Apr 2;18(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1163-9.
  63. Acharya P, Kismul H, Mapatano MA, Hatløy A (2018) Individual- and community-level determinants of child immunization in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A multilevel analysis. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0202742. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202742
  64. DM Mpunga, FM Chenge, MA Mapatano, et al. Exploring the Adequacy of Family Planning Services to Adolescents needs: Results of a cross-sectional Study from two settings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Health Educ Public Health. 2019: 2:1.

SCIENTIFIC ACTVITIES

Reviewer: The Nutrition Biomedical Journal

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:

  1. Training workshop on Primary Health Care: Training of Trainers in Primary Health Care, Lomé, Togo, 1983: Participant.
  2. Training workshop on Primary Health Care, Promotion of Research in Primary Health Care, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 1984: participant.
  3. Conférence sur les Malnutritions. Groupe d’Etudes et Recherches sur les Malnutritions (GERM), Dakar, 1987. Presented a poster.
  4. Workshop on “La gestion de la crise des réfugiés Rwandais. Nairobi, 1994, participant.
  5. Workshop on “Integrated Disease Surveillance: Assessment of a surveillance system and defining a disease surveillance plan of action. Harare, 1999, participant.
  6. Workshop on “the National legislation of breastmilk substitutes”. Kinshasa January 2003, Chairman.
  7. Workshop on Relief Systems Research: Information & Communication Systems in Humanitarian Action, Naivasha Lake, Kenya 7-10 June 2006.
  8. 19th World Diabetes Congress 3-7 December 2006, Cape Town. Presented a poster.
  9. WHO consultation on surveillance for pandemic influenza, 10-12 December 2007– Geneva, Switzerland
  10. 3ème Colloque International des Programmes Locaux & Régionaux de Santé, Mons 2008, du 1-4 avril 2008. Présentation d’une communication à une des Tables Rondes sur la Démocratie et Santé.
  11. Atelier de renforcement de capacité en gestion de catastrophes dans les pays de l’Est de l’Afrique: Ethiopie, Tanzanie, Kenya, Ouganda, Rwanda, en mai et en juillet 2008 à Kampala.
  12. Disaster management workshop. Co-facilitated the training of districts officers. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, November 2008.
  13. International Symposium on viral respiratory disease surveillance. Seville, Spain 25-27 march 2009.
  14. Disaster management workshop held by WHO. Elaboration of Core Competencies in Disaster Management; Pretoria December 1-10, 2012
  15. Risk reduction and vulnerability evaluation Workshop held by WHO. Cape Town. March 2013
  16. Atelier: Cours MLM pour la Formation des Managers PEV des pays Francophones, Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire, du 20 août au 1er septembre 2012.
  17. Briefing on WHO tools and guidance related to immunization data quality and coverage survey, 1 to 4 December 2015; Hotel Dedeman, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015

CONSULTENCY:

  • SANRU:- Field Supervisor: Study of the Financial Participation of the Community to Health Care:
    – in Kasai, Bibanga, DR-Congo, 1984
    – in Katanga, Kaniama, DR-Congo, 1985
    – in Katanga, Kongolo, DR-Congo, 1985
  • WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION:
    Epidemiologist for the Rwandan Crisis
    – Rwandan Refugees Camp in Ngara, Tanzania, November 1994-September 1995. Head of the Ngara WHO Sub-Office.
    – Repatriation of Rwandan Refugees, WHO Office in Rwanda, 20 January-5 June, 1996
    Epidemiologist for the Liberian Crisis, Liberia:
    – Epidemiologist, June 6-August 30, 1996
    -WHO Representative for Liberia, Acting, July-August 1996.
    – Epidemiologist, May 10-August 18, 1997
    -WHO Representative for Liberia, Acting, May-August 1997.
    Epidemiologist for the Congo Brazzaville Crisis
    – WHO Congo-Brazzaville, January 1998: Drawing a national plan of rehabilitation of the health services in the aftermath of the conflict: Member of a team of three, including AFRO and WHO Geneva representatives.
    – WHO Congo-Brazzaville, 26 February-27 March 1998: Epidemiologist for the Cholera outbreak in Pointe Noire
    Epidemiologist, WHO Lesotho Country Office
    – Epidemiologist, 23 June 1998- 27 May 1999.
    – WHO Representative for Lesotho, Acting: 7 December 1988- 14 January 1999.
    – WHO Representative for Lesotho, Acting: 6-14 May 2000.
    – I was involved in 1999, in the epidemiological surveillance assessment for Lesotho, as a pre-requisite to the establishment of Integrated Disease Surveillance and in the formulation of the POA.
    – I completed two training workshops on integrated disease surveillance and response (IDS-R), one for the Northern and another one for the Southern health districts.
    – I participated in the pre-testing of IDS-R training modules in Malawi, in October 2001.
    – Epidemiologist, November 1999-October 2000 and November 2000 to November 2001.
    Epidemiologist, Consultant for WHO Regional Office for Africa
    – I participated in the training of trainers on IDS-R in Mali (22 July – 8 August 2002) and in Equatorial Guinea (20 October – 9 November 2002).
    Epidemiologist, Consultant for WHO Regional Office for Africa
    – Epidemiologist for Zambia, for the drought that stroke in Southern Africa, 2003
    Epidemiologist, Consultant for WHO Regional Office for Africa
    – Epidemiologist for Madagascar (Elaboration of a Contingency Plan), for the Cyclone Gafilo that stroke the country, 2004
     Consultant (short term) with the World Bank as a reviewer of National Contingency Plan on Avian Flu for 5 countries, 2005.
     Co-Investigator, « Enquête de Surveillance de Comportement Sexuel (BSS), RD-Congo 2004-2005 »

LANGUAGES:

Fluent in French, English, Swahili and Lingala.

AREAS OF INTEREST

NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY:
– Growth Monitoring
– Diabetes
MANAGEMENT OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION