October 2025
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Dr. Delfina Hlashwayo
Membership since:
2020
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About me
Biomedical researcher & educator with 13 years in public health. Member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). Faculty & Researcher at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique. PhD in Biosciences & Public Health, UNESCO-TWAS Young Affiliate, and advocate for youth and women in STEM. Committed to science diplomacy and sustainable development.
Other Memberships/Affiliations
TWAS
Degrees:
2018
Master
Agricultural Sciences
2023
Doctorate
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Publications resulting from Research
Hlashwayo, D., Munezero, E., Virahsawmy, N., Maculuve, M., Massingue, A. (2026). Plants Used for Disabilities in Mozambique. In: Bennett, G., Goodall, E. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40858-8_319-1.
Bao, Y., Angeles, K. A., Hlashwayo, D. F., Thorat, K., Mandona, M., Masisi, K., Ahmad, F., & Kassegne, A. (2025). Enhancing the BWC Through Scientific Communities and Networks of New Actors in the Era of Emerging Science and Technology. Health Security, 23(5):326-334. https://doi.org/10.1177/23265094251387073.
Barbosa, F. M. A., Cala, A. C., Sevastyanov, V., Boane, E., & Hlashwayo, D. F. (2023). Ethnoveterinary study of plant-based remedies for treating diseases in small ruminants in Maputo Province, Mozambique. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: eCAM, 2023, 1842870. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/1842870.
Hlashwayo, D. F., Noormahomed, E. V., Bahule, L., Benson, C., Schooley, R. T., Sigaúque, B., Barrett, K. E., & Bila, C. G. (2023). Microbiological assessment reveals that Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter infections are widespread in HIV infected and uninfected patients with diarrhea in Mozambique. PLOS global public health, 3(5), e0001877. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001877.
Hlashwayo, D. F., Noormahomed, E. V., Bahule, L., Benson, C. A., Schooley, R. T., Sigaúque, B., Barrett, K. E., & Bila, C. G. (2023). Susceptibility antibiotic screening reveals high rates of multidrug resistance of Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter in HIV infected and uninfected patients from Mozambique. BMC infectious diseases, 23(1), 255. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08219-7.
Hlashwayo, D. F., Sigaúque, B., Noormahomed, E. V., Afonso, S. M. S., Mandomando, I. M., & Bila, C. G. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis reveal that Campylobacter spp. and antibiotic resistance are widespread in humans in sub-Saharan Africa. PloS one, 16(1), e0245951. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245951.
Hlashwayo, D. F., Sigaúque, B., & Bila, C. G. (2020). Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. in animals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. Heliyon, 6(3), e03537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03537.
Noormahomed, E. V., Noormahomed, S., Hlashwayo, D., Martins, E., Ismail, M., Bickler, S. W., Nachega, J., Mahoche, M., Barrett, K. E., Benson, C. A., & Schooley, R. T. (2022). Fostering Sustainable Biomedical Research Training in Mozambique: A Spin-Off of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative. Annals of global health, 88(1), 65. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3684.
Langa, I., Padama, F., Nhancupe, N., Pondja, A., Hlashwayo, D., Gouveia, L., Stelzle, D., da Costa, C. P., Schmidt, V., Winkler, A. S., & Noormahomed, E. V. (2022). The burden of T. solium cysticercosis and selected neuropsychiatric disorders in Mocuba district, Zambézia province, Mozambique. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 16(7), e0010606. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010606.
Hlashwayo, D. F., Barbosa, F. M. A., & Massingue, A. (2021). Medicinal plants in response to COVID-19 in Mozambique: are they promising for a cure?. Revista Científica Da UEM: Série Ciências Biomédicas E Saúde Pública. Retrieved from: http://www.revistacientifica.uem.mz/revista/index.php/cbsp/article/view/27.
Manuel, L., Bechel, A., Noormahomed, E. V., Hlashwayo, D. F., & Madureira, M. D. C. (2020). Ethnobotanical study of plants used by the traditional healers to treat malaria in Mogovolas district, northern Mozambique. Heliyon, 6(12), e05746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05746.
Hlashwayo, D. F., Barbosa, F., Langa, S., Sigaúque, B., & Bila, C. G. (2020). A Systematic Review of In Vitro Activity of Medicinal Plants from Sub-Saharan Africa against Campylobacter spp. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020, 9485364. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/9485364.
Barbosa, F., Hlashwayo, D., Sevastyanov, V., Chichava, V., Mataveia, A., Boane, E., & Cala, A. (2020). Medicinal plants sold for treatment of bacterial and parasitic diseases in humans in Maputo city markets, Mozambique. BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 20(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-019-2809-9.
Hlashwayo, D.F. (2018). Aflatoxin B1 contamination in raw peanuts sold in Maputo City, Mozambique and associated factors. Journal of Stored Products and Postharvest Research, 9(6): 58-67. DOI: 10.5897/JSPPR2018.0261.
Hlashwayo, D. F., Langa, S. & Mocumbi, A.O. (2018). Ocorrência de factores de risco para doenças crónicas em trabalhadores de saúde num hospital urbano de Moçambique [Occurrence of risk factors for chronic diseases in health workers in an urban hospital in Mozambique]. Revista Moçambicana de Ciências de Saúde, 4(1): 13-21.
Hlashwayo, D., Dobe, I, Nhabete, R., Simião, F., Maculule, T., Salomão, C., Manafe, N., Mocumbi, A.O. (2016). Exequibilidade de testes rápidos de marcadores cardíacos e de coagulação em pacientes HIV positivos em ambiente de consulta em ambulatório [Feasibility of rapid tests for cardiac and coagulation markers in HIV positive patients in the ambulatory consultation setting]. Revista Moçambicana de Ciências de Saúde, 3(1): 9- 13.