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Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour.

Mselle, L.T.; Kohi, T.W.; Mvungi, A.; Evjen-Olsen, B.; Moland, K.M. (BioMed Central, 2011)

BACKGROUND: Obstetric fistula is a physically and socially disabling obstetric complication that affects about 3,000 women in Tanzania every year. The fistula, an opening that forms between the vagina and the bladder ...

Walking is not like reaching: evidence from periodic mechanical perturbations.

Ahn, J.; Hogan, N. (PLoS One., 2012)

The control architecture underlying human reaching has been established, at least in broad outline. However, despite extensive research, the control architecture underlying human locomotion remains unclear. Some studies ...

Ward based critical care: nurses practices and knowledge on assessment and observations of adult critically ill patients at Muhimbili national hospital

Mkoka, Dickson Ally (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciencesill patients, 2009)

Water pipe tobacco smoking among youth: a study of social determinants, attitudes and perceptions of smokers in Kinondoni municipality, Dar es Saalaam region

Stephen, M. (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2014)

Background: The prevalence of water pipe tobacco smoking in developing nations like Tanzania and worldwide is increasing. Globalization and migration which have been acting like powerful engines in the spread and the rise ...

Water treatment and safe storage practices among women in Kiuyu mbuyuni (Micheweni district), Pemba.

Ali, Z.H. (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2016)

Introduction: Globally, it is estimated that 1.7 million people die annually through waterborne diseases caused by poor water quality and lack of basic sanitation and hygiene. The most affected are children under five ...

Water, sanitation, and hygiene factors associated with child illness in Tanzania

Verdeja, M.; Thomas, Kendra; Dorsan, Gina; Hawks, Megan; Dearden, Kirk; Stroupe, Nancy; Hoj, Taylor; West, Josh; Crookston, Benjamin; Ezekial, Mangi; Hall, Cougar (Scientific Research Publishing Inc, 2019)

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are critical to ensuring health and preventing disease in Tanzania where approximately one-third of childhood deaths are related to poor hygiene. This study explored associations ...

Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV

Moland, K.M.I.; van Esterik, P.; Sellen, D.W.; Paoli, M.M.; Leshabari, S.C.; Blystad, A. (BioMed Central, 2010)

The HIV epidemic coupled with the assumed benefits of infant formula for the children of all HIV-infected mothers have in complex ways changed public ideas about infant feeding and represents a threat to well establishe ...

). "We are in this together:" dyadic-level influence and decision-making among HIV serodiscordant couples in Tanzania receiving access to PrEP

Fonner, V.A.; Ntogwisangu, J.; Hamidu, I. (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2021)

ABSTRACT Introduction: Postpartum family planning is an effective means of achieving improved health outcomes for women and children, especially in low- and middle-income settings. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of ...

‘We do not do any activity until there is an outbreak’:

Nyamhanga, T; Frumence, G; Mwangu, M; Hurtig, A (Global Health Action, 2014)

Background: Little is known about the barriers to disease prevention and health promotion at the community level within a decentralized health system. Objective: This paper, therefore, presents and discusses findings ...

We have been working overnight without sleeping”: traditional birth attendants’ practices and perceptions of post-partum care services in rural Tanzania

Mahiti, R.J.; Kiwara, D.A.; Mbekenga, K.C.; Hurtig, A.; Goicolea, I. (Bio med central, 2015-02)

Background: In many low-income countries, formal post-partum care utilization is much lower than that of skilled delivery and antenatal care. While Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) might play a role in post-partum care, ...

“ … we were like tourists in the theatre, the interns assisted almost all procedures … ”

Sirili, N; Anaeli, A; Mselle, L; Nyongole, O; Massawe, S (BMC Medical Education, 2021)

Background: Training of mid-level providers is a task-sharing strategy that has gained popularity in the recent past for addressing the critical shortage of the health workforce. In Tanzania, training of mid-level providers ...

"When in the body, it makes you look fat and HIV negative": The constitution of antiretroviral therapy in local discourse among youth in Kahe, Tanzania

Ezekiel, M.J; Talle, A.; Juma, J.M; Klepp, K-I (Elsevier, 2009)

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is becoming increasingly more accessible within the health care system in Tanzania. However, the impact of the increased availability of ART on local conceptions about medicines, health and ...

Where there is no local author: a network bibliometric analysis of authorship parasitism among research conducted in sub-Saharan Africa

Rees, C.A.; Mohsen, A.; Kisenge, R. (Muhimbili University of Health and allied science, 2021)

ABSTRACT Introduction: Authorship parasitism (ie, no authors affiliated with the country in which the study took place) occurs frequently in research conducted in low-income and middle-income countries, despite published ...

White Paper on Early Critical Care Services in Low Resource Settings

LOSONCZY, L.; GIRMA, B.; ROUHANI, S.; PAPALI, A.; et al (Annals of global health, 2021)

This White Paper has been formally accepted for support by the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) and by the World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care (WFICC), put forth by a multi-specialty ...

WHO Expert committee on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations: Fifty-fifth report

Habib, A.; Varley, D.S.; Petra, D. (WHO, 2021)

ABSTRACT The World Health Organization was established in 1948 as a specialized agency of the United Nations serving as the directing and coordinating authority for international health matters and public health. One of ...

Who gets prompt access to artemisinin-based combination therapy? A prospective community-based study in children from rural Kilosa, Tanzania.

Simba, D.O.; Warsame, M.; Kakoko, D.; Mrango, Z.; Tomson, G.; Premji, Z.; Petzold, M. (PLoS One., 2010)

BACKGROUND: Effective and timely case management remains one of the fundamental pillars for control of malaria. Tanzania introduced artemisinin-combination therapy [ACT] for uncomplicated malaria; however, the policy ...

WHO/INRUD core prescribing indicators and antibiotic utilization patterns among primary health care facilities in Ilala district, Tanzania

Kilipamwambu, A.; Bwire, G.M.; Myemba, D.T.; Njiro, B.J.; Majigo, M.V. (2021)

Background: Antibiotic use requires regular monitoring to prevent emergence of antibiotic resistance. Objectives: To assess antibiotic prescribing patterns at health care facilities (HCF) in Ilala district, Tanzania. Methods: ...

WHO/INRUD core prescribing indicators and antibiotic utilization patterns among primary health care facilities in Ilala district, Tanzania

iKilipamwambu, A; Bwire, G; Myemba, D; Njiro, B; Majigo, M (JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance,, 2021-03-21)

Results: A total of 604 prescriptions were reviewed. Patients had median age (IQR) of 15 (4–31) years with majority having upper respiratory tract infection 33.3% (n " 201), urinary tract infection 31.1% (n " 188) or diar ...

Why are primary school children overweight and obese? A cross sectional study undertaken in Kinondoni district, Dar-es-salaam

Mwaikambo, A.S.; Leyna, H.G; Killewo, J.; Simba, A.; Puoane, T. (Bio med central, 2015-12)

Background: The world is experiencing an alarming increase in prevalence of childhood obesity. Despite this trend little is known about determinants of childhood obesity in Tanzania. A cross sectional study determined ...

Why give birth in health facility? Users’ and providers’ accounts of poor quality of birth care in Tanzania

Mselle, L. T.; Moland, K. M.; Mvungi, A.; Evjen-Olsen, B.; Kohi, T. W. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2013)

Background: In Tanzania, half of all pregnant women access a health facility for delivery. The proportion receiving skilled care at birth is even lower. In order to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, the government ...

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