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Breastfeeding and HIV: experiences from a decade of prevention of postnatal HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

Infant feeding by HIV-infected mothers has been a major global public health dilemma and a highly controversial matter. The controversy is reflected in the different sets of WHO infant feeding guidelines that have been ...
Breastfeeding practices and associated factors : the case of HIV infected mothers with children less than two years in Mbeya urban,Mbeya region

Buchwa, Agnes S (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2009)
Brine shrimp toxicity evaluation of some Tanzanian plants used traditionally for the treatment of fungal infections

Moshi, MJ; van den Beukel, CJP; Hamza, OJM; Mbwambo, ZH; Nondo, ROS; Masimba, PJ; Matee, MIN; Kapingu, MC; Mikx, F; Verweij, PE; can der Ven, AJAM (2007)

Plants which are used by traditional healers in Tanzania have been evaluated to obtain preliminary data of their toxicity using the brine shrimps test. The results indicate that 9 out of 44 plant species whose extracts ...
Brine shrimp toxicity of some plants used as traditional medicines in Kagera Region, north western Tanzania

Moshi, M.J.; Nondo, R.S.O.; Innocent, E.; Magadula, J.J.; Otieno, D.F.; Weisheit, A.; Mbabazi, P.K. (2010)

Dichloromethane and/or ethanol extracts of 30 plants used as traditional medicines in Bukoba district, northwestern Tanzania were evaluated for brine shrimp toxicity. Among the 50 extracts tested, 32 extracts (64%) showed ...
Brine shrimp toxicity of some plants used as traditional medicines in Kagera Region, north western Tanzania

Moshi, MJ; Innocent, E; Magadula, JJ; Otieno, DF; Weisheit, A; Mbabazi, PK; Nondo, RSO (2010)

Dichloromethane and/or ethanol extracts of 30 plants used as traditional medicines in Bukoba district, northwestern Tanzania were evaluated for brine shrimp toxicity. Among the 50 extracts tested, 32 extracts (64%) showed ...
Broad and potent immune responses to a low dose intradermal HIV-1 DNA boosted with HIV-1 recombinant MVA among healthy adults in Tanzania

Bakaria, M.; Aboud, S.; Nilssond, C.; Francisf, J.; Bumah, D.; Moshiroc, C.; Arisg, E.A.; Lyamuyab, E.F.; Janabig, M.; Earl, P.; Robbk, M.; Marovichi, M.; Wahrend, B.; Pallangyoa, K.; Biberfeldd, G.; Mhalub, F.; Sandströml, E. (ELSEVIER, 2011)

Background: We conducted a phase I/II randomized placebo-controlled trial with the aim of exploring whether priming with a low intradermal dose of a multiclade, multigene HIV-1 DNA vaccine could improve the immunogenicity ...
Building a virtual academic library with web 2.0 technologies in Tanzania

Lwoga, Edda Tandi (2012)

This paper aims to promote academic inquiry into the need for innovative library 2.0 technologies, by demonstrating the work undertaken by Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) Library in an effort to ...
Building sustainable research capacity at higher learning institutions in Tanzania through mentoring of the young research peers

Balandya, E.; Sunguya, B.; Gunda, D.W. (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2021)

Background: Sustainability of research culture in Sub-Saharan Africa is threatened in part by the lack of a critical mass of young researchers with the requisite skills and interest to undertake research careers. This paper ...
Building sustainable research capacity at higher learning institutions in Tanzania through mentoring of the Young Research Peers

Balandya, E; Sunguya, B; Gunda, D,W; Kidenya, B; Nyamhanga, T; Minja, I,K; Mahande, M; Mmbaga, B,T; Mshana, S,E; Mteta, K; Bartlett, J; Lyamuya, E (BMC medical education, 2021)

Background: Sustainability of research culture in Sub-Saharan Africa is threatened in part by the lack of a critical mass of young researchers with the requisite skills and interest to undertake research careers. This ...
Building sustainable research capacity at higher learning institutions in Tanzania through mentoring of the young research peers.

Balandya, E.; Sunguya, B.; Gunda, D, et all.... (BMC Med Educ., 2021)

Background: Sustainability of research culture in Sub-Saharan Africa is threatened in part by the lack of a critical mass of young researchers with the requisite skills and interest to undertake research careers. This paper ...
Burden and correlates of cognitive impairment among hypertensive patients in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Pallangyo, P.; Mkojera, Z.S.; Komba, M. (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2021)

ABSTRACT Background: The evolution of cognitive impairment of vascular origin is increasingly becoming a prominent health threat particularly in this era where hypertension is the leading contributor of global disease ...
The burden and determinants of anaemia in HIV infected children attending public hospitals in Dar es salaam.

Makubi, Abel (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2009)

Background: Though anaemia is still a major problem in patients infected with HIV, there is paucity of data describing its magnitude and determinants among HIV infected children in Tanzania. Most of the studies among ...
The burden of anemia in pregnancy among women attending the antenatal clinics in Mkuranga District, Tanzania. Front Public Health. Tanzania.

Ngimbudzi, E.; Massawe, S.; Sunguya, B. (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2021)

ABSTRACT Introduction: The burden of anemia in pregnancy is of global health importance. Tanzania is no exception. Its effects vary from one region to another due to the differing causes. Overall, it is a significant cause ...
The burden of co-existing dermatological disorders and their tendency of being overlooked among patients admitted to muhimbili national hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mgonda, Y.M; Chale, P.NF (BioMed Central, 2011)

Background: Skin diseases are underestimated and overlooked by most clinicians despite being common in clinical practice. Many patients are hospitalized with co-existing dermatological conditions which may not be detected ...
The burden of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a four-country cross sectional study

Guwatudde, D.; Mutyoba, N.J.; Kalyesubula, R.; Laurence, C.; Adebamowo, C.; Ajayi, I.; Bajunirwe, F.; Njelekela, M.; Chiwanga, S.F.; Reid, T.; Volmink, J.; Adami, O.H; Holmes, D.M.; Dalal, S. (2015-12)

Background: Hypertension, the leading single cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, is a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Few studies have estimated and compared the burden of hypertension across ...
The Burden of Injury and Resources Availability for Emergency Care of Patients Presenting With Injury to Dar Es Salaam Regional Referral Hospitals

Riziki, H (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2020-07)

Introduction: Emergency care for trauma patients is an important component of health care systems especially in low and middle income countries (LMIC), this is due to fact that these countries are facing huge trauma ...
Burden of road traffic injuries in Tanzania: one-year prospective study of consecutive patients in 13 multilevel health facilities

Sawe, Hendry R.; Croke, Kevin; Karpe, Saahil; Mohammed, Meyhar; Mfinanga, Juma A. (Emergency medicine international, 2021)

Background. Road traffic injuries (RTIs) pose a severe public health crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and specifically in Tanzania, where the mortality due to RTIs is nearly double the global rate. *ere is a paucity of ...
A burned child’s pain during treatment as assessed by the child, caregiver and the nurse

Lekule, J.A. (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences., 2013)

Background: Burn injuries in children remain a significant public health concern in Tanzania, where research and interventions to decrease risk are lacking or inadequate. Pain is the most common symptom experienced in these ...
Burnout and associated factors among healthcare workers in acute care settings at a tertiary teaching hospital in Tanzania: An analytical cross‐sectional study

Lwiza, A, F.; Lugazia, E, R. (Health Science Reports, 2023)

Background and Aims: Healthcare worker burnout has been linked to increased patient safety risk, low work professionalism, and low satisfaction with the care encounter. This study aimed to find the prevalence and factors ...
Burns in Tanzania: morbidity and mortality, causes and risk factors: a review

Outwater, A.H; Ismail, H; Mgalilwa, L; Justin Temu, M; Mbembati, N.A (PubMed Central, 2013)

Abstract: Burn injuries in low and middle income countries still remain a significant health problem, even though numbers of burn injuries in high income countries have decreased showing that such events are not “accidents” ...

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