Background of study: Over 250 million people live with vision impairment worldwide. The majority are from low income countries where funds to facilitate eye health services are limited. In Tanzania, prevalence of vision ...

Liberalization of trade, globalization and development in food science and technology has resulted in an increase in trade and consumption of pre-packaged foods. Reading food labelling information is important to assist ...

BACKGROUND: Tanzania is among Sub-Saharan countries mostly affected by the HIV and AIDS pandemic, females being more vulnerable than males. HIV infected women appear to have a higher rate of persistent infection by high ...

Promotion of nutritional counseiing is an important intervention to vulnerable populations that include HIV positive school going children who have significantly higher nutritional needs. The main objective of this ...

Background There has been an increase in the number of individuals aged 60 years in Tanzania and in sub Saharan Africa in general due to improved survival. However, data is scarce on the disease burden and outcomes following ...

Background Tanzania adapted the World Health Organization (WHO) policy of giving two doses of Sulphadoxine- Pyrimethamine (SP) to pregnant women attending Antenatal clinics (ANCs) in order to control malaria in pregnancy. ...

Background: Improving maternal health by reducing maternal mortality constitutes the fifth Millennium Development goal and represents a key public health challenge in the United Republic of Tanzania. Despite national ...

Background: Exclusive breast feeding practices to infants from birth to six months of age are declining as their age increases despite the associated benefits. Knowledge on the factors influencing exclusive breastfeeding ...

Background: Among those persons taking ARV therapies, more than half were food insecure, and food insecurity was associated with incomplete adherence and viral non-suppression in people who were less than 80% adherent .Main ...

Provision of ARV therapy may change the type of risky sexual behavior among PL WHA. Studies have shown that, this may happen however, little is known in Tanzania of how such behavior may change with ARV treatment. The ...