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Homicide of children in Dar es Salaam Tanzania

Outwater, A.H; Mgaya, E.; Campbell, J.C; Becker, S.; Kinabo, L.; Mbassa, D.M (PubMed Central, 2010)

Background: Although data are sparse, it has been estimated that the highest rates of homicide death amongst children are in Africa. Little information is available on ages 0 – 14 years. No known quantitative surveillance ...
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Mwanza, Tanzania: Risk, Beliefs, Health Care Seekiing Behaviour, and Responses

Lwihula, G.K; Outwater, A; Nyamuryekung'e, K (Bioline International, 2006)

Objective: In Mwanza region, an HIV/STD intervention program has been in progress in the rural population since 1991. The information in this study was gathered to increase understanding about lay concepts of sexually ...
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” ...
The two-year impact of first generation protease inhibitor based antiretroviral therapy (PI-ART) on health-related quality of life.

Eriksson, L.E.; Bratt, G.A.; Sandström, E; Nordström, G. (BioMed Central, 2005)

BACKGROUND: Protease inhibitor based antiretroviral therapy (PI-ART) was introduced in 1996 and has greatly reduced the incidence of HIV-related morbidity and mortality in the industrialised world. PI-ART would thus be ...
Collaboration between the national tuberculosis programme and a non governmental organisation in TB/HIV care at a district level: experience from Tanzania.

Wandwalo, E.; Kapalata, N.; Tarimo, E.; Corrigan, C.B.; Morkve, O. (Centre for International Health University of Bergen, 2004)

BACKGROUND: The increase in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS patients in many countries in Africa including Tanzania, is outstripping the ability of public health services to cope. This calls for a closer collaboration between ...
Towards an understanding of regional disparities in social inequities in maternal health in Malawi.

Makoka, D. (Centre for Agricultural Research & Development, 2009)

BACKGROUND: Improving maternal health remains a major challenge facing Malawi because at 984 deaths per 100,000 live births, the maternal mortality ratio is among the highest in the world. Although the health status of ...
Prolonged sexual abstinence after childbirth: gendered norms and perceived family health risks. Focus group discussions in a Tanzanian suburb.

Mbekenga, C.K.; Pembe, A.B.; Darj, E.; Christensson, K.; Olsson, P. (BioMed Central, 2013)

BACKGROUND: Prolonged sexual abstinence after childbirth is a socio-cultural practice with health implications, and is described in several African countries, including Tanzania. This study explored discourses on prolonged ...
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 ...
Health-related quality of life and needs of care and support of adult Tanzanians with cancer: a mixed-methods study.

Masika, G.M.; Wettergren, L.; Kohi, T.W.; von Essen, L. (BioMed Central, 2012)

Background: Cancer is among the three leading causes of death in low income countries and the highest increase with regard to incidence figures for cancer diseases are found in these countries. This is the first report ...
Challenges of caring for children with mental disorders: Experiences and views of caregivers attending the outpatient clinic at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam - Tanzania.

Ambikile, J.S.; Outwater, A. (BioMed Central, 2012)

Background: It is estimated that world-wide up to 20 % of children suffer from debilitating mental illness. Mental disorders that pose a significant concern include learning disorders, hyperkinetic disorders (ADHD), ...
The perceptions on male circumcision as a preventive measure against HIV infection and considerations in scaling up of the services: a qualitative study among police officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Tarimo, E.A.; Francis, J.M.; Kakoko, D.; Munseri, P.; Bakari, M.; Sandstrom, E. (BioMed Central, 2012)

BACKGROUND: In recent randomized controlled trials, male circumcision has been proven to complement the available biomedical interventions in decreasing HIV transmission from infected women to uninfected men. Consequently, ...
HIV and infant feeding counselling: challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern Tanzania.

Leshabari, S.C.; Blystad, A.; De Paoli, M.; Moland, K.M. (BioMed Central, 2007)

BACKGROUND: Infant feeding is a subject of worry in prevention of mother to child transmission (pMTCT) programmes in settings where breastfeeding is normative. Nurse-counsellors, expected to counsel HIV-positive women ...
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 ...
"I am nothing": experiences of loss among women suffering from severe birth injuries in Tanzania.

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

BACKGROUND: Despite the increased attention on maternal mortality during recent decades, which has resulted in maternal health being defined as a Millennium Development Goal (MDG), the disability and suffering from ...
Screening of women for intimate partner violence: a pilot intervention at an outpatient department in Tanzania.

Laisser, R.M.; Nyström, L.; Lindmark, G.; Emmelin, M.; Lugina, H.I. (Laisser, R. M., Nyström, L., Lindmark, G., Lugina, H. I., & Emmelin, M. (2011). Screening of women for intimate partner violence: a pilot intervention at an outpatient department in Tanzania. Global health action, 4., 2011)

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem in Tanzania with limited health care interventions.OBJECTIVES: To study the feasibility of using an abuse screening tool for women attending an outpatient ...
Community perceptions of intimate partner violence--a qualitative study from urban Tanzania.

Laisser, R.M.; Lugina, H.I.; Emmelin, M.; Nyström, L. (BioMed Central, 2011)

BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence against women is a prevailing public health problem in Tanzania, where four of ten women have a lifetime exposure to physical or sexual violence by their male partners. To be able ...
High potential of escalating HIV transmission in a low prevalence setting in rural Tanzania

Yahya-Malima, K.I.; Matee, M.I.; Evjen-Olsen, B.; Fylkesnes, K. (BioMed Central, 2007)

Background: Previous surveillance among antenatal clinic (ANC) attendees within the remote rural Manyara and Singida regions in Tanzania identified an imminent but still, relatively low HIV epidemic. We conducted a ...
Mobility and maternal position during childbirth in Tanzania: An exploratory study at four government hospitals

Lugina, H.; Mlay, R.; Smith, H. (BioMed Central, 2004)

Background: Emerging research evidence suggests a potential benefit in being upright in the first stage of labour and a systematic review of trials suggests both benefits and harmful effects associated with being upright ...
The silent HIV epidemic among pregnant women within rural Northern Tanzania

Yahya-Malima, K.I.; Olsen, B.E.; Matee, M.I.; Fylkesnes, K. (BioMed CentralBioMed Central, 2006)

Background: Many national antenatal clinics (ANC) based HIV surveillance systems in sub- Saharan Africa have limited coverage of remote rural sites, a weakness that compromises adequate estimation, monitoring and development ...
Translating global recommendations on HIV and infant feeding to the local context: the development of culturally sensitive counselling tools in the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania

Leshabari, S.C.; Koniz-Booher, P.; Astrøm, A.N.; De Paoli, M.M.; Moland, K.M. (BioMed Central, 2006)

Background: This paper describes the process used to develop an integrated set of culturally sensitive, evidence-based counselling tools (job aids) by using qualitative participatory research. The aim of the intervention was ...

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