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Calculating unreported confidence intervals for paired data.

Hirji, K.F.; Fagerland, M.W. (BioMed Central, 2011)

BACKGROUND: Confidence intervals (or associated standard errors) facilitate assessment of the practical importance of the findings of a health study, and their incorporation into a meta-analysis. For paired design studies, ...
The call for action on the monitoring of the COVID-19 prevention and control measures and the routine release of data in Tanzania

LUOGA, P; MUSHI, V; SAHA, R. (2021-07)

World Health Organization (WHO) mandates all its country members to effectively monitor the entire nationally implemented Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related preventive and control (clinical management) measures ...
A call for parental monitoring to improve condom use among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Mlunde, L.B.; Poudel, K.C.; Sunguya, B.F.; Mbwambo, J.K.; Yasuoka, J.; Otsuka, K.; Ubuguyu, O.; Jimba, M. (BioMed Central, 2012)

BACKGROUND: The number of people newly infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been decreasing in sub-Saharan Africa, but prevalence of the infection remains unacceptably high among young people. Despite ...
Caretaker-Adolescent Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Cross-sectional Study in Unguja-Tanzania Zanzibar

Moshiro, C.S.; Seif, S.A.; Kohi, T.W. (BiomedCentral, 2018)

Background: Caretakers/parents/caregivers/guardians play important roles in improving Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) of adolescents. Caretaker-adolescent sexual communication suggested influencing young people’s ...
The challenges of developing an instrument to assess health provider motivation at primary care level in rural Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania

Prytherch, H.; Leshabari, M.T.; Wiskow, C.; Aninanya, G.A.; Kakoko, D.C.; Kagoné, M.; Burghardt, J.; Kynast-Wolf, G.; Marx, M.; Sauerborn, R (Glob Health Action, 2012)

Background: The quality of health care depends on the competence and motivation of the health workers that provide it. In the West, several tools exist to measure worker motivation, and some have been applied to the health ...
Challenges to the implementation of International Health Regulations (2005) on Preventing Infectious Diseases: experience from Julius Nyerere International Airport, Tanzania

Bakari, E; Frumence, G (COACTION, 2013)

Background: The International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) is a legal instrument binding all World Health Organization (WHO) member States. It aims to prevent and control public health emergencies of international ...
Child sexual abuse and possible health consequences among secondary school students in urban Tanzania

Kisanga, F.; Urassa, D.; Hogan, N.; Mbwambo, J. (IMTU, 2015)

Background: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a global public health concern especially in developed countries and where legal measures take unprecedented time. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of different ...
Chlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate versus artemether-lumefantrine: a randomized, double-blind phase III trial in African children and adolescents with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Premji, Z.; Umeh, R.E.; Owusu-Agyei, S.; Esamai, F.; Ezedinachi, E.U.; Oguche, S; Borrmann, S.; Sowunmi, A.; Duparc, S.; Kirby, P.L.; Pamba, A.; Kellam, L.; Guiguemdé, R.; Greenwood, B.; Ward, S.A.; Winstanley, P.A. (PLoS One, 2009)

BACKGROUND: Chlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate (CDA) was developed as an affordable, simple, fixed-dose artemisinin-based combination therapy for use in Africa. This trial was a randomized parallel-group, double-blind, ...
Coartem: the journey to the clinic.

Premji, Z.G. (2009)

Artemisinin, from which the artemether component of Coartem (artemether/lumefantrine, AL) is derived, is obtained from the plant sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) which has been used for over 2,000 years as a Chinese ...
A common molecular signature of patients with sickle cell disease revealed by microarray meta-analysis and a genome-wide association study

Hamda, C, B.; Sangeda, R.; Mwita, L.; Meintjes, A.; Nkya, S.; Panji, S.; Mulder, N.; Guizani-Tabbane, L.; Benkahla, A.; Makani, J.; Ghedira, K. (Plos one, 2018)

A chronic inflammatory state to a large extent explains sickle cell disease (SCD) pathophysiology. Nonetheless, the principal dysregulated factors affecting this major pathway and their mechanisms of action still have ...
communicating with the people about HIV infection risk as a basis for planning interventions: lessons from the Kagera region of Tanzania

KILLEWO, J.; SANDSTROM, A.; DAHLGREN, L.; WALL, S. (Elsevier Science, 1997)

In order to deepen the understanding of risk factors associated with HIV infection in the Kagera region of Tanzania and to investigate the potentials of communicating with the people in planning for interventions, two ...
Community health workers to improve uptake Of maternal healthcare services: A clusterrandomized Pragmatic trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Geldsetzer, P.; Mboggo, C.; Larson, E.; Lema, I.A.; Magesa, L.; Machumi, L.; Ulenga, N.; Sando, D.; Sando, M.M.; Spiegelma, D.; Mungure, E.; Li, N.; Siril, H.; Mujinja, P.; Naburi, H.; Chalamilla, G.; Kilewo, C.; Ekstro¨m, A.M.; Foster, D.; Fawzi, W.; Ba¨rnighausenI, T. (PLOS Medicine, 2019)

Home delivery and late and infrequent attendance at antenatal care (ANC) are responsible for substantial avoidable maternal and pediatric morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. This cluster-randomized trial aimed ...
Community Participation in the Mass Drug Administration and their Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Management of Filarial Lymphoedema in Lindi District, Tanzania: A Cross- Sectional Study

John, W.; Mushi, V.; Tarimo, D.; Mwingira, U. (Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2021)

Background and study aim: Lindi District is among hotspots area for lymphatic filariasis (LF) after eleven rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) in Tanzania. Though transmission has remarkably been reduced, lymphoedema ...
A community-based intervention for improving healthseeking behavior among sexual violence survivors: a controlled before and after design study in rural Tanzania

Abeid, M.; Muganyizi, P.; Mpembeni, R.; Darj, E.; Axemo, P. (Global Health Action, 2015-09)

Background: Despite global recognition that sexual violence is a violation of human rights, evidence still shows it is a pervasive problem across all societies. Promising community intervention studies in the low- ...
A comparison of HIV/AIDS-related stigma in four countries: Negative attitudes and perceived acts of discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS

Genberg, B.L.; Hlavka, Z.; Konda, K.A.; Maman, S.; Chariyalertsak, S.; Chingono, A.; Mbwambo, J.; Modiba, P.; Rooyen, H.V.; Celentano, D.D. (Elsevier, 2009)

HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination have a substantial impact on people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). The objectives of this study were: (1) to determine the associations of two constructs of HIV/ AIDS-related ...
The content of African diets is adequate to achieve optimal efficacy with fixed-dose artemether-lumefantrine: a review of the evidence.

Premji, Z.G.; Abdulla, S.; Ogutu, B.; Ndong, A; Falade, C.O.; Sagara, I.; Mulure, N.; Nwaiwu, O.; Kokwaro, G. (BioMed Central, 2008)

A fixed-dose combination of artemether-lumefantrine (AL, Coartem(R)) has shown high efficacy, good tolerability and cost-effectiveness in adults and children with uncomplicated malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. ...
Context Within Which Female Same-Sex Develops and Practiced in Tanzania: Qualitative Study among Women Who Have Sex with Women in Dar-es-Salaam City

Mbishi, J; Kamazima, S; Saronga, H; Bakari, S (. J Med Res Surg,, 2021-11-09)

Background: Homosexual identification among women as lesbian, bisexual or transgender does not encompass the whole pool of women who practice same-sex behavior. Straight women especially youths are more increasingly ...
Cost of installing and operating an electronic clinical decision support system for maternal health care: case of Tanzania rural primary health centres

Saronga, P.H.; Dalaba, A.M.; Dong, H.; Leshabari, M.; Sauerborn, R.; Sukums, F.; Blank, A.; Kaltschmidt, J.; Loukanova, S. (Bio med central, 2015-04)

Background: Poor quality of care is among the causes of high maternal and newborn disease burden in Tanzania. Potential reason for poor quality of care is the existence of a “know-do gap” where by health workers do ...
Cost to households in treating maternal complications in northern Ghana: a cross sectional study

Dalaba, A.M.; Akweongo, P.; Aborigo, A.R.; Saronga, P.H.; Williams, J.; Aninanya, A.G.; Sauerborn, R.; Loukanova, S. (Bio med central, 2015-01)

Background: The cost of treating maternal complications has serious economic consequences to households and can hinder the utilization of maternal health care services at the health facilities. This study estimated the ...
Cost-Effectiveness of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for Improving Quality of Antenatal and Childbirth Care in Rural Tanzania: An Intervention Study

Saronga, H.P.; Duysburgh, E.; Massawe, S.; Ayindenaba, M. (BiomedCentral, 2017)

Background: QUALMAT project aimed at improving quality of maternal and newborn care in selected health care facilities in three African countries. An electronic clinical decision support system was implemented to support ...

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