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Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Determinants of Community Health Workers' Involvement Toward NCD Prevention and Control in Northern Tanzania: A Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]

Health Science Reports
Background and Aim Globally, non‐communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of preventable morbidity and premature mortality. In sub‐Saharan Africa, NCDs will be the leading cause of mortality by 2030.
Harold L. Mashauri, Cornel M. Angolile, Florida J. Muro   +2 more
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Urethral Caruncle in Pediatrics: A Northern Tanzania Experience. [PDF]

Case Rep Urol
Urethral caruncles are the most frequent benign tumors of the female urethra. Most of them are found in postmenopausal women, and they are rare in childhood. Only a few pediatric cases have been published in the literature. In this report, we present a case series of three pediatric patients with a urethral caruncle.
Kifle AT, Mpelumb J, Bright F, Mbwambo OJ, Tsega TA.   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Impacts of Development of Tourism Destinations on Tourist Perceptions of Destinations’ Attributes and Satisfaction in Gateway Communities, Northern Tanzania [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2023
Tourists perceptions and satisfaction are likely to be affected by attributes found in a particular stage of destination development. This study examined 24 attributes considered important in influencing tourist perception and satisfaction in three ...
Alpha J. Mwongoso, Agnes Sirima, John T. Mgonja   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A synopsis of the Bee occurrence data of northern Tanzania [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021
Bees (Hymenoptera) are the most important group of pollinators with about 20,000 known species worldwide. Despite the critical role of bees in providing pollination services, studies aiming at understanding which species are present in Tanzania across ...
Julius Lasway, Neema Kinabo, Rudolf Mremi, Emanuel Martin, Oliver Nyakunga, John Sanya, Gration M. Rwegasira, Nicephor Lesio, Hulda Gideon, Alain Pauly, Connal Eardley, Marcell Peters, Andrew Peterson, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Henry Njovu   +14 more
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Skin maculae, chronic diarrhea, cachexia, and splenomegaly-Late presentation of the first autochthonous case of visceral leishmaniasis in Tanzania.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
A 20-year-old man from Simanjiro district in northern Tanzania presented with a 3-year history of splenomegaly, fatigue, cachexia, skin maculae, and recent onset of watery diarrhea at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Northern Tanzania.
Oliver Henke, Priscus John Mapendo, Alex Mremi, Lilian Gasper Mmbaga, Angela Elisha Pallangyo, Thomas Harbaum, Elifuraha Mkwizu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Esperanza Window Traps for the collection of anthropophilic blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Uganda and Tanzania. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
There is an increasing need to evaluate the impact of chemotherapeutic and vector-based interventions as onchocerciasis affected countries work towards eliminating the disease.
Adam Hendy, Vincent Sluydts, Taylor Tushar, Jacobus De Witte, Patrick Odonga, Denis Loum, Michael Nyaraga, Thomson Lakwo, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Rory Post, Akili Kalinga, Richard Echodu   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tanzanian women´s knowledge about Cervical Cancer and HPV and their prevalence of positive VIA cervical screening results. Data from a Prevention and Awareness Campaign in Northern Tanzania, 2017 – 2019

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: 14.9 million women (≥15 years) in Tanzania are at risk of developing cervical cancer. Limited cancer care facilities, prevention programs and sparse knowledge among community members and healthcare workers contribute to late-stage ...
Antje Henke, Ulrike Kluge, Theda Borde, Bariki Mchome, Furaha Serventi, Oliver Henke   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Northern Tanzania: A Modeling Approach Within a Prospective Observational Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Rigorous incidence data for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in sub‐Saharan Africa are lacking. Consequently, modeling studies based on limited data have suggested that the burden of AMI and AMI‐associated mortality in sub‐Saharan Africa is ...
Julian T. Hertz, Deng B. Madut, Matthew P. Rubach, Gwamaka William, John A. Crump, Sophie W. Galson, Venance P. Maro, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Alexander T. Limkakeng, Gloria Temu, Nathan M. Thielman, Francis M. Sakita   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional Management of Diabetes in Northern Tanzania [PDF]

Diabetes Care, 2002
There is little information on the diets of African diabetic subjects (1), but any nutritional recommendation should be based on the patient’s eating habits (2). In 1999, we investigated 59 diabetic outpatients (30 women and 29 men) at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi, Tanzania.
Michael, Hoffmeister, Isaack, Lyaruu, Michael B, Krawinkel   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Aetiology of microbial keratitis in northern Tanzania [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002
The incidence of corneal blindness caused by microbial keratitis in the developing world is far higher than that in the developed world.1 Microbial keratitis has become a more prominent cause of corneal blindness in east Africa as the uptake of measles immunisation improves, reducing measles keratitis scarring, and with improved recognition and ...
T R G, Poole, D L, Hunter, E M K, Maliwa, A R C, Ramsay   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources