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Six month incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events among adults with HIV in northern Tanzania: a prospective observational study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives We aimed to prospectively describe incident cardiovascular events among people living with HIV (PLWH) in northern Tanzania. Secondary aims of this study were to understand non-communicable disease care-seeking behaviour and patient preferences
Blandina T Mmbaga, Julian T Hertz, Sophie Wolfe Galson, Gerald S Bloomfield, James S Ford, Francis M Sakita, Kristen Stark, Paige R.E. O'Leary, Beau Blass, Kalipa Gedion, Lauren A Coaxum, Alice Rutta, Anzibert Rugakingira, Preeti Manavalan   +13 more
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International Conference on the Future of Tourism (ICFT) [PDF]

, 2019
It is with deep satisfaction that I write this Foreword to the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Future of Tourism (ICFT) held in Arusha, Tanzania, April 16 - 17, 2019.
The, Open University of Tanzania
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High resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine in northern Tanzania and the emergence of dhps resistance mutation at Codon 581. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) a widely used treatment for uncomplicated malaria and recommended for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy, is being investigated for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants
Gesase Samwel, Daniel Chandramohan, Mosha Jacklin F., Mandia, Victor, Joho, Angel, Victor Mandia, Martha Lemnge, Greenwood, Brian, Samwel Gesase, Gesase, Samwel, Chandramohan Daniel, Mosha Frank W., Savael, Zacharia, Ord, Rosalynn, Roper, Cally, Angel Joho, Madebe, Rashid, Greenwood Brian, Hashim Ramadhan, Frank W. Mosha, Mrema Hedwiga, Inbarani Naidoo, Chandramohan, Daniel, Zacharia Savael, Mapunda Ephraim, Mosha, Frank W, Lemnge Martha, Madebe Rashid, Rosalynn Ord, Mapunda, Ephraim, Ephraim Mapunda, Roly D Gosling, Naidoo Inbarani, Frank W Mosha, Hashim, Ramadhan, Cally Roper, Mandia Victor, Gosling, Roly D, Victor M, Jacklin F. Mosha, Gosling Roly D., Lemnge, Martha, Ord Rosalynn, Hedwiga Mrema, Brian Greenwood, Mrema, Hedwiga, Roly D. Gosling, Roper Cally, Jacklin F Mosha, Ramadhan Hashim, Rashid Madebe, Mosha, Jacklin F, Naidoo, Inbarani, Savael Zacharia, Joho Angel   +54 more
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Provider attitudes towards quality improvement for myocardial infarction care in northern Tanzania.

PLOS Global Public Health
IntroductionMyocardial Infarction (MI) is a leading cause of death worldwide. In high income countries, quality improvement strategies have played an important role in increasing uptake of evidence-based MI care and improving MI outcomes.
Lauren A Coaxum, Francis M Sakita, Jerome J Mlangi, Godfrey L Kweka, Tumsifu G Tarimo, Gloria A Temu, Kajiru G Kilonzo, David Arthur, Janet P Bettger, Nathan M Thielman, Alexander T Limkakeng, Julian T Hertz   +11 more
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity among type 2 diabetic patients attending diabetes clinics in northern Tanzania

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Objectives To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among patients with type 2 diabetes who are attending diabetes clinics in northern Tanzania. Results In total 227 type 2 diabetic patients attending diabetes clinics were enrolled. Majority
Damian J. Damian, Kelvin Kimaro, Godwin Mselle, Rose Kaaya, Isaac Lyaruu   +4 more
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The status and health burden of neurocysticercosis in Mbulu district, northern Tanzania

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective The objective of this study was to assess the extent and health burden of neurocysticercosis in the general community of the Mbulu district, northern Tanzania. About 1051 randomly select participants were screened for human cysticercosis.
Beda John Mwang’onde, Mwita John Chacha, Gamba Nkwengulila   +2 more
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Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Maasai livestock-keeping communities

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background There are close similarities between the life-cycles of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (E. granulosus s.l.) that causes cystic echinococcosis (CE) in humans and Taenia multiceps/Coenurus cerebralis that causes cerebral coenurosis in small ...
Francesca Tamarozzi, Tito Kibona, William A. de Glanville, Tauta Mappi, Elly Adonikamu, Anande Salewi, Kennedy Misso, Venance Maro, Adriano Casulli, Azzurra Santoro, Federica Santolamazza, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Sarah Cleaveland   +12 more
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Barriers to Cancer Care in Northern Tanzania: Patient and Health-System Predictors for Delayed Presentation

JCO Global Oncology, 2021
PURPOSECancer is a growing problem in Africa, and delays in receiving timely cancer care often results in poorer outcomes. The purpose of this study was to identify the patient and health-system factors associated with delayed cancer care in adults ...
Tara J. Rick, Magdeline Aagard, Erica Erwin, Caara Leintz, Elizabeth Danik, Furaha Serventi, Oliver Henke, Karen Yeates   +7 more
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Palaeoproteomic Deconvolution of Physical and Genetic Collagen Mixtures

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ClassiCOL_v2 uses a novel “peptide patching” framework that treats any collagen sample as a patchwork of peptide sequences derived from phylogenetically related species. This allows the algorithm to simultaneously resolve two previously intractable problems: multi‐species samples and/or database deficiencies.
Ian Engels, Tristan Dedrie, Synnøve K. Mo, Simon Van de Vyver, Thijs R. A. Vandenbroucke, Kévin Di Modíca, Jan Decher, Alice Toso, Dieter Deforce, Simon Daled, Alexandra Burnett, Grégory Abrams, Maarten Dhaenens   +12 more
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Good death: An exploratory study on perceptions and attitudes of patients, relatives, and healthcare providers, in northern Tanzania.

PLoS ONE, 2020
ImportanceIn the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, there are no advance care planning (ACP) protocols being used to document patient preferences for end-of-life (EoL) care.
Temitope O Gafaar, Msafiri Pesambili, Oliver Henke, Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga, Catherine Staton   +5 more
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