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Determinants of Dogs’ Helminth Treatment-Seeking Behavior among Dog Owners in Rural Northern Tanzania.
(Pre prints.org, 2024-02-20)Taeniid infections pose a significant threat to both animal and public health, as certain tapeworms within this group can also infect humans, potentially leading to severe health conditions. Therefore, this calls for ... -
Determinants of Dogs’ Helminth Treatment-Seeking Behavior among Dog Owners in Rural Northern Tanzania: Towards Control of Taenia multiceps, an Emerging Threat to Small Ruminants’ Productivity
(Preprints, 2024-02-20)Taeniid infections pose a significant threat to both animal and public health, as certain tapeworms within this group can also infect humans, potentially leading to severe health conditions. Therefore, this calls for ... -
Determinants of Home Delivery among Women Aged 15-24 Years in Tanzania
(International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS, 2020-04-23)Background: The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal number 3 aims at reducing the maternal mortality rate by less than 70/100,000 live births globally and 216/100,000 live births in developing regions by 2030. ... -
Determinants of home delivery among women aged 15-24 years in thirteen districts of Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-03)Giving birth at health facilities in most of sub-Saharan African countries is still a challenge whereby more than 51% of first-time mothers gives birth at home. In Tanzania more than 37% of women still give birth at home ... -
Determination of source-to-consumption waterhandling chains and their implications on water quality and human health in Babati town, Manyara, Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2018-03)Water safety is an important aspect in human health as it tends to decrease mobidity and mortality of infectious diseases that affect human populations. Improvements of water handling chains in rapidly urbanizing areas can ... -
Determination of Vitamins A, C and D Status Using Serum Markers and a 24-Hour Dietary Recall among Maasai Women of Reproductive Age
(Open Access Library Journal, 2014-11)We previously reported that the prevalence of oral thrush among Maasai women of reproductive age in Ngorongoro Conservation Area was abnormally high (32%) in the absence of immune-com- promising diseases such as HIV. This ... -
Determining aflatoxins contamination in locally processed peanut butter using fluorometry and hplc in Arusha city, Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2019-02)Food poisoning with mycotoxins produced by fungi is a global food safety issue. The consumption of mycotoxin-contaminated foods is responsible for several foodborne diseases outbreak worldwide. While peanuts are an important ... -
Determining tributary sources of increased sedimentation in East-African Rift Lakes.
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-05-15)Temporal and spatial sediment dynamics in an East-African Rift Lake (Lake Manyara, Tanzania), and its river inputs, have been evaluated via a combination of sediment tracing and radioactive dating. Changes in sedimentation ... -
Developing a context specific climate smart aquaculture framework for improving food security in Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2021-07)Aquaculture has great potential to improve global food and nutrition security. However, due to the effect of climate changes and poor fish farming practices in some countries, it favors the accumulation of chemicals ... -
Developing an eco-friendly and bio-managment stratergy against parthenium hysterophorus (l.) in Arusha, Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2019-03)This study aimed at studying the suppressive effects of Sorghum bicolor, Tagetes erictus Amaranthus spinous and Sorghum arundinaceum and Cassia tora on germination and development of Parthenium hysteroporus L. under ... -
Development and Validation of a Mobile Game for Culturally Sensitive Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education in Tanzania: Mixed Methods Study
(JMIR Publications Inc., Toronto, Canada, 2021-05-13)Background: Globally, 3 out of 20 children experience sexual abuse before the age of 18 years. Educating children about sexual abuse and prevention is an evidence-based strategy that is recommended for ending child sexual ... -
Development of a natural product rich in bioavailable OMEGA-3 DHA and EPA using locally available ingredients in Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-05)Poor mental health remains a serious public concern worldwide. The most vulnerable individuals are children and adolescents in developing countries. Nutritional deficiency of Omega-3 DHA and EPA has long been recognized ... -
Development of a Natural Product Rich in Bioavailable Omega-3 DHA from Locally Available Ingredients for Prevention of Nutrition Related Mental Illnesses
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2020-03-19)Objectives: Poor mental health remains a serious public concern worldwide. The most vulnerable individuals are children and adolescents in developing countries. Nutritional deficiency of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, ... -
Development of a Natural Product Rich in Bioavailable Omega-3 DHA from Locally Available Ingredients for Prevention of Nutrition Related Mental Illnesses.
(Taylor & Francis online, 2020-03-19)Poor mental health remains a serious public concern worldwide. The most vulnerable individuals are children and adolescents in developing countries. Nutritional deficiency of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, particularly ... -
Development of a practical framework for sustainable surveillance and control of ticks and tick-borne diseases in Africa
(Veterinary World, 2020-09-19)A workshop on ticks and tick-borne diseases (T&TBDs) was held on June 25 and 26, 2019, at the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Division of Livestock and Human Diseases Vector Control, Arusha, Tanzania. The objectives ... -
Development of bio-pesticide for management of spodoptera frugiperda (j. e. smith) and other lepidoptera pests of maize in Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-03)This study was conducted to evaluate the infestation levels and develop management option for a Lepidoptera namely fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith). The survey was carried out in three regions of northern ... -
Development of context-specific dietary guidelines for managing nutrition-related disease conditions among hospitalised patients in Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2022-08)Barriers to adequate food intake among hospitalised patients with nutrition-related disease conditions such as diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, and hypertension, are multifactorial and complex. Due to this, these ... -
Development of dried African nightshade products for post-harvest loss reduction and shelf-life extension in Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2023-07)African nightshade (ANS) is a luminary food plant, considered a cheap and potential dietary source for micronutrients and bioactive compounds. Lack of value addition on ANS, results to high availability of ANS during ... -
Development of maize-based composite flour enriched with mushroom for complementary feeding
(NM-AIST, 2021-08)Complementary foods based on habitual cereals such as maize have been linked with the promotion of under-nutrition in young children. This study aimed at improving the nutritional value of maize flour commonly used as a ... -
Development of plant-based functional yoghurt as an alternative to dairy products
(NM-AIST, 2022-07)Health concerns and risks associated with dairy products such as lactose intolerance, milk allergens, and other considerations like veganism have increased the demand for dairy-free alternatives worldwide. Additionally, ...