Search
Now showing items 1-9 of 9
A Review on the Status of Breast Cancer Care in Tanzania
(Multidisciplinary Cancer Investigation, 2020-07-01)
Tanzania continues to enjoy stability and growth in different sectors similar to other
countries; however, some challenges persist in the health sector, especially in the
area of cancer care. The current study aimed at ...
The neuroimaging magnitude of pediatric brain atrophy in northern Tanzania
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020-05-21)
Introduction: the loss of parenchymal brain volume per normative age comparison is a distinctive feature of brain atrophy. While the condition is the most prevalent to elderly, it has also been observed in pediatric ages. ...
Effects of Season Variation on Water, Feed, Milk Yield and Reproductive Performance of Dairy Cows in Smallholder Farms in Eastern Africa
(Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International, 2020-08-28)
Aim: The smallholder dairy industry in Eastern Africa continues to be characterized by seasonality driven milk fluctuations and reproductive performance of dairy cows. In this review, we present important effects of changes ...
Year Round Feed and Fodder Availability in Smallholder Dairy Farms across High and Low Altitude Areas in Eastern Africa
(Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 2020-08-07)
Feed-year strategies involve matching the cycles of dairy production with the changing availabilities of all sources of nutrients over time. Therefore, an understanding of seasonal variation in availability of forage ...
Novel Multi-Linear Quantitative Brain Volume Formula For Manual Radiological Evaluation Of Brain Atrophy
(Research Square, 2020-06-22)
The brain is a dynamic organ that develops and involutes in volume. The process of volume loss known as brain atrophy commonly occurs in elderly. However, some conditions have been implicated to provoke this paradoxical ...
The extended scope of neuroimaging and prospects in brain atrophy mitigation: a systematic review
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-08-15)
Brain atrophy is a condition associated with a reduction of brain volume. It is a common manifestation of aging even though it occurs in some childhood conditions and carried forward to pre-senile middle age.
There are ...
Correlates of diarrhea and stunting among under-five children in Ruvuma, Tanzania; a hospital-based cross-sectional study
(Elsevier, 2020-07)
Undernutrition affects 20% of children under five in the developing world. Stunting is a form of undernutrition when children have low height for their age. Global prevalence of stunting in 2019 was 21.4%, while current ...
Influence of Land Cover and Host Species on Trypanosome Infection in Cattle and its Socio-Economic Impacts to Pastoralists of the Maasai Steppe, Tanzania
(Journal of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, 2020-01-27)
Introduction
Trypanosome infections result into trypanosomosis in cattle and this is an infection detrimental to pastoralist income. The patterns of transmission are thought to be influenced by ecological factors including ...
One Health in Practice: Using Integrated Bite Case Management to Increase Detection of Rabid Animals in Tanzania.
(Frontiers in Public Health, 2020-02-14)
Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease that causes an estimated 59,000 human deaths worldwide annually, mostly in Africa and Asia. A target of zero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies has been set for 2030, and large-scale ...