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HIV viral suppression and risk of viral rebound in patients on antiretroviral therapy: a two- year retrospective cohort study in Northern Tanzania
(Springer Nature Link, 2024-04-11)
Background
The world is moving towards the third target of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to ensure most people receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) are virologically suppressed. Little is known about ...
Prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in domestic pigs following albendazole deworming intervention in rural communities of Mbulu district, Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2024-09)
Taeniosis and cysticercosis are infections caused by cestodes, Taenia solium is among them. T.solium neurocysticercosis accounts for 30% of acquired epilepsy in human in developing countries. This study was carried out to ...
Factors associated with poor compliance to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis among dog bite victims in Maswa District in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
(Public health, 2024-05-22)
Introduction: administering rabies post-exposure
prophylaxis (PEP) in a timely and appropriate
manner remains the most fundamental measure
for preventing human rabies. However, a number
of barriers to accessing and ...
Characterization of population connectivity for enhanced cross-border surveillance of yellow fever at Mutukula and Namanga borders in Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2024-12)
Objectives
Yellow fever (YF) remains a public health threat in Sub-Saharan Africa and South America, with an estimated 200,000 cases and 30,000 deaths annually. Although the World Health Organization considers Tanzania ...
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Human Taenia solium Cysticercosis in Mbulu District, Northern Tanzania
(MDPI, 2024-05-23)
Background: Taeniosis and cysticercosis are human infections caused by the pork tapeworm,
Taenia solium. This study is a baseline for community-based intervention. We determined the
prevalence of human cysticercosis and ...
Effectiveness of Point of Entry Health Screening Measures among Travelers in the Detection and Containment of the International Spread of COVID-19: A Review of the Evidence
(MDPI, 2024-03-28)
COVID-19 remains a communicable disease with the capacity to cause substantial damage
to health and health systems. Enhanced health screening at points of entry (POEs) is a public health
measure implemented to support ...
Correlating food and nutritional patterns with cancers in the pediatric oncology population at two specialized hospitals in Tanzania
(Springer nature, 2024-01-11)
Background
This study of nutritional patterns in relation to cancers among pediatric oncology population in Tanzania was motivated by the lack of up-to-date information about the nutritional practices, the controversy ...
Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
(Elsevier, 2024-11-25)
Background
As set out in Sustainable Development Goal 3.3, the target date for ending the HIV epidemic as a public health threat is 2030. Therefore, there is a crucial need to evaluate current epidemiological trends and ...