The reality of task shifting in medicines management - a case study from Tanzania (Publications)
establishment for staffing levels, 3) job descriptions, 4) supply management training conducted and 5) availability of medicines and adherence to Good Storage Practice. METHODS: A cross-sectional study [...] l staff, only nurses were required to provide dispensing services and adherence counselling. In 95.5% of studied health facilities medicines management was done by non-pharmaceutically trained cadres,
Effect of strategic gastrointestinal nematode control on fertility and mortality of N'Dama cattle in The Gambia (Publications)
similar average age. One group received a single anthelmintic treatment of fenbendazole (Panacur, 7.5 mg/kg BW, Hoechst Veterina AG) in October 1989, whereas the other group remained untreated. In July [...] 0-1 year was more than two times higher in treated animals compared to their controls (21% against 7.5%). No differences were found in older age categories. Survival analysis confirmed differences in mortality
Isolation of nontuberculous <em>Mycobacteria</em> from the environment of Buruli ulcer endemic communities in Ghana (Publications)
ketoreductase gene as needed. RESULTS: Among the evaluated methods, decontamination by 1M NaOH followed by 5% oxalic acid gave the highest recovery of mycobacteria (50.0%) and the least contamination (15.6%). [...] environmental samples analysed were: soil 16 (43.2 %), vegetation 14 (38.0 %), water 3 (8.0 %), moss 2 (5.4%), snail 1 (2.7 %) and fungi 1 (2.7 %). CONCLUSION: This study is the first to report on the isolation
Lack of associations of alpha(+) - thalassemia with the risk of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> infection and disease in... (Publications)
eighty-nine (35.0%) children were homozygous for a(+)-thalassemia (-a/-a), 506 (45.5%) heterozygous (aa/-a) and 217 (19.5%) homozygous for the wild-type allele. No significant differences in the incidence
Trends in weekly reported net use by children during and after rainy season in central Tanzania (Publications)
and 0.80. For children ages 5-6 person-week ratios dropped to 0.55. This represents an incidence rate ratio of 1.67 for children ages 0-23 months compared to children aged 5-6. Caretakers had use rates
Mobile phone base stations and early childhood cancers: case-control study (Publications)
base stations within 700 m of the address (2.89 (SD 5.9) kW v 3.00 (SD 6.0) kW, P=0.54) and modelled power density (-30.3 (SD 21.7) dBm v -29.7 (SD 21.5) dBm, P=0.41). For modelled power density at the address
The epidemiology of HIV and HSV-2 infections among women participating in microbicide and vaccine feasibility studies in Northern Tanzania (Publications)
visit was 86%. HIV and HSV-2 incidence rates were 3.7 (95% confidence interval, CI: 2.8,5.1) and 28.6 (95% CI: 23.5,35.0)/100 person-years, respectively. Women who were separated, divorced, or widowed were
Cost estimate of bovine tuberculosis to Ethiopia (Publications)
Ethiopian Birr (95 % Confidence Interval (CI) 53.8-77.7 billion Birr), which is the equivalent of 7.5 billion US$ (95 %CI 6.1-8.9 billion US$) at a rate of 8.7 Birr per US$ in 2005. The cost of BTB ranges [...] thus not be distinguished from zero. The cost of disease in the urban livestock production ranges from 5 to 42 million Birr (500,000-4.9 million US$) between 2005 and 2011 but is also within the range of
Efficacy and safety of mefloquine, artesunate, mefloquine-artesunate, tribendimidine, and praziquantel in patients with <em>Opisthorchis... (Publications)
19 with tribendimidine (1.87, 0.60-5.85). Egg reduction rate was 98.4% for praziquantel, 30.2% for mefloquine (egg reduction-rate ratio 1.61, 95% CI 0.21-0.72), 31.5% for artesunate (0.43, 0.23-0.80),
Prevalence and social drivers of HIV among married and cohabitating heterosexual adults in south-eastern Tanzania: analysis of adult health community... (Publications)
odds of being HIV positive, with 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: Prevalence of HIV/AIDS was 6.7% (5.9% males and 7.1% females). Gender norms, that is, perception that a woman is not justified to ask her [...] behavior characteristics, that is, lifetime number of sexual partners (2-4: AOR=1.47, 95% CI 1.02-2.11; 5+: AOR=1.61, 95% CI 1.05-2.47) were the main independent predictors of HIV prevalence. CONCLUSIONS: Among