When civil registration is inadequate: interim methods for generating vital statistics (Publications)
Comprehensive guidelines and tools to help countries rapidly improve their vital statistics systems, based on international best practice are now available. For many countries, however, attainment of
Transcription profiling of a recently colonised pyrethroid resistant <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> strain from Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mosquito resistance to the pyrethroid insecticides used to treat bednets threatens the sustainability of malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa. While the impact of target site insensitivit
Using classification tree modelling to investigate drug prescription practices at health facilities in rural Tanzania (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Drug prescription practices depend on several factors related to the patient, health worker and health facilities. A better understanding of the factors influencing prescription
A good night's sleep and the habit of net use: perceptions of risk and reasons for bed net use in Bukoba and Zanzibar (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Intensive malaria control interventions in the United Republic of Tanzania have contributed to reductions in malaria prevalence. Given that malaria control remains reliant upon continued u
An in-depth, exploratory assessment of the implementation of the National Health Information System at a district level hospital in Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A well functioning Health Information System (HIS) is crucial for effective and efficient health service delivery. In Tanzania there is a national HIS called Mfumo wa Taarifa za Uendeshaji