Understanding traditional healer utilisation for hypertension care using the Andersen model: A qualitative study in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Thursday, 30 March 2023 / Published in 2023, Publication
Understanding traditional healer utilisation for hypertension care using the Andersen model: A qualitative study in Mwanza, Tanzania. Sundararajan R, Alakiu R, Ponticiello M, Birch G, Kisigo G, Okello E, Peck RN. Glob Public Health. 2023 Jan;18(1):2191687. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2191687. PMID: 36973183.

The association between alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence in young male perpetrators in Mwanza, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.

Friday, 24 March 2023 / Published in 2023, Publication
The association between alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence in young male perpetrators in Mwanza, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. Shubina O, Mshana G, Sichalwe S, Malibwa D, Mosha N, Hashim R, Nahay F, Ayieko P, Kapiga S, Stöckl H. Glob Health Action. 2023 Dec 31;16(1):2185967. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2185967. PMID: 36927456; PMCID: PMC10026741.

Disability and intimate partner violence: A cross-sectional study from Mwanza, Tanzania.

Thursday, 23 March 2023 / Published in 2023, Publication
Disability and intimate partner violence: A cross-sectional study from Mwanza, Tanzania. Harvey S, Kapiga S, Mshana G, Stöckl H. Disabil Health J. 2022 Nov 16:101404. DOI:10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101404.   Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36522283.

Job Vacancy: Pharmacist  Technician

Saturday, 18 March 2023 / Published in Vacancies
The Mwanza Intervention Trial Unit (MITU) is a collaborative research Unit based at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) campus in Mwanza, Tanzania. The mission of MITU is to contribute to improving health through the development and evaluation of interventions against HIV and other health problems by conducting research, including clinical trials to the

Policy and stakeholder analysis to inform advocacy on drowning reduction among fishers in southern Lake Victoria, Tanzania:Report.

Friday, 04 February 2022 / Published in 2021, Publication
Policy and stakeholder analysis to inform advocacy on drowning reduction among fishers in southern Lake Victoria, Tanzania:Report. Plummer ML, Mashauri E, Moshi A, Durrance-Bagale A, Ayieko P, Howard N. Project Report. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,London. https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4662506 (Submitted)

Adolescent Health Series: HPV infection and vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: 10 years of research in Tanzanian female adolescents – narrative review.

Friday, 04 February 2022 / Published in 2021, Publication
Adolescent Health Series: HPV infection and vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: 10 years of research in Tanzanian female adolescents – narrative review. Whitworth H, Changalucha J, Baisley K, Watson-Jones D. Trop Med Int Health. 2021 Nov;26(11):1345-1355. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13660. Epub 2021 Sep 1. PMID: 34310816.

Prior undernutrition and insulin production several years later in Tanzanian adults.

Friday, 04 February 2022 / Published in 2021, Publication
Prior undernutrition and insulin production several years later in Tanzanian adults. Filteau S, PrayGod G, Rehman AM, Peck R, Jeremiah K, Krogh-Madsen R, Faurholt-Jepsen D. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Jun 1;113(6):1600-1608. DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa438. PMID: 33740034; PMCID: PMC8168356.

Cervicovaginal bacterial communities in reproductive-aged Tanzanian women with Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium, or without schistosome infection.

Friday, 04 February 2022 / Published in 2021, Publication
Cervicovaginal bacterial communities in reproductive-aged Tanzanian women with Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium, or without schistosome infection. Bullington BW, Lee M, Mlingi J, Paul N, Aristide C, Fontana E, Littmann E, Mukerebe C, Shigella P, Kashangaki P, Kalluvya SE, de Dood CJ, van Dam G, Corstjens PLAM, Fitzgerald DW, Pamer EG, Downs JA. ISME J 2021;

Hypertension: Do inflammation and immunity hold the key to solving this epidemic?

Friday, 04 February 2022 / Published in 2021, Publication
Hypertension: Do inflammation and immunity hold the key to solving this epidemic? Madhur MS, Elijovich F, Alexander MR, Pitzer A, Ishimwe J, Van Beusecum JP, Patrick DM, Smart CD, Kleyman TR, Kingery J, Peck RN, Laffer CL, Kirabo A. Circ Res. 2021 Apr 2;128(7):908-933. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.318052. PMID: 33793336; PMCID: PMC8023750

The burden of HIV, syphilis and schistosome infection and associated factors among adults in the fishing communities in northwestern Tanzania.

Friday, 04 February 2022 / Published in 2021, Publication
The burden of HIV, syphilis and schistosome infection and associated factors among adults in the fishing communities in northwestern Tanzania. Kapiga S, Hansen CH, Downs JA, Sichalwe S, Hashim R, Mngara J, van Dam GJ, Corstjens PLAM, Kingery JR, Peck RN, Grosskurth H. Trop Med Int Health. 2021 Feb;26(2):204-213. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13520. Epub 2020 Dec 2.