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    2024 (1st Quarter)

    1. Karoli, P.M., Shayo, E.H., Shayo, G.A., Kiwale, Z.A., Hawkins, C.A., Kaaya, S.F. and Hirschhorn, L.R., 2024. Patients’ and Care Providers’ Reported Barriers and Suggestions for Improving HIV Viral Load Testing in Tanzania: A Qualitative Study in Dar es Salaam. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC), 23, p.23259582241273385.
    1. Strain T, Flaxman S, Guthold R, Semenova E, Cowan M, Riley LM, Bull FC, Stevens GA; Country Data Author Group. National, regional, and global trends in insufficient physical activity among adults from 2000 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 507 population-based surveys with 5·7 million participants. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Jun 25:S2214-109X(24)00150-5. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00150-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38942042.
    1. Kunda, J. S., Wesonga, T., Dietze, K., & Lukasowitz, I. (2024). Needs for Establishment and Adoption of Regional One Health Approach for Preparedness and Response to Public Health Threats in the East African Community. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(4), 1243–1256. https://doi.org/10.4314/%u.v25i4.%
    1. Mahiti, G., Nyamhagatta, M., & Mashoto, K. (2024). Perceived COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Effect on Delivery of Health Services in Tanzania: A Qualitative Study of Community and Health Workers Community and Health Workers . Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(4), 1439–1451. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/273292
    1. Byemelwa, V., Burengelo, D., Sakafu, L., Tarimo, J., Muro, E., Mgina, C., Nondo, R., Mabiki, F., Pallangyo, P., Vumilia, L., Kessy, M., Ernest, S., Hingi, M., Mziray, L., Sylvanus, E., Omolo, J., Kagaruki, G., Makubi, A., Mhame, P., & Kimaro, G. (2024). Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients Supplemented with Approved Herbal Preparations in Tanzania: A Cohort Study . Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(4), 1452–1465. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/276153
    1. Mnkeni, E., Sindato, C., Haonga, T., Mwakapasa, E., Mrema, G., Mcharo, J., Kapyolo, E., Jacob, F., Sibomana, L., Seleman, A., Yango, M., Mnunga, E., Kiremeji, M., Mayige, M., Mtalika, M., Horumpende, P., & Nagu, T. (2024). Role of Community Health Workers in early detection, reporting and response to infectious disease outbreaks: Experience from Marburg Outbreak Management in Kagera region, Northwestern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(4), 1466–1471. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/268294
    1. Mmbaga, M., Mashola, E., Msangi, A., Mashoto, K., & Chiduo, M. (2024). Missed Advanced Abdominal Pregnancy: A Case Report. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(4), 1472–1475. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/275114
    1. Mashoto, K. O., Lubambi, E., Geofrey Sigalla, & Wikyete, V. (2024). Magnitude of Repeat Use of Emergency Contraceptives Among Women of Reproductive Age in Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(4), 1516–1530. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/273281
    1. Mbatia, Y. J., Bishoge, O. K., & Njee, R. M. (2024). Socio-cultural and religious factors influencing menstrual hygiene management among schoolgirls in Tanzania: A literature survey. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(4), 1392–1412. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/276006
    1. Bishoge, O, Njee, R, Mbatia,Y, Msovela, J, Nyigo, V, Kafuye, M,  Omolo, J, Mubyazi, G, Calister Imeda, C, Peter, E, Kazyoba, P, Munga, M, Katani, S, Nguyamu, M, Gowelle, O, Omary,M, Richard Sunguruma, R, Mdemu, A, and Abdallah, A (2024). “Traditional medicine in Tanzania: a review of historical perspective, current practices and challenges”. History and Philosophy of Medicine, 6(4): 1-16 https://doi.org/10.53388/HPM2024016
    1. Bishoge, O.K and Mvile, B.N. (2024). “Energy-saving practices among postgraduate students: A casestudy at the Pan African University”. Aquademia, 8(2): ep240098. https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/15037
    1. Kilima SP, Mubyazi GM, Moolla A, Ntinginya NE, Sabi I, Mwanyonga SP and Evans D (2024) Perceived access to social support during and after TB treatment in Mbeya and Songwe regions, Tanzania: perspectives from TB patients and survivors set against health care providers. Front. Health Serv. 4:1273739. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2024.1273739
    1. Naima C. Starkloff, Moses P. Mahalila, Safari Kinung’hi, David J. Civitello (2024).  Resting in plain sight: Dormancy ecology of the intermediate snail host of Schistosoma haematobium. The Scientific Naturalist [Accepted]
    1. Duncan J. Berger, Sang-Kyu Park, Thomas Crellen, Tushabe John Vianney, Narcis B. Kabatereine, James A. Cotton, Richard Sanya, Alison Elliot, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Moses Adriko, Claire J. Standley, Anouk Gouvras, Safari Kinung’hi, Helmut Haas, Muriel Rabone, Aidan Emery, Poppy H. L. Lamberton, Bonnie L. Webster, Fiona Allan, Sarah Buddenborg, Matthew Berriman, Jonathan S. Marchant, Stephen R. Doyle, Joanne Webste (2024). Extensive transmission and variation in a functional receptor for praziquantel resistance in endemic Schistosoma mansoni. bioRxiv, Sept 2024. Doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.29.610291.
    1. Jiaodi Zhang, Ana K.Pitol, Safari Kinung’hi, Teckla Angelo, Aidan M. Emery, Adam Cieplinski, Michael R. Templeton, Laura Braun (2024). The lethal effect of soap on Schistosoma mansonicercariae in water. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 18 (7): e0012372. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012372.
    1. Sanga ES, Mbata DD, Msoka EF, Mchome Z, Karia FP, Pollak KI, Robles JM, Schroeder K. The socio-cultural contexts shaping health-seeking behaviours among community members regarding childhood cancer in Tanzania: A qualitative study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Sep 5:e31278. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31278. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39238136.
    1. Ishungisa, A. M., Kilgallen, J. A., Mabula, E., Brand, C. O., Urassa, M., & Lawson, D. W. (2024). What do other men think? Understanding (mis) perceptions of peer gender role ideology among young Tanzanian men. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
    1. Chu, Yue & Marston, Milly & Dube, Albert & Festo, Charles & Geubbels, Eveline & Gregson, Simon & Herbst, Abraham & Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa & Kahn, Kathleen & Lutalo, Tom & Moorhouse, Louisa & Newton, Robert & Nyamukapa, Constance & Makanga, Ronald & Slaymaker, Emma & Urassa, Mark & Ziraba, Abdhalah & Calvert, Clara & Clark, Samuel. (2024). Temporal changes in cause of death among adolescents and adults in six countries in eastern and southern Africa in 1995-2019: a multi-country surveillance study of verbal autopsy data. The Lancet. Global health. 12. e1278-e1287. 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00171-2.
    1. Kagoye S, Konje ET, Todd J, Mangya C, Urassa M, Maïga A, Marston M, Boerma T. Levels, trends and inequalities in mortality among 5-19-year-olds in Tanzania: Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance Study (1995-2022). J Glob Health. 2024 Jul 26;14:04124. doi: 10.7189/jogh.14.04124. PMID: 39051683; PMCID: PMC11271169.
    1. Zacharia, ClemenceKinabo, Twilumba Makene, Huda Omary, George Ogweno, Faraja Lyamuya, Billy  (2024). Longevity of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigens in filter paper dried urine spots. Practical Laboratory Medicine. (41)., August 2024, e00426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plabm.2024.e00426.
    1. Jacob, A. E., Mshana, G., Mosha, N., Hashim, R., Sichalwe, S., Malibwa, D., … Stöckl, H. (2024). Healthy lifestyle factors and male perpetration of intimate partner violence: a cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania. Global Health Action, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2024.2397842
    1. Laury JE, Mugittu K, Kajeguka DC, Kamugisha E, Ishengoma DS, Mandara CI, Ngasala B, Chiduo MG,Mahende MK, Kitau J, Ahmed MM, Mkumbaye SI, Francis F, Chacky F, Warsame M, Serbantez N, Kitojo C, Reaves EJ, Bishanga DR, Bajic M, Kabula BI, Muro F, Kavishe RA. Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine against uncomplicated falciparum malaria infection in Tanzania, 2022, a single arm clinical trial. J Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 26:jiae425. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae425. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39186698.
    1. Edwin Adrian Liheluka, Nyasiro Sophia Gibore, Samwel Gesase, Eric Lyimo, Daniel T. R. Minja, Theodora Bal, Traditional medicines that are used to treat witchcraft-related diarrhoea among under-five children in northern Tanzania, Tanzania Journal of Health Research (2024) (3)
    1. Mehul Dhorda, Akira Kaneko, Ryuichi Komatsu, Achyut KC, Salum Mshamu, Samwel Gesase, Ntuli Kapologwe, Ashenafi Assefa, Jimmy Opigo, Yeka Adoke, Chris Ebong, Corine Karema, Aline Uwimana, Jean-Louis Ndikumana Mangara, Chanaki Amaratunga, Thomas J. Peto, Rupam Tripura, James J. Callery, Bipin Adhikari, Mavuto Mukaka, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Leon Mutesa, Nicholas P. J. Day, Karen I. Barnes, Arjen Dondorp, Philip J. Rosenthal, Nicholas J. White, and Lorenz von Seidlein, Artemisinin-resistant malaria in Africa demands urgent action, Science 385,252-254(2024), DOI:10.1126/science.adp5137
    1. Hillary Sebukoto, Pai Chambongo, Munisi Khalfan, Sijenunu Aaron, Loveness Urio and Billy Ngasala, Factors Associated with Malaria in Regions Implementing Case Based Surveillance in Tanzania from August 2021 to May 2022, Tanzania Public Health Bulletin (2024) 13 ISNN 2665-0576
    1. Ishengoma DS, Mandara CI, Bakari C, Fola AA, Madebe RA, Seth MD, Francis F, Buguzi CC, Moshi R, Garimo I, Lazaro S, Lusasi A, Aaron S, Chacky F, Mohamed A, Njau RJA, Kitau J, Rasmussen C, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ, Warsame M. Evidence of artemisinin partial resistance in northwestern Tanzania: clinical and molecular markers of resistance. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 16:S1473-3099(24)00362-1. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00362-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39159633.
    1. Juliano JJ, Giesbrecht DJ, Simkin A, Fola AA, Lyimo BM, Pereus D, Bakari C, Madebe RA, Seth MD, Mandara CI, Popkin-Hall ZR, Moshi R, Mbwambo RB, Niaré K, MacInnis B, Francis F, Mbwambo D, Garimo I, Chacky F, Aaron S, Lusasi A, Molteni F, Njau RJA, Nhiga SL, Mohamed A, Bailey JA, Ishengoma DS. Prevalence of mutations associated with artemisinin partial resistance and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in 13 regions in Tanzania in 2021: a cross-sectional survey. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Aug 14:100920. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(24)00160-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39159629.
    1. Von Wowern F, Makenga G, Thomsen SW, Thomsen LW, Hocke EF, Baraka V, Opot BH, Minja DT, Lusingu JP, Van-Geertruyden JP, Hansson H. Lack of selection of antimalarial drug resistance markers after intermittent preventive treatment of schoolchildren (IPTsc) against malaria in northeastern Tanzania. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024 Sep 1;146:107102.
    1. Gore-Langton GR, Madanitsa M, Barsosio HC, Minja DT, Mosha J, Kavishe RA, Mtove G, Gesase S, Msemo OA, Kariuki S, Otieno K. Prevalence and risk factors of curable sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections and malaria co-infection among pregnant women at antenatal care booking in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania: a cross-sectional study of randomised controlled trial data. BMJ Public Health. 2024 Sep 18;2(2); DOI; 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000501),
    1. Mushi VP, Bhwana D, Massawe IS, Makunde W, Sebukoto H, Ngasa W, Sengerema J, Mhina A, Hayuma PM, Kimambo H, Kidima W. Prevalence of onchocerciasis and epilepsy in a Tanzanian region after a prolonged community-directed treatment with ivermectin. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2024 Sep 6;18(9):e0012470.
    1. Mushi VP, Kidima W, Massawe IS, Magili PF, Bhwana D, Kaaya RE, Kimambo H, Hyera HF, Matuja W, Sen A, Sander JW. Attitudes and perceptions towards epilepsy in an onchocerciasis-endemic region of Tanzania: a mixed approach to determine the magnitude and driving factors. BMC Public Health. 2024 Dec;24(1):1-8.
    1. Alexander FC, Mshiu JJ, Rushaigo AM, Mgina EJ, Wiketye VE, Mtundi SC, Haule ST, Katende MK, Evarist EM, Kapama LC, Shemdoe AI, Makasi CE, Lolakeha MM, Minja VK, Kimbute OA, Stephen KJ, Range NS, Maokola WM, Ngowi BJ, Nyigo VA, Kilale AM. Knowledge of Tuberculosis preventive treatment among people living with HIV: A cross-sectional survey in selected regions of Tanzania. PLoS One. 2024 Aug 1;19(8):e0307670. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307670.
    1. Nielsen ST, Kweka B, Praygod G, Filteau S, Olsen MF, Friis H, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Krogh-Madsen R.The incretin effect in type 2 diabetes in a Sub-Saharan African population. Clin Diabetes Endocrinol. 2024 Jul 25;10(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s40842-024-00178-5.
    1. Tungu PK, Sudi W, Batengana B, Kisinza WN, Rowland M. Efficacy of LLINs before and after the selection of pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae sl and funestus sl in NE Tanzania: a longitudinal meta-analysis of experimental hut studies.
    1. Ngenya A, Klarmann-Schulz U, John W, Korir PJ, Kamugisha M, Nadal J, Moshi D, Ricchiuto A, Oriyo N, Sullivan SM, Laizer R. Efficacy of Intensified Hygiene Measures with or without the Addition of Doxycycline in the Management of Filarial Lymphedema: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial in Tanzania. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2024 Aug 27:tpmd240049.
    1. Debrah LB, Klarmann-Schulz U, Osei-Mensah J, Kuehlwein JM, Mubarik Y, Nadal J, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Ricchiuto A, Opoku VS, Sullivan SM, Mensah DA, Horton J, Rahamani AA, Budge PJ, Gbedema S, Korir PJ, Opoku J, Pfarr K, Kontoh DB, Kellings A, Gyasi C, Obeng MA, Gruetzmacher B, Fordjour FA, Kroidl I, Horn S, Kuutiero EK, Wauschkuhn C, Ngenya A, Mackenzie C, Wanji S, Kalinga A, Ottesen EA, Hoerauf A, Debrah AY. Adherence to Hygiene Protocols and Doxycycline Therapy in Ameliorating Lymphatic Filariasis Morbidity in an Endemic Area Post-Interruption of Disease Transmission in Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Oct 1;111(4_Suppl):66-82. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0313. PMID: 39362213; PMCID: PMC11448491.
    1. Mutapi F, Garba A, Woolhouse M, Kazyoba P. Paediatric schistosomiasis: last mile preparations for deploying paediatric praziquantel. Trends Parasitol. 2024 Aug;40(8):687-695. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.06.011. Epub 2024 Jul 19. PMID: 39033047.
    1. Kassimu K, Milando FA, Omolo JJ, Nyaulingo G, Mohamed L, Lweno O, Balige N, Hamad A, Rashid M, Mbarak H, Olotu A. Qualitative Exploration of Ethical and Regulatory Review of Herbal Remedy Trials in Tanzania: A Case Study of the Maytenus Senegalensis Clinical Trial, East African Journal of Public Health, 16: 38-52.
    1. Centner CM, Munir R, Tagliani E, Rieß F, Brown P, Hayes C, Dolby T, Zemanay W, Cirillo DM, David A, Schumacher SG, Denkinger CM, Ruhwald M, Leukes VN, Nicol MP, Van der Walt I, Kisten G, Gumede M, Mace A, Brink A, Stevens W, Scott L, Penn-Nicholson A, Cox H; TB-CAPT Consortium. Reflex Xpert MTB/XDR Testing of Residual Rifampicin-Resistant Specimens: A Clinical Laboratory-Based Diagnostic Accuracy and Feasibility Study in South Africa. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 31;11(8):ofae437. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae437. PMID: 39165581; PMCID: PMC11334068.
    1. Mwangi R, Sabiiti W, Mtuy T, Temba B, Nyindo M, Mcharo R, Ntinginya NE, Mssusa A, Kafuye M, Mmbaga B. Increasing Access and Application of Bioethics in Africa: A Tanzanian Case Study. An African Research Ethics Reader: From the Ground Up. 2024 May 30;1:220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004697676_014
    1. Mangu, C., Cossa, M., Ndege, R. et al. Expanding Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra® and LF-LAM testing for diagnosis of tuberculosis among HIV-positive adults admitted to hospitals in Tanzania and Mozambique: a randomized controlled trial (the EXULTANT trial). BMC Infect Dis 24, 831 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09651-z
    1. Düx A, Lwitiho SE, Ayouba A, Röthemeier C, Merkel K, Weiss S, Thaurignac G, Lander A, Kouadio L, Nowak K, Corman V, Drosten C, Couacy-Hymann E, Krüger DH, Kurth A, Calvignac-Spencer S, Peeters M, Ntinginya NE, Leendertz FH, Mangu C. Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania. Viruses. 2024 Jul 31;16(8):1227. doi: 10.3390/v16081227. PMID: 39205201; PMCID: PMC11358901.
    1. Fimbo, A., Mwalwisi, Y.H., Matiko, D. et al. Lessons from enriching Tanzania’s clinical research ethics clinical trials oversight and pharmacovigilance through the ASCEND project. Discov Public Health 21, 54 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00180-3
    1. Mtafya B, Musisi E, Qwaray P, Sichone E, Walbaum N, Ntinginya NE, Gillespie SH, Sabiiti W. Quantifying Viable M. tuberculosis Safely Obviating the Need for High Containment Facilities. InAntibiotic Resistance Protocols 2024 Jul 2 (pp. 145-152). New York, NY: Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3981- 8_14
    1. Musisi E, Mtafya B, Wambi WS, Zawedde J, Sessolo A, Ssengooba W, Walbaum N, Ntinginya NE, Gillespie SH, Sabiiti W. Improved Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring of Tuberculosis Using Stool and the Tuberculosis Bacterial Load Assay (TB-MBLA). InAntibiotic Resistance Protocols 2024 Jul 2 (pp. 153-160). New York, NY: Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3981-8_15
    1. Olbrich L, Franckling-Smith Z, Larsson L, Sabi I, Ntinginya NE, Khosa C, Banze D, Nliwasa M, Corbett EL, Semphere R, Verghese VP. Sequential and parallel testing for microbiological confirmation of tuberculosis disease in children in five low-income and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the RaPaed-TB study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2024 Sep 20.