this paper presents future trends of urban wastes and their impacts on the environment of african cities using plausible mitigation scenarios. to accomplish this, an integrated dynamic model for urban waste flows was developed, tested, calibrated and validated. its parameter sensitivity was analyzed. using population projection up to 2052 with different levels of technological implementation, p...

From 2012 to 2015, we measured surface ozone, NOx, NO2, and NO levels at three urban sites (Mapipa, Ubungo, and Posta) and two suburban sites (Kunduchi and Vijibweni) in the city of Dar es Salaam and in the village of Mwetemo, a rural area of Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The average hourly O3 concentrations at all sites were between 9 ppb and 30 ppb during our sampling periods. O3 levels at suburban sit...

Antiretroviral (ARV) drug toxicities pose treatment challenges and contribute to poor adherence. This study was carried out to document the commonly reported adverse reactions caused by ARV drugs in HIV patients in Tanzania. Information on drug induced adverse reactions (ADRs) in patients using ARV drugs was collected from the databases maintained in HIV clinics of Dar es Salaam and Mbeya. A to...

BACKGROUND There are no methodologically rigorous studies of the incidence of stroke in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to provide reliable data on the incidence of stroke in rural and urban Tanzania. METHODS The Tanzania Stroke Incidence Project (TSIP) recorded stroke incidence in two well defined demographic surveillance sites (DSS) over a 3-year period from June, 2003. The Hai DSS (population...

1Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro,, Southern African Center for Disease Infectious Surveillance, Morogoro, United Republic of Tanzania; 2National Institute for Medical ResearchAmani Medical Research Center, Muheza, United Republic of Tanzania; 3Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, ...

In Tanzania, a large amount of domestic and industrial wastes are daily released to the aquatic environment without prior treatment. The demographic pressure resulting from the about 2.5 million people in the Dar es Salaam region (according to the 2002 National Census) is the major driver of amounts of waste released. Heavy metals such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), ...

Unintentional injuries among under-fives represent an important cause of preventable morbidity in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In-home interventions targeting caregiver safety practices currently show promise in reducing household injury risks. Mobile health (mHealth) is emerging as a potentially cost effective platform for the delivery of critical health information in resource poor settings. The ...

processing of round potatoes (solanum tuberosum (l.) into chips in tanzania and particularlydar es salaam city is a growing business that attract low wages employees and unemployed occupants. proliferationof chips vendors with low knowledge, poor attitude and practice towards environment have resulted into poormanagement of potato peels waste which are haphazardly disposed of thus causing unhea...

1National Institute for Medical Research, Tabora, Tanzania. 2Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3021, Morogoro Tanzania.3Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Morogoro Tanzania. 4Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Dar es Salaam Tanzania.5Department of Disease Control, University of Zambia, Lusaka Z...