A cross sectional population based epidemiological survey of 899 adults aged between 15 and 59 was undertaken in two urban areas of demographic surveillance sites in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, using the Clinical Interview Schedule Revised. Significantly higher rates were found among those who had experienced more than three severe life events in the last six months and relationship difficulties a...

Subjects The study sample was composed 152 children from 5 primary schools in the Ilala District (one of the districts of the capital city Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) and the mean age at baseline was 11 years. These children were in need of 2 or more restorations on permanent molars. A total of 430 matched contralateral restorations were randomly placed in 152 children, and at the 6-year follow-up...

Materials and methods We conducted prospective cohort study of patients enrolled in care and treatment facilities in Dar es Salaam from October 2004 to September 2011. LTFU was defined as missing clinic visit for 90 and 180 consecutive days after the last scheduled appointment date among patients on ART and care and monitoring respectively. For univariate and multivariate analysis, Cox proporti...

ORIGINAL ARTICLES Reduced semen quality and risk behaviour amongst men consulting a referral STD clinic.... Lymphoproliferative malignancies in association with endemic African Kaposi’s Sarcoma............ Determination of appropriate clomipramine dosage among depressed African outpatients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania...................................... Bronchoscopic extraction of aspirated for...

ORIGINAL ARTICLES Reduced semen quality and risk behaviour amongst men consulting a referral STD clinic.... Lymphoproliferative malignancies in association with endemic African Kaposi’s Sarcoma............ Determination of appropriate clomipramine dosage among depressed African outpatients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania...................................... Bronchoscopic extraction of aspirated for...

1 Department of Microbial Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2 Malaria Alert Centre, Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, 3 Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique, 4 Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, 5 Department of Epidemiology and B...

BACKGROUND 94% of all birth defects (BD) and 95% of deaths due to the BD occur in low and middle income countries, many of which are preventable. In Tanzania, there is currently a paucity of BD data necessary to develop data informed prevention activities. METHODS A cross-sectional analysis was conducted of deliveries identified with BD in the labor ward registers at four Dar es Salaam hospit...

INTRODUCTION Currently, Tanzania's HIV prevalence is 5.7%. Gender inequality and Gender Based Violence (GBV) are among factors fuelling the spread of HIV in Tanzania. This study was conducted to assess universal access to HIV prevention services among GBV survivors in Iringa and Dar-es-Salaam where HIV prevalence is as high as 14.7% and 9% respectively compared to a national average of 5.7%. ...