The acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) delivered through the expanded programme of immunization in southern TanzaniaRobert Pool
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Malar J 7:213. 2008
..This paper reports on the reception of IPTi during the first implementation study of IPTi in southern Tanzania...
- Vouchers for scaling up insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania: methods for monitoring and evaluation of a national health system intervention
Kara Hanson
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
BMC Public Health 8:205. 2008
..This paper describes this novel approach to delivering ITNs and the design of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E)...
Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural TanzaniaJ R Schellenberg
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, PO Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
Lancet 357:1241-7. 2001
..We assessed coverage and the effect on child survival of a large-scale social marketing programme for insecticide-treated nets in two rural districts of southern Tanzania with high perennial malaria transmission...
- Effectiveness and cost of facility-based Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Tanzania
Joanna R M Armstrong Schellenberg
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Ifakara, Tanzania
Lancet 364:1583-94. 2004
..We assessed the effectiveness of facility-based IMCI in rural Tanzania...
- The effect of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness on observed quality of care of under-fives in rural Tanzania
Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Ifakara, Tanzania
Health Policy Plan 19:1-10. 2004
..IMCI is therefore likely to lead to rapid gains in child survival, health and development if adequate coverage levels can be achieved and maintained...
- Re-treatment of mosquito nets with insecticide
Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96:368-9. 2002
- Risk factors for child mortality in rural Tanzania
Joanna R M Armstrong Schellenberg
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Ifakara, Tanzania
Trop Med Int Health 7:506-11. 2002
..The association between mothers carrying their children and child survival was unexpected and deserves further investigation...
- Anaemia in pregnancy and infant mortality in Tanzania
Tanya Marchant
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Ifakara, Tanzania
Trop Med Int Health 9:262-6. 2004
..1 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1-9.1, P = 0.04] compared with women with Hb above this level after controlling for other factors. Prevention of anaemia in pregnancy may lead to an improvement in infant survival...
- Impact of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness on inequalities in child health in rural Tanzania
Honorati Masanja
Ifakara Health Research and Development Center, P O Box 53, Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania
Health Policy Plan 20:i77-i84. 2005
..The introduction of IMCI led to improvements in child health that did not occur at the expense of equity...
- Out-of-pocket payments for under-five health care in rural southern Tanzania
Fatuma Manzi
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P O Box 78373, Ifakara, Tanzania
Health Policy Plan 20:i85-i93. 2005
..Increasing access to IMCI-based care would not only improve inequities in financial contributions, but also in health, an important consideration for its own sake...
Understanding home-based neonatal care practice in rural southern TanzaniaMwifadhi Mrisho
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:669-78. 2008
..Some neonates are denied colostrum, which is perceived as dirty. Behaviour-change communication efforts are needed to improve early newborn care practices...
- Socially marketed insecticide-treated nets improve malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in southern Tanzania
Tanya Marchant
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Ifakara, Tanzania
Trop Med Int Health 7:149-58. 2002
..To study the uptake of socially marketed insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and their impact on malaria and anaemia in pregnancy; and to report on a discount voucher system which aimed to increase coverage in pregnancy...
- Inequities among the very poor: health care for children in rural southern Tanzania
Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Ifakara, Tanzania
Lancet 361:561-6. 2003
..We sought evidence of inequities in health care by sex and socioeconomic status for young children living in a poor rural area of southern Tanzania...
Vitamin A supplementation in Tanzania: the impact of a change in programmatic delivery strategy on coverageHonorati Masanja
Ifakara Health Research and Development Center, Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania
BMC Health Serv Res 6:142. 2006
..impact of a change in programmatic delivery strategy from routine delivery through the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI+) approach to twice-yearly mass distribution campaigns on coverage of vitamin A supplementation in Tanzania..
- Morbidity and mortality on a paediatric ward in rural Tanzania
Tabitha D van Immerzeel
Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Trop Doct 36:171-3. 2006
- Access to electronic health knowledge in five countries in Africa: a descriptive study
Helen Smith
International Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 7:72. 2007
..The effectiveness of these initiatives in Africa has not been assessed. This study describes awareness, reported use and factors influencing use of on-line medical literature via free access initiatives...
