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Blandina Theophil Mmbaga

KCRI, KCMC, KCMUCo
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Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

…, L Mboera, EH Shayo, BT Mmbaga… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-19.
However, the term ‘lockdown’ is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO’s reference to ‘so-called …

[HTML][HTML] Burden of foodborne diseases: Think global, act local

…, BN Desta, L Mughini-Gras, BT Mmbaga… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Sara M Pires 1 14 , Binyam N Desta 2 , Lapo Mughini-Gras
3 4 , Blandina T Mmbaga 5 6 , Olanrewaju E Fayemi 7 , Elsa M Salvador 8 , Tesfaye Gobena …

One Health contributions towards more effective and equitable approaches to health in low-and middle-income countries

…, A Lugelo, BT Mmbaga… - … Royal Society B …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Emerging zoonoses with pandemic potential are a stated priority for the global health security
agenda, but endemic zoonoses also have a major societal impact in low-resource settings. …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of glaucoma in a rural East African population

…, SK West, MS Oliva, BBO Mmbaga - … & visual science, 2000 - arvojournals.org
… The investigators thank B. Isseme and Marilyn Scudder and the staff of the Mvumi Mission
Hospital, who performed clinical care and surgery for subjects in the study; and Sidney Katala …

COVID-19: maintaining essential rehabilitation services across the care continuum

…, KH Lee, JTW Ming, YH Pua, M Inzitari, BT Mmbaga… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Rehabilitation addresses health and functioning for individuals across the lifespan. The
immediacy of care needs varies by condition. 2 Services are provided in every setting—acute …

Impact of face-washing on trachoma in Kongwa, Tanzania

…, M Lynch, A Kayongoya, Z Chilangwa, BBO Mmbaga… - The Lancet, 1995 - Elsevier
Observational studies have suggested that the prevalence of trachoma is lower in children
with clean faces than in those with ocular or nasal discharge or flies on the face. We carried …

Efficacy and safety of dolutegravir with emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide fumarate or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, and efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir …

…, G Masheto, V Korutaro, H Cassim, BT Mmbaga… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) during pregnancy is important for both maternal
health and prevention of perinatal HIV-1 transmission; however adequate data on the safety …

Retention in HIV care during pregnancy and the postpartum period in the option B+ era: systematic review and meta-analysis of studies in Africa

…, ET Knippler, LN Chumba, BT Mmbaga… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
… The objectives of this study were:(1) to synthesize data on retention in care over time in
option B+ programs in Africa, and (2) to identify factors associated with retention in care. …

Mutational signatures in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from eight countries with varying incidence

…, SC Soares-Lima, C Dzamalala, BT Mmbaga… - Nature Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) shows remarkable variation in incidence
that is not fully explained by known lifestyle and environmental risk factors. It has been …

The epidemiology of trachoma in central Tanzania

…, B Munoz, VM Turner, BBO Mmbaga… - International journal …, 1991 - academic.oup.com
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide and data are needed on the
epidemiological characteristics of active and residual disease in hyperendemic areas. This …