For many years in Tanzania, eggs have been touted as some of the most nutritious foods, however, for Professor Japhet Killewo, a renowned epidemiologist, the growing tendency of eating eggs must not go unchecked. He uses this scenario and many others in the livestock industry to explain the animal-human...
The history of resistance to antimalarials in Africa is not a happy one. At one time, chloroquine was the leading recommended treatment against malaria. Resistance to this medicine first emerged in Southeast Asia in the late 1950s, and then spread to Africa over the next 30 years, devastating the...
There is danger in their music. They party in our bedrooms all night, and boastfully lift their bloody abdomens while jigging on our insecticide-treated bed nets. We may think we understand them, yet this is only one slice in the enigmatic life of mosquitoes, the deadliest predators of all...
Despite the high coverage with essential malaria control strategies, such as the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) and indoor spraying in Zanzibar, elimination of the mosquito-borne disease in the Indian Ocean Archipelago remains elusive.
For the past decade, the prevalence of malaria parasites in the Isles has been maintained...
Elsewhere around the world, scientists are deciphering new ways of identifying the genes that are involved in human disease. This has also helped in developing better strategies for detecting, treating and preventing diseases.
Through the use of what is known as Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS), the scientists are trying to...
Dr Nathanael Sirili, MD, MSc
drnsirili@gmail.com
For many years, Tanzania has endeavored to tackle challenges related to Human Resource for Health (HRH), however, the emphasis has been on increasing the number of doctors and therefore flooding the market with medics as a way of curbing shortages across the country.
The question that...
By Marko Hingi and Josephat A Wangwe
Before the era of smartphones, certain scenarios were unthinkable but now they are real. Imagine this. That a motor traffic accident occurs somewhere in the city and a 30-year old man is left lying in pain as he screams on the road; for...
Scientists at the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) have identified places in Dar es Salaam where TB is highly transmissible using a new technique to identify the hotspots.
The researchers did this by collecting indoor carbon dioxide data from markets, prisons, night clubs, public transportation, religious and social halls, and from...
Dr Julius Kessy
juliuskessy45617@gmail.com
As I approach the end of my five years of intensive training in medical school, I’m greatly indebted, first, to my parents who have imparted to me the love of learning—my lecturers, doctors and professors; whose commitment to teaching has always been inspiring.
I’m grateful for the supervision,...
By Anneth-Mwasi Tumbo
atumbo@ihi.or.tz
Tuberculosis (TB) and Diabetes Mellitus(DM) have come to be known as two diseases that are associated. This poses a major challenge to the measures being taken globally to eradicate one of them: Tuberculosis .
Over the years, the two diseases have proved to be of major public health concern, with huge...
