A5064039341- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Global Health and Surgery
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Global Health Care Issues
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Disaster Response and Management
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
Muhimbili National Hospital
2021-2024
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
2021-2024
We aimed to determine the out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for medical care of injured patients and proportion encountering catastrophic costs.Prospective cohort study SETTING: Emergency department (ED) a tertiary-level hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Injured adult seen at ED Muhimbili National Hospital from August 2019 March 2020.During alternating 12-hour shifts, consecutive trauma were approached after stabilisation. A case report form was used collect social-demographics patient clinical...
Global emergency medicine (GEM) is situated at the intersection of global health and (EM), which built upon a history colonial systems institutions that continue to reinforce inequities between high-income countries (HICs) low- middle-income (LMICs) today. These power imbalances yield disparities in GEM practice, research, education. The Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA) Society for Academic formed Decolonizing Working Group 2020, now includes over 100 worldwide members. mission address...
The prevalence of multimorbidity (the presence two or more chronic health conditions) is rapidly increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. Hospital care pathways that focus on single presenting complaints do not address this pressing problem. This has the potential to precipitate frequent hospital readmissions, increase system and out-of-pocket expenses, may lead premature disability death. We aim present a description inpatient multicentre prospective cohort study Malawi Tanzania.
<ns3:p>Background The prevalence of multimorbidity (the presence two or more chronic health conditions) is rapidly increasing in sub–Saharan Africa. Hospital care pathways that focus on single presenting complaints do not address this pressing problem. This has the potential to precipitate frequent hospital readmissions, increase system and out-of-pocket expenses, may lead premature disability death. We aim present a description inpatient multicentre prospective cohort study Malawi Tanzania....
Objective Children with seizures require immediate and appropriate intervention in the emergency department (ED). This study describes clinical profile outcome of paediatric patients at ED a country limited resources. Design A prospective, observational cohort seizure presenting to an conducted over six-month period from 1 August 2019 31 January2020. Setting The was Muhimbili National Hospital, level trauma centre located Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Participants Paediatric aged month 14 years...
Abstract BackgroundDue the high prevalence of Human Immune Virus (HIV), provider-initiated HIV testing for patients attending any health care setting is recommended. However, follow-up and linkage to by those tested remains poor. We determined feasibility efficacy text-messaging promote among otherwise healthy trauma who underwent counseling at an Emergency Department (ED) in Tanzania. Material methodsThis randomized controlled trial was conducted Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) ED between...