Rodrick Kisenge
Biographic Data
| ID | 5469799 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rodrick Kisenge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rodrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Kisenge |
| SIGNATURE | KISENGE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3273-8136 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Developing paediatric subspecialty training in resource-limited settings; the first neonatology subspeciality program in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Neonatal mortality remains high in Tanzania, where progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 is constrained by a severe shortage of trained workforce. To achieve the goal, Tanzania, with approximately two million annual births, aims to reduce neonatal mortality from 24 to fewer than 12 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2030. In 2020, only five neonatologists, including expatriates, were available nationwide. To fill this gap, the…
Systematic review of risk assessment tools for post-discharge mortality among children in sub-Saharan Africa
Post-discharge mortality is increasingly recognized as a major contributor to the high burden of childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Accurate identification of children at risk for post-discharge mortality is critically important to inform interventions to reduce deaths following hospital discharge. Our objective was to describe the current state of development, validation, or implementation for risk assessment tools for post-hospital disc…
Facility-based care for moderately low birthweight infants in India, Malawi, and Tanzania
Globally, increasing rates of facility-based childbirth enable early intervention for small vulnerable newborns. We describe health system-level inputs, current feeding, and discharge practices for moderately low birthweight (MLBW) infants (1500- 10% less than their birthweight; 18.8% of infants were discharged with weights below facility-specific policy [1800g in India, 1500g in Malawi, and 2000g in Tanzania]. Based on descriptive analysis, we f…
Safe infant feeding in healthcare facilities
Infants need to receive care in environments that limit their exposure to pathogens. Inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) environments and suboptimal infection prevention and control practices in healthcare settings contribute to the burden of healthcare-associated infections, which are particularly high in low-income settings. Specific research is needed to understand infant feeding preparation in healthcare settings, a task involvin…
Authorship equity guidelines in global health journals
Background Thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke treatment leads to improved outcomes, but many patients do not achieve a good outcome despite successful reperfusion. We determined predictors of poor outcome after successful thrombectomy (TICI 2b–3) with an emphasis on modifiable factors. Methods Patients from the randomized DEFUSE 3 trial who underwent thrombectomy with TICI 2b–3 revascularization were included. Primary outcome was a poor outco…
Where there is no local author
INTRODUCTION: Authorship parasitism (ie, no authors affiliated with the country in which the study took place) occurs frequently in research conducted in low-income and middle-income countries, despite published recommendations defining authorship criteria. The objective was to compare characteristics of articles exhibiting authorship parasitism in sub-Saharan Africa to articles with author representation from sub-Saharan African countries. METHO…
“Every Newborn-BIRTH” protocol
BACKGROUND: - Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study aims to validate selected newborn and maternal indicators for routine tracking of coverage and quality of facility-based care for use at district, national and global levels. METHODS: EN-BIRTH is an observational study including >20 000 facility births in three countries (Tanzania, Bangladesh and Nepal) to validate selected indicators. Direct clinical observation will …
The effect of daily zinc and/or multivitamin supplements on early childhood development in Tanzania
Impaired childhood development has lifelong consequences for educational attainment and wage-earning potential. Micronutrient supplements have the potential to improve development. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of daily zinc and/or multivitamin (vitamins C, E and B-complex) supplements on development among Tanzanian infants. In this randomized, 2 × 2 factorial, double-blind trial, 2400 infants were randomized to zinc (Zn…
Nutritional status and complementary feeding among HIV‐exposed infants
Complementary feeding is crucial for improving child survival and promoting growth and development, particularly among HIV-exposed children who have higher risk of morbidity and mortality than their un-exposed peers. This prospective study employed an infant and child feeding index (ICFI) to measure complementary feeding and determine its association with nutritional status among 2092 HIV-exposed infants followed from 6 to 24 months of age in Dar…
The contribution of preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction to childhood undernutrition in T anzania
Objectives were to examine the growth patterns of preterm and growth-restricted infants and to evaluate the associations of prematurity and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) with risk of stunting, wasting and underweight. Data from a cohort of HIV-negative pregnant women-infant pairs were collected prospectively in Tanzania. Small for gestational age [SGA, birthweight (BW) <10th percentile] was used as proxy for IUGR. Anthropometry was measu…
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The contribution of preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction to childhood undernutrition in T anzania
Objectives were to examine the growth patterns of preterm and growth-restricted infants and to evaluate the associations of prematurity and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) with risk of stunting, wasting and underweight. Data from a cohort of HIV-negative pregnant women-infant pairs were collected prospectively in Tanzania. Small for gestational age [SGA, birthweight (BW) <10th percentile] was used as proxy for IUGR. Anthropometry was measu…
The effect of daily zinc and/or multivitamin supplements on early childhood development in Tanzania
Impaired childhood development has lifelong consequences for educational attainment and wage-earning potential. Micronutrient supplements have the potential to improve development. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of daily zinc and/or multivitamin (vitamins C, E and B-complex) supplements on development among Tanzanian infants. In this randomized, 2 × 2 factorial, double-blind trial, 2400 infants were randomized to zinc (Zn…
Nutritional status and complementary feeding among HIV‐exposed infants
Complementary feeding is crucial for improving child survival and promoting growth and development, particularly among HIV-exposed children who have higher risk of morbidity and mortality than their un-exposed peers. This prospective study employed an infant and child feeding index (ICFI) to measure complementary feeding and determine its association with nutritional status among 2092 HIV-exposed infants followed from 6 to 24 months of age in Dar…
“Every Newborn-BIRTH” protocol
BACKGROUND: - Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study aims to validate selected newborn and maternal indicators for routine tracking of coverage and quality of facility-based care for use at district, national and global levels. METHODS: EN-BIRTH is an observational study including >20 000 facility births in three countries (Tanzania, Bangladesh and Nepal) to validate selected indicators. Direct clinical observation will …
Where there is no local author
INTRODUCTION: Authorship parasitism (ie, no authors affiliated with the country in which the study took place) occurs frequently in research conducted in low-income and middle-income countries, despite published recommendations defining authorship criteria. The objective was to compare characteristics of articles exhibiting authorship parasitism in sub-Saharan Africa to articles with author representation from sub-Saharan African countries. METHO…
Authorship equity guidelines in global health journals
Background Thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke treatment leads to improved outcomes, but many patients do not achieve a good outcome despite successful reperfusion. We determined predictors of poor outcome after successful thrombectomy (TICI 2b–3) with an emphasis on modifiable factors. Methods Patients from the randomized DEFUSE 3 trial who underwent thrombectomy with TICI 2b–3 revascularization were included. Primary outcome was a poor outco…
Facility-based care for moderately low birthweight infants in India, Malawi, and Tanzania
Globally, increasing rates of facility-based childbirth enable early intervention for small vulnerable newborns. We describe health system-level inputs, current feeding, and discharge practices for moderately low birthweight (MLBW) infants (1500- 10% less than their birthweight; 18.8% of infants were discharged with weights below facility-specific policy [1800g in India, 1500g in Malawi, and 2000g in Tanzania]. Based on descriptive analysis, we f…
Safe infant feeding in healthcare facilities
Infants need to receive care in environments that limit their exposure to pathogens. Inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) environments and suboptimal infection prevention and control practices in healthcare settings contribute to the burden of healthcare-associated infections, which are particularly high in low-income settings. Specific research is needed to understand infant feeding preparation in healthcare settings, a task involvin…
Systematic review of risk assessment tools for post-discharge mortality among children in sub-Saharan Africa
Post-discharge mortality is increasingly recognized as a major contributor to the high burden of childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Accurate identification of children at risk for post-discharge mortality is critically important to inform interventions to reduce deaths following hospital discharge. Our objective was to describe the current state of development, validation, or implementation for risk assessment tools for post-hospital disc…
Developing paediatric subspecialty training in resource-limited settings; the first neonatology subspeciality program in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Neonatal mortality remains high in Tanzania, where progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 is constrained by a severe shortage of trained workforce. To achieve the goal, Tanzania, with approximately two million annual births, aims to reduce neonatal mortality from 24 to fewer than 12 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2030. In 2020, only five neonatologists, including expatriates, were available nationwide. To fill this gap, the…
Medicine (9 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (6 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Pediatrics (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 works) · Tanzania (4 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Logistic regression (3 works)