Charles Kilewo

Biographic Data

ID6332002
NAMECharles Kilewo
GIVEN NAMESCharles
FAMILY NAMEKilewo
SIGNATUREKILEWO C
AFFILIATIONSMuhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • The impact of a community health worker intervention on uptake of antenatal care

    Open AccessMathilda Regan, Chao Cheng et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2023

    The provision of high-quality antenatal care (ANC) is important for preventing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity, but only around half of pregnant women in Tanzania attended four or more ANC visits in 2019. Although there is emerging evidence on the benefit of community health worker (CHW) interventions on ANC uptake, few large-scale pragmatic trials have been conducted. This pragmatic cluster-randomized trial, implemented directly thr…

  • Effect of peer-mother interactive programme on prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission outcomes among pregnant women on anti-retroviral treatment in routine healthcare in Dar es Salaam, Tanzani…

    Open AccessGoodluck Lyatuu, Helga Naburi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Peer support services are increasingly being integrated in programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). We aimed to evaluate the effect of a peer-mother interactive programme on PMTCT outcomes among pregnant women on anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in routine healthcare in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Twenty-three health facilities were cluster-randomized to a peer-mother intervention and 24 to a control arm. We trained …

  • Stigma, Facility Constraints, and Personal Disbelief

    Open AccessShannon A Mcmahon, Caitlin E Kennedy et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2016

  • A qualitative exploration of health workers’ and clients’ perceptions of barriers to completing four antenatal care visits in Morogoro Region, Tanzania

    Open AccessJennifer A Callaghan-Koru, Shannon A Mcmahon et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2016References: 39

    Antenatal care (ANC) remains an important contact point on the continuum of care for mothers and children in low- and middle-income countries. In Tanzania, the proportion of pregnant women completing at least four ANC visits (ANC-4) dropped from 70% to 43% between 1999 and 2010. To identify potential causes of the decline in the number of ANC visits, we conducted qualitative research at 18 health centres in Morogoro Region, exploring providers' c…

  • Equally able, but unequally accepted

    Open AccessIsabelle Feldhaus, Marissa Silverman et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2015

    Male and female CHWs in this study have largely similar knowledge and health promotion outputs, but challenges in acceptance of CHW counseling for reproductive health and home visits by unaccompanied CHWs varied by gender. Programs that pair male and female CHWs may potentially overcome gender issues in CHW acceptance, especially if they change gender norms rather than solely accommodate gender preferences

  • Program synergies and social relations

    Open AccessSelena J An, Asha George et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    While providers and pregnant women view program synergies from integrating HIV services into antenatal care positively, lack of supportive provider-patient relationships, lack of trust resulting from harsh treatment or breaches in confidentiality, and stigma still inhibit women's care seeking. As countries continue rollout of Option B+, social relations between patients and providers must be understood and addressed to ensure that integrated deli…

  • Reasons for poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy postnatally in HIV-1 infected women treated for their own health

    Open AccessMatilda Ngarina, Rebecca Popenoe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Reasons for postnatal failure to adhere by mothers put on ART for life during pregnancy included lack of motivation to continue ART after weaning the child, poverty and stigma. Projects that simultaneously address stigma, poverty and women's lack of empowerment may be necessary for PMTCT and ART to reach their full potential. Our results indicate that the new WHO proposal to start all HIV-infected pregnant women on lifelong ART regardless of CD4 …

  • HIV Counseling and Testing of Pregnant Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Charles Kilewo, Augustine Massawe et al.ARTICLEJAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune…2001

    The aim of this study was to determine the acceptability of HIV counseling and testing and participation in a mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission intervention study using antiretroviral therapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, one of the sites for the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) multicenter Petra trial. HIV testing was offered to all pregnant women who visited three prenatal clinics in Dar es Salaam before 34 weeks' gestation. Group o…