Amani Tinkasimile

Biographic Data

ID7038238
NAMEAmani Tinkasimile
GIVEN NAMESAmani
FAMILY NAMETinkasimile
SIGNATURETINKASIMILE A
AFFILIATIONSAfrica Academy for Public Health
ORCID0000-0002-9401-0060
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa and India

    Open AccessAnaseini Manu, Rutuja Patil et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Anaemia remains a major global health concern among adolescents. While regional and national studies report varying prevalence, cross-continental evidence is limited. This study examines anaemia prevalence and its determinants among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa and India. We analyzed cross-sectional data from 9,820 adolescents (10–19 years) in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda . Hemoglobin levels were measur…

  • Predictors of anaemia incidence and remission among adolescents

    Open AccessShuangyu Zhao, Sanjyot Shinde et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Background: Anaemia remains a major public health challenge among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, longitudinal evidence on its incidence and remission during this critical period is limited. Most existing studies assess anaemia cross-sectionally, providing limited insight into its progression or potential reversibility. We aimed to examine the dynamics of anaemia during adolescence, estimating incidence and remis…

  • Determinants of substance use among adolescents aged 10–19 years in Tanga Region, Eastern Tanzania

    Open AccessSanun Ally Kessy, Innocent B Mboya et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Background Despite adolescents making up a significant part of the global population, they have high rates of substance use, linked to various health problems and risky behaviours and increased risk of negative social, cognitive, and physical consequences. Studies on substance use and related risk behaviours among adolescents in Tanzania are crucial for informing targeted interventions and policies to safeguard the health and development of this …

  • School health and nutrition environments

    Open AccessRamadhani Noor, Ramadhani A Noor et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    Schools are increasingly regarded as a key setting for promoting the health, well-being, and development of children and adolescents. In this multicountry cross-sectional survey, we describe the health, nutrition, and food environments of public primary schools in five urban settings in Africa region: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Durban; South Africa, Khartoum, Sudan; and, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We evaluated the school heal…

  • Estimated timing of the first menstrual period and dietary and nutritional correlates of menarche among urban school‐going adolescents in four sub‐Saharan African sites

    Open AccessJanaína Calu Costa, Anne Marie Darling et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    Characterizing the timing of menarche and the factors that are associated with it is important for understanding a population's reproductive health needs and long-term health trajectories. We estimated the age at the menstrual onset among adolescent girls and the association between dietary and nutritional factors and menarche in four sub-Saharan African urban sites. We used cross-sectional school-based data from 2307 female adolescents aged 10-1…

  • Adolescent health and well‐being in sub‐Saharan Africa

    Open AccessSanjyot Shinde, Ramadhani Noor et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2023

    In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), adolescents make up around one-quarter of the population who are growing up in a rapidly urbanizing environment, with its associated risks and benefits, including impacts on health, psychosocial development, nutrition, and education. However, research on adolescents' health and well-being in SSA is limited. The ARISE (African Research, Implementation Science and Education) Network's Adolescent Health and Nutrition Stu…

  • Access to digital media and devices among adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa

    Open AccessDongqing Wang, Sanjyot Shinde et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2023

    Digital technologies provide unprecedented opportunities for health and nutrition interventions among adolescents. The use of digital media and devices among young adolescents across diverse settings in sub-Saharan Africa is unclear. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the use of digital media and devices and the socioeconomic determinants of use among young adolescents in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania. The study…

  • Burden and determinants of anaemia among in‐school young adolescents in Ethiopia, Sudan and Tanzania

    Open AccessUttara Partap, Amare Worku Tadesse et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2023

    Anaemia among adolescents is a global health problem. However, evidence regarding its burden and risk factors, particularly for younger adolescents and in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), remains scarce. We aimed to assess the prevalence and potential determinants of anaemia among urban and semi-urban in-school young adolescents in Ethiopia, Sudan and Tanzania. We conducted a school-based survey among 3558 adolescents aged 10-14 years. A capillary blood…

  • Factors associated with anemia among school-going adolescents aged 10–17 years in Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Open AccessInnocent Yusufu, Ilana R Cliffer et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    NCT05104554, registered 03/11/2021

  • Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and its determinants among sub-Saharan African adolescents

    Open AccessDongqing Wang, Angela Chukwu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adolescents poses a challenge to the global effort to control the pandemic. This multi-country survey aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa between July and December 2021. The survey was conducted using computer-assisted telephone interviewing among adolescents in five sub-Saharan African countries, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger…