Ntuli Kapologwe
Biographic Data
| ID | 7753275 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ntuli Kapologwe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ntuli |
| FAMILY NAME | Kapologwe |
| SIGNATURE | KAPOLOGWE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ministry of Health and Social Welfare |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0900-2937 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Implementation factors of group antenatal care in low-resource settings in Tanzania
Antenatal care (ANC) is essential for improving maternal and newborn health, yet many women do not complete the recommended follow-up visits and often experience suboptimal quality of care and weak provider-client interactions. Group antenatal care (G-ANC) offers an alternative service delivery model that combines clinical assessments with group-based education, facilitated discussion, and peer support for women with similar gestational age (GA).…
“Implementing a policy is something else”. Governance of a complex health management information system and its digitalization in Tanzania
Health management information systems are crucial for a country’s health service planning and monitoring. Research findings indicate however that data produced within this system is often of low quality or not used for decision-making in low-resource settings like Tanzania. Policymaking and -implementation towards efficient data processes and use take place in an environment challenged by limited availability of human and other resources, low lev…
Socioeconomic and national disparities in disability distribution among population in five East African countries
This study highlighted a significant disability prevalence in EACs. Its associated factors included female gender, poorer economic households, rural areas and separation. There was interaction of age and education level on influencing disability. These findings emphasize the need for targeted interventions and further research into underlying mechanisms to improve support systems for vulnerable populations
Health diplomacy training, pedagogical approaches, and skills assessment
Background: Health diplomacy is gaining increasing importance as an approach in addressing domestic and global health challenges, yet educational programs that prepare future practitioners remain underdeveloped in addressing skills core to this domain of public health practice. Training in health diplomacy is critical for building interdisciplinary competencies needed to navigate increasingly complex negotiations, cross-cultural engagements, and …
Do health facility governing committees improve health system performance? An ecological study of Mainland Tanzania
INTRODUCTION: Accountability is crucial for improved functionality of health systems and can be ensured through community participation in health governance. To engage the community in the governance of the local health system, health facility governing committees (HFGCs) have been implemented in several low-income and middle-income countries including Tanzania. However, the effect of HFGCs on health system performance is not well studied. The ai…
Socioeconomic and geographical disparities in disability distribution among Tanzanian population
This study highlights significant disability prevalence in Tanzania, with older age, female gender, higher education, wealth, and marital separation as key risk factors for disability. The counterintuitive findings on wealth and education may indicate improved access to diagnosis. Regional disparities warrant further investigation. These findings emphasize the need for targeted interventions and further research into underlying mechanisms to impr…
Health care workers’ self-perceived infection risk and Covid-19 vaccine uptake
Vaccination is the most cost-effective way of preventing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) although there was a considerable delay in its institution in Tanzania. This study assessed health care workers’ (HCWs) self-perceived infection risk and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. A concurrent embedded, mixed methods design was utilized to collect data among HCWs in seven Tanzanian regions. Quantitative data was collected using a validated, pre-piloted…
Understanding the implication of direct health facility financing on health commodities availability in Tanzania
The Government of Tanzania (GoT) has in the last decade made progress in strengthening the health system financing with progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The major reforms includes development of the health financing strategy, reforming the Community Health Fund (CHF) and introduction of the Direct Health Facility Financing (DHFF). DHFF was introduced in all district councils in the 2017/18 financial year. One of the anticipated g…
Feasibility, usability and acceptability of a novel digital hybrid-system for reporting of routine maternal health information in Southern Tanzania
Health information systems are important for health planning and progress monitoring. Still, data from health facilities are often of limited quality in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries. Quality deficits are partially rooted in the fact that paper-based documentation is still the norm at facility level, leading to mistakes in summarizing and manual copying. Digitization of data at facility level would allow automatization of these procedural steps…
Community-based transport system in Shinyanga, Tanzania
In achieving the sustainable development goal 3.1, Tanzania needs substantial investment to address the three delays which responsible for most of maternal deaths. To this end, the government of Tanzania piloted a community-based emergency transport intervention to address the second delay through m-mama program. This study examined secondary data to determine the cost-effectiveness of this intervention in comparison to the standard ambulance sys…
Urban health issues of the marginalised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
URBANISATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES Urban areas cannot be defined in a word, but they are undoubtedly unique spaces because of their bipolar characteristics. On one side, urban areas have a high potentiality with a talented workforce, a faster-growing population, and a greater concentration of wealth. The other side has problems with more significant inequity, [...]
Policymakers’ perspective on the importance of procedural fairness to implement and sustain health financing reforms
Fair process is instrumental to implementing and sustaining health financing reforms. Ensuring a fair process during the design and adoption phases can garner political capital and secure a sense of citizens’ ownership. This will prove useful when reforms are contested before benefits are yet to be fully materialized. Since many well devised health financing reforms are vulnerable to being dismantled after a few years of being launched, fair proc…
Effectiveness of a community-based intervention (Konga model) to address factors contributing to low viral load suppression among children living with HIV in Tanzania
The Konga model demonstrated significant positive effects that improved viral load suppression. We recommend implementing the Konga model trial in other regions to improve the consistency of results
The public health sector supply chain costs in Tanzania
Tanzania’s supply chain system is a complicated web of integrated and vertical systems, covering essential and vertical programs health commodities, laboratory and diagnostics, equipment, and supplies. Despite significant improvement in the supply chain over the decades, the availability of medicines has remained uneven. Therefore, identifying the cost of operating the supply chain is vital to facilitate allocation of adequate finances to run the…
Supply-side factors influencing informal payment for healthcare services in Tanzania
Informal payments for healthcare are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. They are often regressive, potentially limiting access to quality healthcare, particularly for the most vulnerable, and can have catastrophic consequences for households. Yet there is little empirical research that uses theory-driven hypotheses to explore what influences informal payments and, especially, from health workers’ perspectives. Consequently, we have explored the ch…
Assessing completeness of patient medical records of surgical and obstetric patients in Northern Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Strengthening surgical services in resource-constrained settings is contingent on using high-quality data to inform decision making at clinical, facility, and policy levels. However, the evidence is sparse on gaps in paper-based medical record quality for surgical and obstetric patients in low-resource settings. OBJECTIVE: We aim to examine surgical and obstetric patient medical record data quality in health facilities as part of a su…
Women’s Experience of Facility-Based Childbirth Care and Receipt of an Early Postnatal Check for Herself and Her Newborn in Northwestern Tanzania
Negative experiences of care may act as a deterrent to current and/or future utilization of facility-based health services. To examine the situation in Tanzania, we conducted a sub-analysis of a cross-sectional household survey conducted in April 2016 in the Mara and Kagera regions of Tanzania. The sample included 732 women aged 15–49 years who had given birth in a health facility during the previous two years. Log binomial regression models were…
The heterogeneous effect of short-term transfers for improving ART adherence among HIV-infected Tanzanian adults
A recently concluded randomized study in Tanzania found that short-term conditional cash and food transfers significantly improved HIV-infected patients’ possession of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and reduced patient loss to follow-up (LTFU) (McCoy, S. I., Njau, P. F., Fahey, C., Kapologwe, N., Kadiyala, S., Jewell, N. P., & Padian, N. S. (2017). Cash vs. food assistance to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adults in …
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The heterogeneous effect of short-term transfers for improving ART adherence among HIV-infected Tanzanian adults
A recently concluded randomized study in Tanzania found that short-term conditional cash and food transfers significantly improved HIV-infected patients’ possession of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and reduced patient loss to follow-up (LTFU) (McCoy, S. I., Njau, P. F., Fahey, C., Kapologwe, N., Kadiyala, S., Jewell, N. P., & Padian, N. S. (2017). Cash vs. food assistance to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adults in …
Women’s Experience of Facility-Based Childbirth Care and Receipt of an Early Postnatal Check for Herself and Her Newborn in Northwestern Tanzania
Negative experiences of care may act as a deterrent to current and/or future utilization of facility-based health services. To examine the situation in Tanzania, we conducted a sub-analysis of a cross-sectional household survey conducted in April 2016 in the Mara and Kagera regions of Tanzania. The sample included 732 women aged 15–49 years who had given birth in a health facility during the previous two years. Log binomial regression models were…
Assessing completeness of patient medical records of surgical and obstetric patients in Northern Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Strengthening surgical services in resource-constrained settings is contingent on using high-quality data to inform decision making at clinical, facility, and policy levels. However, the evidence is sparse on gaps in paper-based medical record quality for surgical and obstetric patients in low-resource settings. OBJECTIVE: We aim to examine surgical and obstetric patient medical record data quality in health facilities as part of a su…
Supply-side factors influencing informal payment for healthcare services in Tanzania
Informal payments for healthcare are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. They are often regressive, potentially limiting access to quality healthcare, particularly for the most vulnerable, and can have catastrophic consequences for households. Yet there is little empirical research that uses theory-driven hypotheses to explore what influences informal payments and, especially, from health workers’ perspectives. Consequently, we have explored the ch…
The public health sector supply chain costs in Tanzania
Tanzania’s supply chain system is a complicated web of integrated and vertical systems, covering essential and vertical programs health commodities, laboratory and diagnostics, equipment, and supplies. Despite significant improvement in the supply chain over the decades, the availability of medicines has remained uneven. Therefore, identifying the cost of operating the supply chain is vital to facilitate allocation of adequate finances to run the…
Health care workers’ self-perceived infection risk and Covid-19 vaccine uptake
Vaccination is the most cost-effective way of preventing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) although there was a considerable delay in its institution in Tanzania. This study assessed health care workers’ (HCWs) self-perceived infection risk and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. A concurrent embedded, mixed methods design was utilized to collect data among HCWs in seven Tanzanian regions. Quantitative data was collected using a validated, pre-piloted…
Understanding the implication of direct health facility financing on health commodities availability in Tanzania
The Government of Tanzania (GoT) has in the last decade made progress in strengthening the health system financing with progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The major reforms includes development of the health financing strategy, reforming the Community Health Fund (CHF) and introduction of the Direct Health Facility Financing (DHFF). DHFF was introduced in all district councils in the 2017/18 financial year. One of the anticipated g…
Feasibility, usability and acceptability of a novel digital hybrid-system for reporting of routine maternal health information in Southern Tanzania
Health information systems are important for health planning and progress monitoring. Still, data from health facilities are often of limited quality in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries. Quality deficits are partially rooted in the fact that paper-based documentation is still the norm at facility level, leading to mistakes in summarizing and manual copying. Digitization of data at facility level would allow automatization of these procedural steps…
Community-based transport system in Shinyanga, Tanzania
In achieving the sustainable development goal 3.1, Tanzania needs substantial investment to address the three delays which responsible for most of maternal deaths. To this end, the government of Tanzania piloted a community-based emergency transport intervention to address the second delay through m-mama program. This study examined secondary data to determine the cost-effectiveness of this intervention in comparison to the standard ambulance sys…
Urban health issues of the marginalised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
URBANISATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES Urban areas cannot be defined in a word, but they are undoubtedly unique spaces because of their bipolar characteristics. On one side, urban areas have a high potentiality with a talented workforce, a faster-growing population, and a greater concentration of wealth. The other side has problems with more significant inequity, [...]
Policymakers’ perspective on the importance of procedural fairness to implement and sustain health financing reforms
Fair process is instrumental to implementing and sustaining health financing reforms. Ensuring a fair process during the design and adoption phases can garner political capital and secure a sense of citizens’ ownership. This will prove useful when reforms are contested before benefits are yet to be fully materialized. Since many well devised health financing reforms are vulnerable to being dismantled after a few years of being launched, fair proc…
Effectiveness of a community-based intervention (Konga model) to address factors contributing to low viral load suppression among children living with HIV in Tanzania
The Konga model demonstrated significant positive effects that improved viral load suppression. We recommend implementing the Konga model trial in other regions to improve the consistency of results
Health diplomacy training, pedagogical approaches, and skills assessment
Background: Health diplomacy is gaining increasing importance as an approach in addressing domestic and global health challenges, yet educational programs that prepare future practitioners remain underdeveloped in addressing skills core to this domain of public health practice. Training in health diplomacy is critical for building interdisciplinary competencies needed to navigate increasingly complex negotiations, cross-cultural engagements, and …
Do health facility governing committees improve health system performance? An ecological study of Mainland Tanzania
INTRODUCTION: Accountability is crucial for improved functionality of health systems and can be ensured through community participation in health governance. To engage the community in the governance of the local health system, health facility governing committees (HFGCs) have been implemented in several low-income and middle-income countries including Tanzania. However, the effect of HFGCs on health system performance is not well studied. The ai…
Socioeconomic and geographical disparities in disability distribution among Tanzanian population
This study highlights significant disability prevalence in Tanzania, with older age, female gender, higher education, wealth, and marital separation as key risk factors for disability. The counterintuitive findings on wealth and education may indicate improved access to diagnosis. Regional disparities warrant further investigation. These findings emphasize the need for targeted interventions and further research into underlying mechanisms to impr…
Implementation factors of group antenatal care in low-resource settings in Tanzania
Antenatal care (ANC) is essential for improving maternal and newborn health, yet many women do not complete the recommended follow-up visits and often experience suboptimal quality of care and weak provider-client interactions. Group antenatal care (G-ANC) offers an alternative service delivery model that combines clinical assessments with group-based education, facilitated discussion, and peer support for women with similar gestational age (GA).…
“Implementing a policy is something else”. Governance of a complex health management information system and its digitalization in Tanzania
Health management information systems are crucial for a country’s health service planning and monitoring. Research findings indicate however that data produced within this system is often of low quality or not used for decision-making in low-resource settings like Tanzania. Policymaking and -implementation towards efficient data processes and use take place in an environment challenged by limited availability of human and other resources, low lev…
Socioeconomic and national disparities in disability distribution among population in five East African countries
This study highlighted a significant disability prevalence in EACs. Its associated factors included female gender, poorer economic households, rural areas and separation. There was interaction of age and education level on influencing disability. These findings emphasize the need for targeted interventions and further research into underlying mechanisms to improve support systems for vulnerable populations
Medicine (14 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (11 works) · Tanzania (11 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Geography (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (6 works) · Public health (5 works)