Omary Ubuguyu

Datos Biográficos

ID7449772
NOMBREOmary Ubuguyu
NOMBRESOmary
APELLIDOUbuguyu
FIRMAUBUGUYU O
AFILIACIONESMuhimbili National Hospital
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2012
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Estimated cost-savings from integrated care for HIV, diabetes and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessGerard Joseph Abou Jaoude, Sokoine Kivuyo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    Background In a cluster-randomised trial in Uganda and Tanzania, we showed that integrated management, compared with standard vertical care, could achieve a high standard of care for diabetes and hypertension without adversely affecting outcomes for HIV. However, evidence on the value for money of integrated care is needed to inform policy.Objective Our economic evaluation aimed to establish the value for money of integrated care compared with ve…

  • Using waist circumference as a predictor of hypertension in Manzese, Dar es Salaam

    Open AccessGodbless Henry Mfuru, James N Allan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Among 561 participants screened, 70.4% were female, with a median age of 47 years (IQR: 34-58). The overall prevalence of hypertension was 45.8% (95% Confidence interval [CI]: 41.7-49.9). Those with elevated waist circumference had a 34% higher likelihood of hypertension (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] 1.34, 95% CI: 1.03-1.73, P = 0.027). Participants aged 35 and above were 160% more likely to be hypertensive (aPR 2.6, 95% CI: 1.79-3.78, P < 0.0…

  • Creating Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessStanley Kutcher, Stan Kutcher et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019

    Addressing depression in young people is a health-care policy need in sub-Saharan Africa. There exists poor mental health literacy, high levels of stigma, and weak capacity at the community level to address this health-care need. These challenges are significant barriers to accessing mental health care for depression, soon to be the largest single contributor to the global burden of disease. We here describe an innovative approach that addresses …

  • Infancy and Caring

    Open AccessKari Vik, Vickfarajaeli Zebedayo Daudi et al.ARTICLEPsychology and Developing Societies2018

    Caregivers at an institution for motherless infants in rural Tanzania participated in focus group interviews and participant observations. This paper aims at describing how they perceive infancy, caring and sensitivity in their everyday context. It adds knowledge from Tanzania about institutional infant care and the concept of sensitivity in caregiving, based on an approach sensitive to culture and context. The main result is that the caregivers …

  • Improvements in health-related quality of life among methadone maintenance clients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open AccessOmary Ubuguyu, Olivia C Tran et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2016

  • Correlates of health care seeking behaviour among people who inject drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open AccessLinda B Mlunde, Bruno Sunguya et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2016

  • A call for parental monitoring to improve condom use among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open AccessLinda B Mlunde, Krishna C Poudel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    A high level of parental monitoring is associated with more consistent condom use among male students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- many of whom have engaged in high-risk sexual behaviors such as multiple sexual partnerships, concurrent sexual partnerships, and unprotected sexual intercourse in the past one year. Interventions should thus be strengthened to reduce multiple sexual partnerships, concurrent sexual partnerships, and to improve parent…