Belinda J Njiro

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ID7732203
NOMBREBelinda J Njiro
NOMBRESBelinda J
APELLIDONjiro
FIRMANJIRO B J
AFILIACIONESMuhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
ORCID0000-0002-8312-0643
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Alcohol Use, Risky Alcohol Use, and Associated Factors Among Adults Living with HIV in Urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open AccessBelinda J Njiro, J A Ngowi et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    Alcohol use and risky alcohol use are associated with health, social, and psychological complications and may interfere with HIV/AIDS treatment. This study assessed the prevalence and factors associated with alcohol use and risky alcohol use among adults living with HIV in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. This cross-sectional study included data from 771 adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) who were enrolled in a non-inferiority cluster…

  • Viral load dynamics among adults receiving HIV care in rural North-Eastern South Africa, 2015–2020

    Open AccessArmstrong Dzomba, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS set ambitious-but-reachable targets to have 95% of HIV-positive people diagnosed, 95% on ART, and 95% virally suppressed by 2030. To address the latter, post-2016, South Africa's HIV treatment guidelines aimed to deliver maximal and durable viral load (VL) suppression through extensive antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up. Yet, standard suppression one-off measurement conceals viral re…

  • Uptake of iron and folic acid supplements among pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open AccessCareen E Koka, Saida Bakari et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Anemia in pregnancy is a public health concern globally with the highest prevalence observed in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Tanzania is no exception. Iron and folic acid supplements (IFAS) intake is a proven intervention recommended to prevent anemia in pregnancy. Despite interventions in Tanzania, IFAS uptake has remained low due to reasons that are not well documented. This study aimed to assess the uptake and determinants of IFAS …

  • Women and the commercial determinants of health

    Open AccessSimone Mccarthy, Hannah Pitt et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2023

    There is growing recognition that commercial actors can have a significant impact in shaping health determinants and outcomes. The Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH) are defined as ‘the systems, practices, and pathways through which commercial actors drive health and equity’ (Gilmore et al., 2023, p. 1195). Examples include how global market structures and systems contribute to the concentration of wealth in an increasingly small number of …

  • Health care workers’ self-perceived infection risk and Covid-19 vaccine uptake

    Open AccessKasusu Nyamuryekung’e, Maryam Amour et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    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…

  • Acceptability of an integrated school-based HPV vaccination program within two districts of Tanzania

    Open AccessDominique Guillaume, Joseph G Rosen et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Tanzania has one of the highest cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa. The Tanzanian Ministry of Health developed an integrated adolescent health program, HPV-Plus , that combines HPV vaccination with additional health services: nutritional assessments, vision screening, and vaccination for adolescent girls, and education for all genders. This qualitative descriptive study evaluated the acceptability of the HPV-Plus …

  • Community-based transport system in Shinyanga, Tanzania

    Open AccessCastory Munishi, Gilbert Mateshi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    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…

  • Feasibility and sustainability of a school-based platform for integrated delivery of HPV vaccination with adolescent health services in Tanzania

    Open AccessJoseph G Rosen, Dominique Guillaume et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2023

    To meet lofty human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization goals in Tanzania, the Ministry of Health integrated HPV vaccination with adolescent health services using a school-based approach. A qualitative study was conducted in June–July 2021, examining the feasibility and sustainability of an integrated service package, HPV Plus. In-depth interviews with 46 programme implementers (i.e. health-care workers and teachers) and planning stakeholders (i.e.…

  • Premarital genetic screening and care of Tanzanian children with sickle cell disease

    Open AccessEsther Kisanga, Ritah Mutagonda et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2021