Azma Simba

Datos Biográficos

ID7789978
NOMBREAzma Simba
NOMBRESAzma
APELLIDOSimba
FIRMASIMBA A
AFILIACIONESMinistry of Health and Social Welfare
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2015
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Tanzania’s first Marburg Viral Disease outbreak response

    Open AccessAlly Hussein, Rogath Kishimba et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Outbreak presents a significant public health threat, requiring a timely, robust, and well-coordinated response. This paper aims to describe the roles of the Tanzania Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (TFELTP) graduates and residents in responding to Tanzania’s first Marburg Viral Disease (MVD) outbreak. We performed a secondary data analysis using a range of documents, such as rosters of deployed respond…

  • The use of innovative approaches to strengthen health system resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessJanneth Mghamba, Emily Gilmour et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    This article is part of the Research Topic ‘ Health Systems Recovery in the Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict ’. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities and limitations of many health systems and underscored the need for strengthening health system resilience to make and sustain progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC), global health security and healthier populations in tandem. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic,…

  • Etiologies of influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infections in Tanzania, 2017–2019

    Open AccessMaria Ezekiely Kelly, Radhika Gharpure et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In 2016, Tanzania expanded sentinel surveillance for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) to include testing for non-influenza respiratory viruses (NIRVs) and additional respiratory pathogens at 9 sentinel sites. During 2017–2019, respiratory specimens from 2730 cases underwent expanded testing: 2475 specimens (90.7%) were tested using a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-developed assay co…

  • Why are primary school children overweight and obese? A cross sectional study undertaken in Kinondoni district, Dar-es-salaam

    Open AccessSijenunu A Mwaikambo, Germana H Leyna et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    The findings of this study identified a number of behavioural and dietary factors that are related to overweight and obesity. Parents and teachers should encourage children to be physically active by limiting screen time and promoting active transport to and from school to promote health and reduce obesity. Ministry of education needs to formulate/enforce policies that encourage physical activities for school children and regulate quality of food…