Andrea B Pembe
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 8520168 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Andrea B Pembe |
| NOMBRES | Andrea B |
| APELLIDO | Pembe |
| FIRMA | PEMBE A B |
| AFILIACIONES | Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
“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…
Mixed vulnerabilities
Identification of interacting vulnerabilities is essential to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). High parity (≥ 5 previous births) is an underemphasized biological vulnerability linked to poverty and affecting a sizeable proportion of SSA births. Despite increased risk, high parity women rarely use hospitals for childbirth. We assessed whether emergency referral during childbirth was associated with adverse event…
Experiences, acceptability and barriers to calcium supplementation during pregnancy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Calcium supplementation in pregnancy is recommended in contexts with low dietary calcium intake to reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia and its complications. The World Health Organisation suggested high-dose calcium supplementation (1500-2000 mg/day), divided into three doses and taken at different times from daily iron-folic supplements. We conducted a mixed methods evaluation study to assess experiences, acceptability and barriers to high-dose cal…
Midwife-Led Mobile Antenatal Clinic
Participating in antenatal clinics is a major determinant in reducing poor maternal and neonatal birth outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the utilization of antenatal clinic (ANC) services provided by a mobile clinic led by skilled midwives and determine the acceptability in the Pwani region, Tanzania. For a year, the mobile clinic, nicknamed "Mkunga Kitaani" and equipped with necessary tools and staff, served seven villages in the Kisarawe district …
No increase in use of hospitals for childbirth in Tanzania over 25 years
Improving childbirth care in rural settings in sub-Saharan Africa is essential to attain the commitment expressed in the Sustainable Development Goals to leave no one behind. In Tanzania, the period between 1991 and 2016 was characterized by health system expansion prioritizing primary health care and a rise in rural facility births from 45% to 54%. Facilities however are not all the same, with advanced management of childbirth complications gene…
Inequity in uptake of hospital-based childbirth care in rural Tanzania
Proportions of facility births are increasing throughout sub-Saharan Africa, but obstetric services vary within the health system. In Tanzania, advanced management of childbirth complications (comprehensive emergency obstetric care) is offered in hospitals, while in frontline, primary health care (PHC) facilities (health centres and dispensaries) mostly only routine childbirth care is available. With over half (54%) of rural births in facilities,…
Community health workers can improve male involvement in maternal health
BACKGROUND: Male involvement in maternal health is recommended as one of the interventions to improve maternal and newborn health. There have been challenges in realising this action, partly due to the position of men in society and partly due to health system challenges in accommodating men. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the effect of Home Based Life Saving Skills training by community health workers on improving male involveme…
Prolonged sexual abstinence after childbirth
BACKGROUND: Prolonged sexual abstinence after childbirth is a socio-cultural practice with health implications, and is described in several African countries, including Tanzania. This study explored discourses on prolonged postpartum sexual abstinence in relation to family health after childbirth in low-income suburbs of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS: Data for the discourse analysis were collected through focus group discussions with first-tim…
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Prolonged sexual abstinence after childbirth
BACKGROUND: Prolonged sexual abstinence after childbirth is a socio-cultural practice with health implications, and is described in several African countries, including Tanzania. This study explored discourses on prolonged postpartum sexual abstinence in relation to family health after childbirth in low-income suburbs of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS: Data for the discourse analysis were collected through focus group discussions with first-tim…
Community health workers can improve male involvement in maternal health
BACKGROUND: Male involvement in maternal health is recommended as one of the interventions to improve maternal and newborn health. There have been challenges in realising this action, partly due to the position of men in society and partly due to health system challenges in accommodating men. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the effect of Home Based Life Saving Skills training by community health workers on improving male involveme…
Inequity in uptake of hospital-based childbirth care in rural Tanzania
Proportions of facility births are increasing throughout sub-Saharan Africa, but obstetric services vary within the health system. In Tanzania, advanced management of childbirth complications (comprehensive emergency obstetric care) is offered in hospitals, while in frontline, primary health care (PHC) facilities (health centres and dispensaries) mostly only routine childbirth care is available. With over half (54%) of rural births in facilities,…
No increase in use of hospitals for childbirth in Tanzania over 25 years
Improving childbirth care in rural settings in sub-Saharan Africa is essential to attain the commitment expressed in the Sustainable Development Goals to leave no one behind. In Tanzania, the period between 1991 and 2016 was characterized by health system expansion prioritizing primary health care and a rise in rural facility births from 45% to 54%. Facilities however are not all the same, with advanced management of childbirth complications gene…
Experiences, acceptability and barriers to calcium supplementation during pregnancy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Calcium supplementation in pregnancy is recommended in contexts with low dietary calcium intake to reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia and its complications. The World Health Organisation suggested high-dose calcium supplementation (1500-2000 mg/day), divided into three doses and taken at different times from daily iron-folic supplements. We conducted a mixed methods evaluation study to assess experiences, acceptability and barriers to high-dose cal…
Midwife-Led Mobile Antenatal Clinic
Participating in antenatal clinics is a major determinant in reducing poor maternal and neonatal birth outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the utilization of antenatal clinic (ANC) services provided by a mobile clinic led by skilled midwives and determine the acceptability in the Pwani region, Tanzania. For a year, the mobile clinic, nicknamed "Mkunga Kitaani" and equipped with necessary tools and staff, served seven villages in the Kisarawe district …
Mixed vulnerabilities
Identification of interacting vulnerabilities is essential to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). High parity (≥ 5 previous births) is an underemphasized biological vulnerability linked to poverty and affecting a sizeable proportion of SSA births. Despite increased risk, high parity women rarely use hospitals for childbirth. We assessed whether emergency referral during childbirth was associated with adverse event…
“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…
Global Maternal and Child Health (7 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Tanzania (7 obras) · Environmental health (6 obras) · Pregnancy (5 obras) · Childbirth (4 obras) · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (4 obras) · Nursing (4 obras) · Population (4 obras) · Socioeconomics (4 obras)