Blandina T Mmbaga

Datos Biográficos

ID108589
NOMBREBlandina T Mmbaga
NOMBRESBlandina T
APELLIDOMmbaga
FIRMAMMBAGA B T
AFILIACIONESKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
ORCID0000-0002-5550-1916
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS75
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR75
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2014
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • The growing and urgent need for interventions to mitigate cancer-related stigma in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessHuda Fatima Haque, Brandon A Knettel et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2026

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  • Social drivers and pediatric injury outcomes in Northern Tanzania

    Open AccessNatalie J Tedford, Modesta Mitao et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Trauma remains a leading cause of preventable childhood mortality and disability worldwide, with over 95% of pediatric injury-related deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Social drivers of health (SDH) – including socioeconomic status, insurance coverage, and community infrastructure – strongly influence these outcomes but remain underexplored in sub-Saharan Africa. To examine the association between selected SDH factors …

  • SeqAfrica

    Open AccessPernille Nilsson, Christa Gibson et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    The ongoing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) demands capacity strengthening in Africa for improved pathogen surveillance. The high-resolution picture of AMR provided by pathogen whole genome sequencing (WGS) can help close data gaps and inform disease prevention strategies, interventions and public health actions. Here, we report on phase 1 of the Fleming Fund-supported SeqAfrica project (2019–2023), one of the first genomic AMR surveilla…

  • Healthcare utilisation for febrile diseases in northern Tanzania

    Open AccessDeng B Madut, Matthew P Rubach et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: We conducted a randomised population-based cluster survey in northern Tanzania to assess care-seeking behaviours in the context of a febrile illness. Our objectives were to determine the most effective points for intervention during initial fever case management and to characterise factors associated with care-seeking. METHODS: The primary sampling unit, or cluster, was the village, and the secondary sampling unit was the household. V…

  • Development of a brief telehealth-delivered counseling intervention to reduce suicide risk and improve HIV care engagement in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Open AccessBrandon A Knettel, Ismail Amiri et al.ARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2025

  • Participatory simulation training design

    Open AccessSusanna R Cohen, Virginie Marchand et al.ARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2025

  • Epidemiology, outcomes, and access to care for pediatric patients who underwent surgery in Northern Tanzania

    Open AccessPamela Espinoza, Theresia Mwakyembe et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Lack of access to surgical care is common in low- and middle-income countries, where children and adolescents account for up to half of the population. However, the burden of surgical conditions and resources for children in Tanzania remains poorly defined. Our cross-sectional study aims to assess the epidemiology and outcomes of pediatric surgical procedures performed over one year at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), a tertiary c…

  • Emergency care knowledge, utilization, and barriers in Northern Tanzania

    Open AccessFrida Shayo, Gregory Goodluck Zaccheus et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Background Emergency care systems are critical to improving care for time-sensitive emergency conditions. The growth and development of these systems in Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming a priority. Layperson knowledge and recognition of emergency symptoms and subsequent care-seeking behavior are key to achieving timely access to care and appropriate treatment. This study aimed to assess community knowledge of emergency conditions as well as barrier…

  • Cost of Sauti ya Vijana (SYV), a mental health intervention for young people living with HIV in Tanzania

    Open AccessAyodamope Fawole, Armand Zimmerman et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Sauti ya Vijana (SYV) is a ten-session, group-based mental health and life skills intervention targeting young people living with HIV (YPLWH) in Tanzania. By addressing mental health distress and promoting self-efficacy and resilience to HIV-related stigma and disclosure, SYV aims to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and virologic suppression. A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of SYV was conducted in Moshi, Tanzania, from …

  • Using the Adapt guidance to culturally adapt a brief intervention to reduce alcohol use among injury patients in Tanzania

    Open AccessCatherine Staton, Armand Zimmerman et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Harmful alcohol use is a leading risk factor for injury-related death and disability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Brief negotiational interventions (BNIs) in emergency departments (EDs) effectively reduce alcohol intake and re-injury rates. However, most BNIs are developed in high-income countries, with limited evidence of their effectiveness in LMICs. To address this gap, we culturally adapted a BNI for alcohol-related injury pat…

  • The older the injured, the worse the outcomes

    Open AccessEdwin Joseph Shewiyo, Rosalia Njau et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    The number of older adults (>60 years) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to double by 2050. This demographic shift has led to a rise in traumatic injuries among this population, with one in ten trauma patients in Tanzania being an older adult. Yet, geriatric specialization remains largely absent in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Tanzania. To inform strategies for optimizing care in this vulnerable group, we conduct…

  • “A man never cries”

    Open AccessAlena Pauley, Mia Buono et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Globally, gender differences are well-documented in alcohol use behaviors and MDD, yet these remain understudied in Moshi, Tanzania. Understanding gender-specific nuances of these conditions is crucial for developing effective and culturally appropriate mental health treatments. This study aims to investigate gender differences in MDD, alcohol use, and other aspects of mental well-being among patients at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC…

  • Understanding the role of the husband in supporting early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for breast cancer patients in Northern Tanzania

    Open AccessMackenzie N Abraham, Elizabeth F Msoka et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Majority of patients, providers, and traditional healers described unsupportive husbands as a component contributing to the delayed presentation and negative experiences of patients. We inferred that spousal financial concerns and societal stigma often drove husband rejection, which resulted in a lack of emotional and financial support for patients and contributed to delays in diagnosis and treatment. Improvements in husband education and communi…

  • Seroprevalence and risk factors for brucellosis amongst livestock and humans in a multi-herd ranch system in Kagera, Tanzania

    Open AccessBeatus Lyimo, Ephrasia Hugho et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background Brucellosis remains a significant health and economic challenge for livestock and humans globally. Despite its public health implications, the factors driving the endemic persistence of Brucella at the human-livestock interface in Tanzania remain poorly elucidated. This study aimed to identify the seroprevalence of Brucella infection in livestock and humans within a ranching system and determine associated risk factors for disease ende…

  • Through the looking glass

    Open AccessDana Chow, Dana Wai Shin Chow et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    More young people are living in the world than ever before, 90% of whom reside in low and middle income countries (LMICs). To address their needs, it is critical to have sustainable youth engagement when determining policy and to advance effective implementation of youth-focused interventions. Youth Community Advisory Boards (CABs) are a sustainable mechanism to achieve this goal. This paper describes engagement with youth CAB members across four…

  • Rapid ethnographic appraisal of community concepts of and responses to joint pain in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Open AccessElizabeth F Msoka, Christopher Bunn et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    INTRODUCTION: Musculoskeletal disorders, experienced as joint pain, are a significant global health problem, but little is known about how joint pain is categorised and understood in Tanzania. Understanding existing conceptualisations of and responses to joint pain is important to ensure both research and interventions are equitable and avoid biomedical imposition. METHODS: Rapid ethnographic appraisal was conducted in a periurban and rural commu…

  • ‘ … You become a prisoner of your life’

    Open AccessElena Laurie, Elizabeth F Msoka et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2024

    The increased prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in recent years has led many Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), including Tanzania, to develop policies to manage their burden. Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, such as arthritis, account for 20% of all years lived with disability in LMICs, but the NCD strategies rarely address them. There is substantial research on the disruption MSK conditions cause to people's lives within Hi…

  • “It’s his cheerfulness that gives me hope”

    Open AccessMadeline Metcalf, Happiness D Kajoka et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Pediatric cancer is a significant and growing burden in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this project was to describe the factors influencing access to pediatric cancer care in Northern Tanzania using the Three Delays Model. This was a cross-sectional qualitative study conducted between June and August 2023 at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC). Using purposive sampling methods, caregivers of children obtaining pediatri…

  • Challenges and opportunities for improving mental health care and preventing suicide among people living with HIV

    Open AccessElizabeth T Knippler, Alyssa J Martinez et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    People living with HIV (PLWH) experience unique stressors that contribute to emotional distress, and PLWH are more than twice as likely to die by suicide when compared to the general population. In countries like Tanzania, there is a relatively high burden of HIV but few resources to support mental health needs. To gain a better understanding of mental health challenges experienced by PLWH in northern Tanzania and identify opportunities for inter…

  • Sex differences in alcohol use patterns and related harms

    Open AccessMadeline McNee, Niveditha Badrinarayanan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In northern Tanzania, alcohol use disorders (AUD) are under-diagnosed and under-treated, and current services are mostly limited to men in clinical settings despite significant alcohol-related harm in the community. The study objective was to identify sex differences in alcohol use and alcohol-related harms within and across community and clinical settings. This was a congruent triangulation mixed methods study consisting of focus group discussio…

  • Treatment seeking behaviours, antibiotic use and relationships to multi-drug resistance

    Open AccessKeina Sado, Katherine Keenan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Antibacterial resistance (ABR) is a major public health threat. An important accelerating factor is treatment-seeking behaviour, including inappropriate antibiotic (AB) use. In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) this includes taking ABs with and without prescription sourced from various providers, including health facilities and community drug sellers. However, investigations of complex treatment-seeking, AB use and drug resistance in …

  • The burden of generational harm due to alcohol use in Tanzania

    Open AccessKirstin West, Alena Pauley et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Background Rates of prenatal alcohol use in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are increasing despite regulatory bodies urging pregnant women to abstain from alcohol. Tanzania has minimal policies, interventions, and educational programs addressing prenatal alcohol exposure. Consequently, a considerable number of mothers and their fetuses are exposed to alcohol, leading to serious health consequences like fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Our study a…

  • “Alcohol will never run out”

    Open AccessMaaike L Seekles, Winfrida C Mwita et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Heavy alcohol use amongst adolescent boys is a major public health concern in many countries. It is associated with a range of negative physical and mental health outcomes and predicts alcohol-related problems in adulthood. In Kilimanjaro Region, adolescent boys’ alcohol use is widespread, and higher than other regions in Tanzania. An understanding of causal and contextual factors that influence the use of alcohol is needed to inform the developm…

  • Developing a logic model for communication-based interventions on antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

    Open AccessJennika Virhia, Elena Laurie et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The importance of communication in enhancing people’s awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is consistently recognised in global and national action plans (NAPs). Despite this, there have been relatively few national AMR communication campaigns which use a structured approach to take account of the local context, encompass co-design with the target audience and use a logic model to help inform its design, implementation an…

  • “When a man drinks alcohol it’s cool but when a woman drinks she is a hoe”

    Open AccessAlena Pauley, Madeline Metcalf et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Alcohol’s ever-increasing global use poses a distinct threat to human well-being, with intake and associated burdens rising especially quickly in low- and middle-income countries like Tanzania. Prior research has shown alcohol use and related consequences differ by gender in Moshi, Tanzania, with important implications for both clinical care and future alcohol-reduction interventions. This study builds upon this knowledge by providing a deeper un…