Ahmed Makemba

Biographic Data

ID3444311
NAMEAhmed Makemba
GIVEN NAMESAhmed
FAMILY NAMEMakemba
SIGNATUREMAKEMBA A
AFFILIATIONSIfakara Health Institute
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS27
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX3

  • Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania

    Open AccessManuel W Hetzel, Brigit Obrist et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    A clear preference for modern medicine was reflected in the frequent use of antimalarials. Yet, quality of case-management was far from satisfactory as was the functioning of the exemption mechanism for the main risk group. Private drug retailers played a central role by complementing existing formal health services in delivering antimalarial treatment. Health system factors like these need to be tackled urgently in order to translate the high ef…

  • Malaria treatment in the retail sector

    Open AccessManuel W Hetzel, Angel Dillip et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    The quality of malaria case-management in the retail sector is not satisfactory. Drug stores should be supported and empowered to provide correct malaria-treatment with drugs they are allowed to dispense. At the same time, the role of general shops as first contact points for malaria patients needs to be re-considered. Interventions to improve availability of ACTs in the retail sector are urgently required within the given legal framework

  • Access to Health Care in Contexts of Livelihood Insecurity

    Open AccessBrigit Obrist, Nelly Iteba et al.ARTICLEPLoS Medicine2007

    The Policy Forum allows health policy makers around the world to discuss challenges

  • Local terminology for febrile illnesses in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania and its impact on the design of a community-based malaria control programme

    Open AccessPeter J Winch, A M Makemba et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1996Cited by: 18References: 12

    This paper reviews results of several ethnographic studies that have examined the issue of local terminology for malaria in Africa, then presents findings from an on-going study in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania. The study used a mixture of qualitative and quantitative interview methods to examine local perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment practices. Although the local term homa ya malaria or malaria fever appeared on the surface to correspo…

  • Community-based sale, distribution and insecticide impregnation of mosquito nets in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania

    Open AccessAhmed Makemba, AHMED M MAKEMBA et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning1995Cited by: 3

    When insecticide-impregnated mosquito nets are used in malaria control programmes, distribution, promotion of usage and impregnation with insecticide are typically the responsibility of the personnel of the programme. In order to create a more sustainable system for implementing bed net interventions, a bed net committee was formed in each of 13 villages in the study area. Implementation is proceeding by stages in 4 groups of 3–4 villages each to…

  • Seasonal variation in the perceived risk of malaria

    Open AccessPeter J Winch, A M Makemba et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1994Cited by: 6References: 5