Benjamin Longo-Mbenza

Biographic Data

ID7314632
NAMEBenjamin Longo-Mbenza
GIVEN NAMESBenjamin
FAMILY NAMELongo-Mbenza
SIGNATURELONGO-MBENZA B
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Private Bag X1, Mthatha 5117, South Africa
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Ifanosine

    Open AccessMariem Zakraoui, Ahlam Outman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnopharmacology2024

  • Developing a Model for Integrating of Tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Primary Healthcare Services in Oliver Reginald (O.R) Tambo District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Open AccessNtandazo Dlatu, Benjamin Longo‐Mbenza et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    Despite the policy, frameworks for integration exist; integration of TB and HIV services is far from ideal in many resource-limited countries, including South Africa. Few studies have examined the advantages and disadvantages of integrated TB and HIV care in public health facilities, and even fewer have proposed conceptual models for proven integration. This study aims to fill this vacuum by describing the development of a paradigm for integratin…

  • Iodine nutrition status in Africa

    Open AccessCharles Bitamazire Businge, Benjamin Longo‐Mbenza et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To assess the burden of iodine deficiency in pregnancy in Africa using estimated pregnancy median urinary iodine concentration (pMUIC). Design: pMUIC for each African country was estimated using a regression equation derived by correlating the school-age children (SAC) median UIC (mUIC) and pMUIC from countries around the globe, and the SAC mUIC data for African countries obtained from the Iodine Global Network (IGN) 2017 and 2019 Scor…

  • Risk factors for incident HIV infection among antenatal mothers in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Open AccessCharles Bitamazire Businge, Benjamin Longo‐Mbenza et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2016

    BACKGROUND: The prevalence of HIV among antenatal clients in South Africa has remained at a very high rate of about 29% despite substantial decline in several sub-Saharan countries. There is a paucity of data on risk factors for incident HIV infection among antenatal mothers and women within the reproductive age bracket in local settings in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. OBJECTIVE: To establish the risk factors for incident HIV infection among a…

  • Female sex, poverty and globalization as determinants of obesity among rural South African type 2 diabetics

    Open AccessOladele Vincent Adeniyi, Benjamin Longo‐Mbenza et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    We found that female sex, educational attainment, unemployment and current cigarette smoking were positively associated with obesity among the study participants. Lifestyle changes, poverty reduction and public education are urgently needed to address the growing obesity epidemic in rural areas of South Africa

  • Human immunodeficiency virus and Aids and other important predictors of maternal mortality in Mulago Hospital Complex Kampala Uganda

    Open AccessJulius Wandabwa, Julius N Wandabwa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    The predictors of progression from severe maternal morbidity to mortality were: residing far from hospital, low socio economic status, non attendance of antenatal care, poor intrapartum care, and HIV/AIDS.There is need to improve on the referral system, economic empowerment of women and to offer comprehensive emergency obstetric care so as to reduce the maternal morbidity and mortality in our community