Vera Kwara

Biographic Data

ID7986235
NAMEVera Kwara
GIVEN NAMESVera
FAMILY NAMEKwara
SIGNATUREKWARA V
AFFILIATIONSWWF Tanzania
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Exploring barriers to accessing healthy diets among pregnant women living with HIV in the Njombe region, Tanzania

    Open AccessJulieth Shine, Vera Kwara et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Proper nutrition is essential for women with HIV during pregnancy; however, information on how to access nutritious diets is scarce. This study, informed by the socio-ecological perspectives, examines the barriers to obtaining a healthy diet among pregnant women living with HIV in the Njombe region of Tanzania. A qualitative study employing the ethnography method using semi-structured and narrative interviews to gather information from key inform…

  • Efficacy of ready‐to‐use food supplement for treatment of moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months

    Open AccessNyabasi Makori, Hope Masanja et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    Moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is a persistent public health problem in Tanzania. The current approach for its management is nutrition counselling. However, there has been no commercial production of ready-to-use supplementary foods for the management of MAM in the country but rather imported from companies outside the country. The objective of the study was to determine the ability of a ready-to-use food supplementation versus corn soya blend…