Edith Tarimo

Biographic Data

ID9070911
NAMEEdith Tarimo
GIVEN NAMESEdith
FAMILY NAMETarimo
SIGNATURETARIMO E
AFFILIATIONSNursing Management, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • The process of harmonizing competency-based curricula for medicine and nursing degree programmes

    Doreen Mloka, Edith Tarimo et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2023

    In many low- and middle-income countries, there seems to be a mismatch between graduate skills and healthcare industry requirements due to variability in curricula. With the current increased global demand for competent health profession graduates, harmonizing competency-based curricula (CBC) is necessary to address this mismatch. This paper describes how three health professions training universities in Tanzania and their two long-standing Unite…

  • Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Tanzania calls for efforts to address factors associated with a low confirmatory test

    Open AccessBaraka M Morris, Mukome Nyamhagata et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Option B+ approach for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) has demonstrated the potential to eliminate pediatric HIV infections. Its success depends on early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV among the exposed infants within the first 6 weeks, and a subsequent confirmatory HIV test within 18 months. However, most mothers enrolling in option B+ in Tanzania do not come for such confirmatory tests. We examined factors associated with the …

  • Why did I stop? And why did I restart? Perspectives of women lost to follow-up in option B+ HIV care in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open AccessAdellah Sariah, Joan Rugemalila et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    The study has highlighted the reasons for LTFU and motivation to resume treatment among women initiated in Option B+. Our results provide further evidence on the need for future interventions to focus on these factors in order to improve retention in life-long treatment

  • Experiences with disclosure of HIV-positive status to the infected child”

    Open AccessAdellah Sariah, Joan Rugemalila et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    In order to prevent inconsistencies during the disclosure process, it is important to have in place clear guidelines and standardized paediatric HIV disclosure training for healthcare providers. This would help improve their skills in paediatric disclosure, leading to positive health outcomes for children infected with HIV

  • Gender Roles and Informal Care for Patients With Aids

    Open AccessEdith A M Tarimo, Edith Tarimo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2009

    As HIV/AIDS imposes an overwhelming pressure on the capacity of an already overburdened health care system in many African countries, families have increasingly been noted to supplement hospital care services for patients with AIDS. The aim of the present study is to generate knowledge on the experiences of family caregivers to the patients with AIDS at the household level in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Data were collected through in-depth interview…