Mary Mwangome

Dados Biográficos

ID6330798
NOMEMary Mwangome
PRENOMESMary
SOBRENOMEMwangome
ASSINATURAMWANGOME M
AFILIAÇÕESIfakara Health Institute
ORCID0000-0002-4675-3943
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2014
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Underlying conditions associated with adverse Covid-19 treatment outcomes in selected Kenyan hospitals, October 2020 to December 2021

    Open AccessDickens Onyango, Wanjiru Waruiru et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    Background Data are limited on the impact of chronic underlying conditions on COVID-19 treatment outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.Objectives Determine the effect of underlying conditions on COVID-19 severity and treatment outcomes in Kenya.Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using routine medical records from Kenya’s three large COVID-19 treatment centers. We examined two outcomes: mortality and clinical severity. Patients with lower …

  • All-cause and cause-specific mortality rates for Kisumu County

    Open AccessWanjiru Waruiru, Violet Oramisi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Background Understanding the magnitude and causes of mortality at national and sub-national levels for countries is critical in facilitating evidence-based prioritization of public health response. We provide comparable cause of death data from Kisumu County, a high HIV and malaria-endemic county in Kenya, and compared them with Kenya and low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Methods We analyzed data from a mortuary-based study at two of the l…

  • Mortuary and hospital-based HIV mortality surveillance among decedents in a low-resource setting

    Open AccessEmmanuel Nyakeriga, Wanjiru Waruiru et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    This study shows that in low-resource settings, conducting hospital and mortuary-based surveillance is feasible and can be an alternative source of mortality data when civil registry data are inadequate

  • Socio-demographic inequalities in HIV testing behaviour and HIV prevalence among older adults in rural Tanzania, 2013

    Angelina Mtowa, Annette Gerritsen et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017

    Most HIV research in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) ignores persons aged 50 years and above, though a few studies have reported a high HIV prevalence among older people. This study aimed to estimate socio-demographic inequalities in HIV testing behaviour and HIV prevalence among adults aged 50+ years, living in Ifakara town, Tanzania. This cross-sectional study used data from the baseline measurement of the Ifakara MZIMA cohort study in 2012/13. Consen…

  • A qualitative study of the determinants of HIV guidelines implementation in two south-eastern districts of Tanzania

    Open AccessMary Mwangome, Mary N Mwangome et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2017Referências: 16

    Current HIV policies in Tanzania have adopted the three long-term impact results of zero new infections, zero HIV deaths and zero stigma and discrimination. Strategies to reach these results include scaling-up HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC); Preventing Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT); and strengthening Care and Treatment Clinic (CTC) services. Previous studies showed that HIV policy and guideline recommendations were not always implemente…

  • “I don’t have options but to persevere.” Experiences and practices of care for HIV and diabetes in rural Tanzania

    Open AccessMary Mwangome, Mary N Mwangome et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2016

    Diabetes and HIV have socio-cultural and economic implications for patients and their families. The HIV programme is successfully using decentralization of health services, task shifting and CHWs to address these implications. For diabetes and NCDs, decentralization and task shifting are also important and, strengthening of community involvement is warranted for continuity of care and patient centeredness in care. While considering differences be…

  • Perceptions on diabetes care provision among health providers in rural Tanzania

    Open AccessMary Mwangome, Eveline Geubbels et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2016Referências: 30

    Diabetes prevalence in Tanzania was estimated at 9.1% in 2012 among adults aged 24-65 years - higher than the HIV prevalence in the general population at that time. Health systems in lower- and middle-income countries are not designed for chronic health care, yet the rising burden of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes demands chronic care services. To inform policies on diabetes care, we conducted a study on the health services in place t…

  • Public policy, health system, and community actions against illness as platforms for response to NCDs in Tanzania

    Open AccessEmmy Metta, Beverly Msambichaka et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014