Search Results - "Amani, Davis"
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Nonresponse to Health-Related Social Needs Screening Questions
Published in Pediatrics (Evanston) (01-09-2020)“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Although clinical settings are increasingly screening for social determinants of health, essential questions about optimal screening…”
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HIV viral suppression in the era of dolutegravir use: Findings from a national survey in Tanzania
Published in PloS one (14-08-2024)“…Tanzania has made significant progress in improving access to HIV care and treatment. However, virologic suppression among people living with HIV (PLHIV) has…”
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HIV virologic response, patterns of drug resistance mutations and correlates among adolescents and young adults: A cross-sectional study in Tanzania
Published in PloS one (23-02-2023)“…The emergence of HIV drug resistance mutations (DRMs) is of significant threat to achieving viral suppression (VS) in the quest to achieve global elimination…”
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Emerging integrase strand transfer inhibitor drug resistance mutations among children and adults on ART in Tanzania: findings from a national representative HIV drug resistance survey
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (02-03-2023)“…Abstract Background Despite the scale-up of ART and the rollout in Tanzania of dolutegravir, an integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI), treatment success…”
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HIV burden and the global fast-track targets progress among pregnant women in Tanzania calls for intensified case finding: Analysis of 2020 antenatal clinics HIV sentinel site surveillance
Published in PloS one (12-10-2023)“…Background For successful HIV response, updated information on the burden and progress toward HIV elimination targets are required to guide programmatic…”
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Epidemiology of syphilis infections among pregnant women in Tanzania: Analysis of the 2020 national representative sentinel surveillance
Published in PloS one (31-08-2023)“…Background Syphilis has detrimental effects on the health of the mother and that of both fetuses and newborns exposed in utero or at delivery. Understanding…”
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Non-communicable Diseases Week: Best Practices in Addressing the NCDs Burden from Tanzania
Published in Annals of global health (01-01-2023)“…Five million people die every year from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) globally. In Tanzania, more than two-thirds of deaths are NCD-related. The country is…”
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National Non-Communicable Diseases Conferences- A Platform to Inform Policies and Practices in Tanzania
Published in Annals of global health (2024)“…Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) arise from diverse risk factors with differences in the contexts and variabilities in regions and countries. Addressing such a…”
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Use of Integrated Intraoperative Ocular Coherence Tomography in Pediatric Cataract Surgery: Thinking outside the Box
Published in Developments in ophthalmology (2021)“…The advent of integrated intraoperative optical coherence tomography (i2OCT) has opened the door for safer and more complex surgeries in the retina and cornea…”
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Efforts to Address the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases Need Local Evidence and Shared Lessons from High-Burden Countries
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Mitigating the Rising Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases through Locally Generated Evidence-Lessons from Tanzania
Published in Annals of global health (2023)“…The burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is rapidly increasing globally, and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear the brunt of it. Tanzania is…”
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Critical illness at the emergency department of a Tanzanian national hospital in a three-year period 2019-2021
Published in BMC emergency medicine (08-08-2023)“…Critically ill patients have life-threatening conditions requiring immediate vital organ function intervention. But, critical illness in the emergency…”
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Accuracy Assessment of Outpatient Telemedicine Encounters at an Academic Ophthalmology Department
Published in Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017) (01-07-2022)“…We assess the clinical accuracy of direct-to-patient real-time outpatient video visit encounters at our eye center. This was a retrospective longitudinal…”
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Syndromic and Systemic Diagnoses Associated With Isolated Sagittal Synostosis
Published in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open (01-12-2019)“…BACKGROUND:Reports of systemic associations in patients with Isolated Sagittal Synostosis (ISS) are sparse. Craniofacial surgeons, and other providers, should…”
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The burden of respiratory conditions in the emergency department of Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross sectional descriptive study
Published in PLOS global public health (2022)“…Globally, respiratory diseases cause 10 million deaths every year. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the burden of respiratory illness increased and led to…”
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The Incidence of Chiari Malformations in Patients with Isolated Sagittal Synostosis
Published in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open (01-02-2019)“…BACKGROUND:We report the incidence of Chiari malformation I (CMI) in a cohort of 377 patients with isolated sagittal synostosis (ISS), which is to the best of…”
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RASopathy in Patients With Isolated Sagittal Synostosis
Published in Global pediatric health (2019)“…RASopathy is caused by dysfunction in the MAPK pathway, and include syndromes like Noonan syndrome (NS), NS with multiple lentigines (formerly known as Leopard…”
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The Impact of Accepting Oppressive Influence: Social Experiences Among Black Women
Published 01-01-2023“…The purpose of this study was to examine the acceptance of oppressive influence and its impact on how Black women socialize with one another. Previous research…”
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Use of neuroimaging measurements of optic nerve sheath diameter to assess intracranial pressure in craniosynostosis
Published in Child's nervous system (01-05-2018)“…Purpose This study aims to evaluate accuracy of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurements obtained by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with…”
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Burden and Factors Associated with Renal Dysfunction among People Living with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Published in Global journal of health science (24-06-2024)“…Renal diseases pose a significant burden of morbidity and mortality, particularly among People Living with HIV (PLHIV). The risks are further compounded by…”
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