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Does a school-based intervention to engage parents change opportunity for handwashing with soap at home? Practical experience from the Mikono Safi trial in Northwestern Tanzania by Sedekia, Yovitha, Kapiga, Saidi, Mcharo, Onike, Makata, Kenneth, Torondel, Belen, Dreibelbis, Robert, Okello, Elialilia

“…School-based de-worming is advocated as a strategy for reducing the burden of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among children. However, re-infection…”
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Hand hygiene intervention to optimize helminth infection control: Design and baseline results of Mikono Safi-An ongoing school-based cluster-randomised controlled trial in NW Tanzania by Makata, Kenneth, Kinung'hi, Safari, Hansen, Christian, Ayieko, Philip, Sichalwe, Simon, Mcharo, Onike, Ensink, Jeroen, Dreibelbis, Robert, Rockowitz, Sarah, Okello, Elialilia, Grosskurth, Heiner, Kapiga, Saidi

“…Soil transmitted helminths (STH) can affect over 50% of children in some parts of Tanzania. Control measures involve annual deworming campaigns in schools, but…”
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Hand hygiene intervention to optimise soil-transmitted helminth infection control among primary school children: the Mikono Safi cluster randomised controlled trial in northwestern Tanzania by Makata, Kenneth, Ensink, Jeroen, Ayieko, Philip, Hansen, Christian, Sichalwe, Simon, Mngara, Julius, Mcharo, Onike, Mazigo, Humphrey, Seni, Jeremiah, Dreibelbis, Robert, Rockowitz, Sarah, Okello, Elialilia, Grosskurth, Heiner, Kinung'hi, Safari, Kapiga, Saidi

“…Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are highly prevalent in resource-limited countries. We assessed the effect of a combination intervention aiming to…”
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Unmet menstrual needs and psychosocial well-being among schoolgirls in Northern Tanzania: baseline results from the PASS MHW study by Okello, Elialilia S, Ayieko, Philip, Rubli, Jennifer, Torondel, Belen, Greco, Giulia, Mcharo, Onike, Luwayi, John R, Keya, Siwema S, Thomas, Katherine, Renju, Jenny, Kapiga, Saidi, Tanton, Clare

“…Improving menstrual health among schoolgirls is essential to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of good health and wellbeing (SDG 03), quality…”
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Understanding barriers and facilitators to clinic attendance and medication adherence among adults with hypertensive urgency in Tanzania by Kisigo, Godfrey A, Mcharo, Onike C, Robert, John L, Peck, Robert N, Sundararajan, Radhika, Okello, Elialilia S

“…Hypertensive urgency is a major risk factor for cardiovascular events and premature deaths. Lack of medication adherence is associated with poor health…”
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Does a school-based intervention to engage parents change opportunity for handwashing with soap at home? Practical experience from the Mikono Safi trial in Northwestern Tanzania by Yovitha Sedekia, Saidi Kapiga, Onike Mcharo, Kenneth Makata, Belen Torondel, Robert Dreibelbis, Elialilia Okello

“…Background School-based de-worming is advocated as a strategy for reducing the burden of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among children. However,…”
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Peer Counselor Intervention for Reducing Mortality and/or Hospitalization in Adults With Hypertensive Urgency in Tanzania: A Pilot Study by Kisigo, Godfrey A, Mgeta, Frank, Mcharo, Onike, Okello, Elialilia, Wajanga, Bahati, Kalokola, Fredrick, Mtui, Graham, Sundararajan, Radhika, Peck, Robert N

“…Abstract BACKGROUND Worldwide, people with hypertensive urgency experience high rates of hospitalization and death due to medication non-adherence…”
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Factors perceived to facilitate or hinder handwashing among primary students: a qualitative assessment of the Mikono Safi intervention schools in NW Tanzania by Okello, Elialilia, Kapiga, Saidi, Grosskurth, Heiner, Makata, Kenneth, Mcharo, Onike, Kinungh'i, Safari, Dreibelbis, Robert

“…ObjectiveTo qualitatively assess the effects of a multi-modal school-based water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) intervention on handwashing behaviour among…”
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Understanding barriers and facilitators to clinic attendance and medication adherence among adults with hypertensive urgency in Tanzania by Godfrey A Kisigo, Onike C Mcharo, John L Robert, Robert N Peck, Radhika Sundararajan, Elialilia S Okello

“…Hypertensive urgency is a major risk factor for cardiovascular events and premature deaths. Lack of medication adherence is associated with poor health…”
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