Research Projects

SN	Title of the Research Project	Year Started	Principal Investigator	Duration of the Project	Status (completed/ ongoing)	Expected year of completion (if applicable)	Funder/Funding Institution(s)	Remarks (if any)
1. 1	Determining trustworthiness and safety of REmote Consulting in primary Healthcare for chronic disease populations in Africa using a stepped wedge design – The REaCH Trial	Nov 2020	Prof Senga Kali Pemba	18 months	Ongoing	March 2022	UKRI/GCRF/Newton Fund) via EPSRC -funding
2. 5	Oral Health Promotion program	Nov 2021	Prof Senga Kali Pemba	6 months	Ongoing	April 2022	Dalhousie Dental School Canada, Provision Charitable Foundation Canada
3. 2	Co-produced mobile consulting for remote, marginalised communities in Africa	May 2020	Prof Senga Kali Pemba	12 months	Completed		Global Challenges Research Funds
4. 3	Mobile consulting as an option for communities with minimal healthcare access in low-resource settings	Feb 2019	Prof Senga Kali Pemba	12 months	Completed		MRC Health Systems Research Initiative	Publications : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20552076211033425 Policy briefs shared with policy markers
5. 4	How can Remote Consulting Training for health workers in rural Tanzania be optimised to support upscaling to remote and marginalised communities of East and West Africa?	June 2020	Prof Senga Kali Pemba	6 months	Completed		King’s College London
6.	(R)emoved (I)njectable modified (S)hort – course regimens for (E)Xpert Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis: Feasibility and Effectiveness of the modified shorter duration injectable-free Multidrug Resistant (MDT-TB) regimen in RR/MDR TB population in the Tanzania	2020	Dr Albino Kalolo	3 years	ongoing	2022	Global Fund	Protocol accepted for publication in BMJ Open
7.	GACD collaborative project: Scaling-up of evidence-based interventions at the population level for the prevention or management of hypertension and/or diabetes in Tanzania	2019	Dr Albino Kalolo	3 years	ongoing	2022	The Japanese Agency for Medical Research and Development
8.	Evaluation of Surgical Site Infection Etiology in Post Operative patients and Bacterial Susceptibility at Saint Francis Hospital, Morogoro , Tanzania	2021	Dr Theresia Karuhanga	1year	Ongoing	2022	The royal Tropical Institute
9.	Assessing institutional and individual level capacity in conducting health research in regional and local government authorities in Tanzania	2021	Dr Albino Kalolo	1 year	Ongoing	2022	Harvard Medical School	Manuscripts ready for publication
10.	Estimating the costs of providing health services in primary health care facilities in Tanzania	2021	Dr Albino Kalolo	2 years	Ongoing	2023	UNICEF
11.	Documenting the implementation of the data use initiatives in primary health care settings in Tanzania	2021	Dr Albino Kalolo	2 years	ongoing	2023	UNICEF
12.	Covid-19 vaccines acceptability and associated factors among healthcare workers in Tanzania	2021	Dr Albino Kalolo	1 year	Ongoing	202	UNICEF
13.	Cardiovascular risk factors, depression and quality of life in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania	2019	Dr Albino Kalolo	2 years	Completed		NIH
14.	Understanding the Epidemiological predictors of Hepatitis E virus in low resource communities in Tanzania	2022	Dr Philbert Balichene Madoshi	1 year	Ongoing	2023	Cambridge-Africa Programme – Cambridge – ALBORADA Africa
15.	Genomic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from potable water, surgical site infections and fish	2022	Dr Philbert Balichene Madoshi	9 months	Ongoing	202	Danida Fellowship Centre – Denmark
16.	Improving comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care in Dodoma region, Tanzania: Baseline assessment	2021	Dr Angelo Nyamtema	3 years	Ongoing	2023	UNICEF
17.	Accessing Safe Deliveries in Tanzania	2016 – 2020	Dr Angelo Nyamtema	60 months	Completed		IDRC – Canada
18.	Leadership and managerial capacities strengthening for quality pregnancy and newborn outcomes in Tanzania	2017 – 2021	Dr Angelo Nyamtema	36 months	Completed		IDRC – Canada
19.	Availability and distribution of health workers in the district councils in Tanzania Mainland	2020	Dr Angelo Nyamtema	3 months	Completed	–	SIKIKA
20.	The capability of health training institutions to produce competent health workforce	2018 – 2019	Dr Angelo Nyamtema	6 months	Completed	–	SIKIKA