Association between decision-making during pregnancy and woman-centred care among Tanzanian pregnant women: A cross-sectional survey
CONCLUSION: Pregnant women who made decisions for the birthing place had a higher likelihood of having a high level of WCC compared with their counterparts. Our findings suggest that women should be empowered to be involved in decision-making to increase their satisfaction with the care provided by healthcare providers and foster a positive childbirth experience.PMID:38615514 | DOI:10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101615 (Source: Women Birth)
Source: Women Birth - April 14, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Dorkasi L Mwakawanga Sanmei Chen Beatrice Mwilike Ally Abdul Lyimo Naoki Hirose Yoko Shimpuku Source Type: research
Productivity declines threaten East African soda lakes and the iconic Lesser Flamingo
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 3:S0960-9822(24)00302-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSoda lakes are some of the most productive aquatic ecosystems.1 Their alkaline-saline waters sustain unique phytoplankton communities2,3 and provide vital habitats for highly specialized biodiversity including invertebrates, endemic fish species, and Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor).1,4 More than three-quarters of Lesser Flamingos inhabit the soda lakes of East Africa5; however, populations are in decline.6 Declines could be attributed to their highly specialized diet of cyanobacteria7 and dependence on a networ...
Source: Current Biology - April 13, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Aidan Byrne Emma J Tebbs Peter Njoroge Ally Nkwabi Michael A Chadwick Robin Freeman David Harper Ken Norris Source Type: research
Differences in expression of male aggression between wild bonobos and chimpanzees
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 5:S0960-9822(24)00253-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.071. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResearchers investigating the evolution of human aggression look to our closest living relatives, bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), as valuable sources of comparative data.1,2 Males in the two species exhibit contrasting patterns: male chimpanzees sexually coerce females3,4,5,6,7,8 and sometimes kill conspecifics,9,10,11,12 whereas male bonobos exhibit less sexual coercion13,14 and no reported killing.13 Among the various attempts to explain these species differences, the self-domestication hyp...
Source: Current Biology - April 13, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Maud Mouginot Michael L Wilson Nisarg Desai Martin Surbeck Source Type: research
Productivity declines threaten East African soda lakes and the iconic Lesser Flamingo
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 3:S0960-9822(24)00302-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSoda lakes are some of the most productive aquatic ecosystems.1 Their alkaline-saline waters sustain unique phytoplankton communities2,3 and provide vital habitats for highly specialized biodiversity including invertebrates, endemic fish species, and Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor).1,4 More than three-quarters of Lesser Flamingos inhabit the soda lakes of East Africa5; however, populations are in decline.6 Declines could be attributed to their highly specialized diet of cyanobacteria7 and dependence on a networ...
Source: Current Biology - April 13, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Aidan Byrne Emma J Tebbs Peter Njoroge Ally Nkwabi Michael A Chadwick Robin Freeman David Harper Ken Norris Source Type: research
Differences in expression of male aggression between wild bonobos and chimpanzees
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 5:S0960-9822(24)00253-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.071. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResearchers investigating the evolution of human aggression look to our closest living relatives, bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), as valuable sources of comparative data.1,2 Males in the two species exhibit contrasting patterns: male chimpanzees sexually coerce females3,4,5,6,7,8 and sometimes kill conspecifics,9,10,11,12 whereas male bonobos exhibit less sexual coercion13,14 and no reported killing.13 Among the various attempts to explain these species differences, the self-domestication hyp...
Source: Current Biology - April 13, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Maud Mouginot Michael L Wilson Nisarg Desai Martin Surbeck Source Type: research
Productivity declines threaten East African soda lakes and the iconic Lesser Flamingo
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 3:S0960-9822(24)00302-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSoda lakes are some of the most productive aquatic ecosystems.1 Their alkaline-saline waters sustain unique phytoplankton communities2,3 and provide vital habitats for highly specialized biodiversity including invertebrates, endemic fish species, and Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor).1,4 More than three-quarters of Lesser Flamingos inhabit the soda lakes of East Africa5; however, populations are in decline.6 Declines could be attributed to their highly specialized diet of cyanobacteria7 and dependence on a networ...
Source: Current Biology - April 13, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Aidan Byrne Emma J Tebbs Peter Njoroge Ally Nkwabi Michael A Chadwick Robin Freeman David Harper Ken Norris Source Type: research
Differences in expression of male aggression between wild bonobos and chimpanzees
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 5:S0960-9822(24)00253-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.071. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResearchers investigating the evolution of human aggression look to our closest living relatives, bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), as valuable sources of comparative data.1,2 Males in the two species exhibit contrasting patterns: male chimpanzees sexually coerce females3,4,5,6,7,8 and sometimes kill conspecifics,9,10,11,12 whereas male bonobos exhibit less sexual coercion13,14 and no reported killing.13 Among the various attempts to explain these species differences, the self-domestication hyp...
Source: Current Biology - April 13, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Maud Mouginot Michael L Wilson Nisarg Desai Martin Surbeck Source Type: research
Bonobos, the ‘hippie chimps,’ might not be so mellow after all
It was 5 a.m., and Maud Mouginot was waiting for the Sun to rise over the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve. Suddenly, two male bonobos—close relatives of chimpanzees—came hurtling out of the darkness, one rushing through the trees, the other giving chase. The terrified cries of the fleeing male suggested this was no friendly game of tag. Mouginot, a biological anthropologist at Boston University, hadn’t expected such behavior from bonobos, which, unlike chimps,
have a reputation for making love, not war
.
But research by Mouginot and colleagues, published today in
Current Biology
, shows
male ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 12, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
As the lakes that flamingos inhabit expand, the birds ’ food supplies are rapidly shrinking
Every year, millions of lesser flamingos (
Phoeniconaias minor
) flock to a few small soda lakes in East Africa, attracting as many tourists as do migrating wildebeest. But the bright pink birds’ numbers are falling sharply, a decline researchers have now linked to a paradoxical effect of climate change.
Rainfall in the region is increasing, expanding the lakes, which might suggest the flamingos’ habitat is growing. But the extra water dilutes the nutrients in the lakes, depleting the microbes on which the birds feed, researchers report today in
Current Biology
. So, even as the lakes expand...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 12, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in childhood and adolescent cancer care in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
This study aimed to asse... (Source: BMC Cancer)
Source: BMC Cancer - April 12, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yotham Gwanika, Hannah E. Rice, Madeline Metcalf, Pamela Espinoza, Happiness D. Kajoka, Henry E. Rice, Catherine Staton, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Esther Majaliwa, Emily R. Smith and Cesia Cotache-Condor Tags: Research Source Type: research
Prevalence and predictors of iron deficiency anaemia among children with sickle cell disease in Dodoma, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) and their predictors among children with SCD aged b... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Asha O. Bossy, James J. Yahaya and Shakilu Jumanne Tags: Research Source Type: research
The effect of an anti-malarial herbal remedy, Maytenus senegalensis, on electrocardiograms of healthy Tanzanian volunteers
The emergence of resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapy necessitates the search for new, more potent antiplasmodial compounds, including herbal remedies. The whole extract of Maytenus senegalensis ha... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - April 12, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Kamaka R. Kassimu, Ali M. Ali, Justin J. Omolo, Abel Mdemu, Francis Machumi and Billy Ngasala Tags: Research Source Type: research
HIV viral suppression and risk of viral rebound in patients on antiretroviral therapy: a two- year retrospective cohort study in Northern Tanzania
The world is moving towards the third target of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to ensure most people receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) are virologically suppressed. Little is known about v... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - April 11, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Monica S Kahabuka, Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel, Peter M. Mbelele, Emmanuel A. Mpolya, Stellah G. Mpagama, Jonas P. Kessy and Tsegahun Manyazewal Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparison of two approaches to measuring clean faces as part of the facial cleanliness component of the SAFE trachoma elimination strategy
This study compared two possible metrics for facial cleanliness. Method/FindingsMetric one: Clean face was defined as observed absence of ocular and nasal discharge on the face. Metric two: observing a grade of dirtiness (scale 10 = lightest to 0 = darkest) on a standard facial wipe. The reliability of grading a child ’s face or grading a facial wipe was determined in children in Kongwa Tanzania. We also observed both measurements in a cohort of 202 children ages 1 to (Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - April 10, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Sheila K. West Source Type: research
Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in mainland Tanzania, 2019
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been a major contributor to the substantial reductions in global malaria morbidity and mortality over the last decade. In Tanzania, artemether-lumefantrine (AL) ... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - April 9, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Billy E. Ngasala, Mercy G. Chiduo, Bruno P. Mmbando, Filbert T. Francis, Samwel Bushukatale, Twilumba Makene, Celine I. Mandara, Deus S. Ishengoma, Erasmus Kamugisha, Maimuna Ahmed, Muhidin K. Mahende, Reginald A. Kavishe, Florida Muro, Fabrizio Molteni, Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
