The project aimed to address the significant health burden posed by hypertensive disorders during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in Tanzania. Calcium supplementation during pregnancy reduces the risk of preeclampsia by more than 50%, and that of preterm births by about 25%. As a result, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends calcium supplementation during pregnancy (1500 – 2000 mg/day) for population with low dietary calcium intake. Despite the proven efficacy and WHO recommendation, calcium supplementation is not standard of antenatal care in most LMICs mainly due high cost of the supplements and complexity of the suggested dosing schedule. This study in Tanzania sought to generate evidence on the potential non-inferiority of a lower dose of calcium (500 mg) compared to the WHO-recommended dose (1500 mg) in preventing preeclampsia and preterm birth, while also assessing the acceptability and adherence to the WHO recommended dose.
Research Network for Design and Evaluation of Adolescent Health Interventions and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (DASH) is a network of public health research and training institutions from seven Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries (Tanzania, Ghana, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda) and Germany. DASH is funded through the “Research Networks for Health Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa” (RHISSA) initiative. This is one of the major funding initiatives of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) which aims at building and expanding capacities on site and strengthening intra-African as well as African-German networking, and translating gained knowledge into policy and practice.
A comprehensive, school-based nutrition intervention package among secondary schools in Dodoma Tanzania using a cluster randomized design and mixed methods evaluation.
<p>School-based micronutrient supplementation and educational interventions to improve adolescent nutrition, health and education in Zanzibar.</p>
<p>Generating critical adolescent health data from diverse settings to help in developing novel digital approaches for engaging adolescents in communities and schools in Tanga funded by Fondation Botnar.</p>
A formative assessment of the school health and food environment to better understand the policy surrounding school health environments, individual and population-level risk factors, and the current state of adolescent health, as are relevant to support the design, delivery and scale-up of high impact nutrition and health interventions through schools.
AAPH emparks on a study that aims to understand the uptake, effectiveness and the factors influencing the male involvement
strategy in improving care-seeking behaviour, nutritional practices, home care practices and couple relationships for better maternal, new-born child health and nutrition outcomes.
AAPH sets out to explore nutritional status of pregnant women, access and existing barriers to quality maternal and nutrition health services in Mbeya region.
USAID’s Lishe Endelevu (LE) activity is a 4-year agreement that will intensify and integrate nutrition support and improve the nutritional status of women, children and adolescents in 4 regions of Tanzania (Dodoma, Iringa, Morogoro, and Rukwa).
Neonatal Vitamin A supplementation at birth (Neovita)) trial. This was one of three concurrent studies in India, Ghana and Tanzania to inform global policy on the use of neonatal vitamin A supplementation for reducing infant mortality in low- and middle-income countries.