Browsing by Author "Basinda, Namanya"

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    Knowledge and practices toward tuberculosis case identification among accredited drug dispensing outlets dispensers in Magu district, northwestern Tanzania
    (MDPI AG, 2024) Mwesiga, Levina; Mwita, Stanley; Bintabara, Deogratius; Basinda, Namanya
    Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets dispensers (ADDO dispensers) have a crucial role in detecting and referring TB suspects. However, several studies highlight low knowledge of TB among ADDO dispensers. To facilitate this, the National TB and Leprosy Control Program trained ADDO dispensers on case identification and referral. Hence, this was a community-based cross-sectional study to determine the knowledge and practice of ADDO dispensers in the detection of active tuberculosis suspects in Magu Districts, Mwanza, Tanzania. This was a cross-sectional study that included 133 systematically selected ADDO dispensers. Out of 133 ADDO dispensers, 88 (66.9%) had attended TB training. About 108 (81%) participants had good knowledge of TB. The majority of ADDO dispensers 104 (78.4%) had poor practice toward the identification of TB cases. Attending training (AOR 4.49, CI 1.03–19.47), longer working experience (AOR 4.64, CI 1.99–10.81), and the presence of national TB guidelines (AOR 3.85, CI 1.11–13.34) was significantly associated with good self-reported TB case identification practices. Therefore, the study revealed adequate knowledge but with poor practice. Provisions to train ADDO dispensers in tuberculosis case detection and referral could yield great results.
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    Knowledge and Practices toward Tuberculosis Case Identification among Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets Dispensers in Magu District, Northwestern Tanzania
    (MDPI AG, 2024-01-10) Mwesiga, Levina; Mwita, Stanley; Bintabara, Deogratius; Basinda, Namanya
    Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets dispensers (ADDO dispensers) have a crucial role in detecting and referring TB suspects. However, several studies highlight low knowledge of TB among ADDO dispensers. To facilitate this, the National TB and Leprosy Control Program trained ADDO dispensers on case identification and referral. Hence, this was a community-based cross-sectional study to determine the knowledge and practice of ADDO dispensers in the detection of active tuberculosis suspects in Magu Districts, Mwanza, Tanzania. This was a cross-sectional study that included 133 systematically selected ADDO dispensers. Out of 133 ADDO dispensers, 88 (66.9%) had attended TB training. About 108 (81%) participants had good knowledge of TB. The majority of ADDO dispensers 104 (78.4%) had poor practice toward the identification of TB cases. Attending training (AOR 4.49, CI 1.03–19.47), longer working experience (AOR 4.64, CI 1.99–10.81), and the presence of national TB guidelines (AOR 3.85, CI 1.11–13.34) was significantly associated with good self-reported TB case identification practices. Therefore, the study revealed adequate knowledge but with poor practice. Provisions to train ADDO dispensers in tuberculosis case detection and referral could yield great results.
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    Twelve-year persistence of inequalities in antenatal care utilisation among women in Tanzania: a decomposition analysis of population-based cross-sectional surveys
    (BMJ Publishing Group Limited, 2021) Bintabara, Deogratius; Basinda, Namanya
    This study was undertaken to assess the trend and contributors of socioeconomic inequalities in antenatal care (ANC) utilisation among women of reproductive age in Tanzania from 2004 to 2016. This study analysed nationally representative data for women of reproductive age obtained from the 2004–2016 Tanzania Demographic Health Surveys. The outcome variables analysed in this study are: (1) attendance of ANC and (2) accessing adequate antenatal care. The concentration curve and the concentration index were used to measure socioeconomic inequality in attending and accessing adequate ANC. The concentration index was decomposed to identify the factors explaining the observed socioeconomic inequality of these two outcomes. The concentration index for attending at least four ANC visits increased from 0.169 in 2004 to 0.243 in 2016 (p<0.01). Similarly, for accessing adequate care, the index increased from 0.147 in 2004 to 0.355 in 2016 (p<0.01). This indicates the significant increase in socioeconomic inequalities (favouring wealthier women) for these two outcomes over time. Furthermore, the results show that wealth status was the largest contributor to inequality in both attending at least four visits (71%, 50% and 70%) and accessing adequate ANC (50%, 42% and 51%) in 2004, 2010 and 2016, respectively, in favour of wealthier women (p<0.05). The other contributors to socioeconomic inequalities in ANC utilisation were maternal education and type of residence. Over the 12 years of surveys, there was no reduction in socioeconomic inequalities in ANC utilization in Tanzania. Therefore, the efforts of achieving universal health coverage should focus on reducing wealth-related inequality and improving women’s education from poor households.