Peer Counselor Intervention for Reducing Mortality and/or Hospitalization in Adults With Hypertensive Urgency in Tanzania: A Pilot Study.

Background: Worldwide, people with hypertensive urgency experience high rates of hospitalization and death due to medication non-adherence. Interventions to improve medication adherence and health outcomes after hypertensive urgency are urgently needed.

Methods: This prospective cohort assessed the effect of a peer counselor intervention-named Rafiki mwenye msaada-on the 1-year incidence of hospitalization and/or death among adults with hypertensive urgency in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Acute burn care in resource-limited settings: A cohort study on treatment and outcomes in a rural regional referral hospital in Tanzania.

Background: Only a few papers are published on the safety and effectiveness of acute burn care in low-income countries. A cohort study was therefore carried out to determine such outcomes.

Methods: The study was conducted in a rural Tanzanian hospital in 2017-2018.

The development of burn scar contractures and impact on joint function, disability and quality of life in low- and middle-income countries: A prospective cohort study with one-year follow-up.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the development of burn scar contractures and their impact on joint function, disability and quality of life in a low-income country.

Methods: Patients with severe burns were eligible. Passive range of motion (ROM) was assessed using lateral goniometry.

Access to Burn Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Assessment of Timeliness, Surgical Capacity, and Affordability in a Regional Referral Hospital in Tanzania.

This study investigates patients' access to surgical care for burns in a low- and middle-income setting by studying timeliness, surgical capacity, and affordability. A survey was conducted in a regional referral hospital in Manyara, Tanzania. In total, 67 patients were included.