Comparative assessment of the human and animal health surveillance systems in Tanzania: Opportunities for an integrated one health surveillance platform.

Globally, there have been calls for an integrated zoonotic disease surveillance system. This study aimed to assess human and animal health surveillance systems to identify opportunities for One Health surveillance platform in Tanzania. A desk review of policies, acts and strategies addressing disease surveillance that support inter-sectoral collaboration was conducted.

Improving disease surveillance data analysis, interpretation, and use at the district level in Tanzania.

An effective disease surveillance system is critical for early detection and response to disease epidemics. This study aimed to assess the capacity to manage and utilize disease surveillance data and implement an intervention to improve data analysis and use at the district level in Tanzania. Mapping, in-depth interview and desk review were employed for data collection in Ilala and Kinondoni districts in Tanzania.

Twenty years of integrated disease surveillance and response in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities for effective management of infectious disease epidemics.

Introduction: This systematic review aimed to analyse the performance of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and how its implementation has embraced advancement in information technology, big data analytics techniques and wealth of data sources.

Methods: HINARI, PubMed, and advanced Google Scholar databases were searched for eligible articles. The review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Protocols.

Data utilisation and factors influencing the performance of the health management information system in Tanzania.

Background: Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a set of data regularly collected at health care facilities to meet the needs of statistics on health services. This study aimed to determine the utilisation of HMIS data and factors influencing the health system's performance at the district and primary health care facility levels in Tanzania.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 11 districts and involved 115 health care facilities in Tanzania.

Data quality of the routine health management information system at the primary healthcare facility and district levels in Tanzania.

Background: Effective planning for disease prevention and control requires accurate, adequately-analysed, interpreted and communicated data. In recent years, efforts have been put in strengthening health management information systems (HMIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa to improve data accessibility to decision-makers. This study assessed the quality of routine HMIS data at primary healthcare facility (HF) and district levels in Tanzania.

Trends, patterns and cause-specific neonatal mortality in Tanzania: a hospital-based retrospective survey.

Background: Globally, large numbers of children die shortly after birth and many of them within the first 4 wk of life. This study aimed to determine the trends, patterns and causes of neonatal mortality in hospitals in Tanzania during 2006-2015.

Methods: This retrospective study involved 35 hospitals.

Cancer Mortality Patterns in Tanzania: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study, 2006-2015.

Purpose: This retrospective study sought to determine the type, burden, and pattern of cancer deaths in public hospitals in Tanzania from 2006 to 2015.

Methods: This study analyzed data on cancer mortality in 39 hospitals in Tanzania. Data on the age and sex of the deceased and type of cancer were extracted from hospital death registers and report forms.

Patterns and causes of hospital maternal mortality in Tanzania: A 10-year retrospective analysis.

Background: Maternal mortality is among the most important public health concerns in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is limited data on hospital-based maternal mortality in Tanzania. The objective of this study was to determine the causes and maternal mortality trends in public hospitals of Tanzania from 2006-2015.

Hospital mortality statistics in Tanzania: availability, accessibility, and quality 2006-2015.

Background: Accurate and reliable hospital information on the pattern and causes of death is important to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of health policies and programs. The objective of this study was to assess the availability, accessibility, and quality of hospital mortality data in Tanzania.

Methods: This cross-sectional study involved selected hospitals of Tanzania and was carried out from July to October 2016.

Cause-specific mortality patterns among hospital deaths in Tanzania, 2006-2015.

Background: Understanding the causes of inpatient mortality in hospitals is important for monitoring the population health and evidence-based planning for curative and public health care. Dearth of information on causes and trends of hospital mortality in most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa has resulted to wide use of model-based estimation methods which are characterized by estimation errors. This retrospective analysis used primary data to determine the cause-specific mortality patterns among inpatient hospital deaths in Tanzania from 2006-2015.

Trends, patterns and causes of respiratory disease mortality among inpatients in Tanzania, 2006-2015.

Objective: To determine the causes, patterns and trends of respiratory diseases-related deaths in hospitals of Tanzania 2006-2015.

Methods: Retrospective study involving 39 hospitals. Medical records of patients who died in hospital were retrieved, reviewed and analysed.