Professor Blandina Theophil Mmbaga
- Professor (School of Health & Wellbeing)
email:
blandina.mmbaga@glasgow.ac.uk
Dept of PH and HEHTA, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ
Publications
2023
Kilonzo, K. G. et al. (2023) Estimating the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania: protocol for a mixed methods study [Protocol]. Other. protocols.io. (doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.8epv5j8r4l1b/v1).
Mmbaga, B. T. et al. (2023) Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders with arthritis screening in Tanzania: new insights into the growing clinical, economic and societal burden of non-communicable disease. Tanzania Public Health Bulletin, 10(1), pp. 8-14.
Virhia, J. et al. (2023) “If you do not take the medicine and complete the dose…it could cause you more trouble”: bringing awareness, local knowledge and experience into antimicrobial stewardship in Tanzania. Antibiotics, 12(2), 243. (doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12020243) (PMID:36830154) (PMCID:PMC9952761)
Nthambi, M. , Lembo, T. , Davis, A. , Nasuwa, F., Mmbaga, B. T., Matthews, L. and Hanley, N. (2023) Quantifying farmers’ preferences for antimicrobial use for livestock diseases in northern Tanzania. Q Open, 3(1), qoac032. (doi: 10.1093/qopen/qoac032)
2022
De Glanville, W. A. et al. (2022) An outbreak of Rift Valley fever among peri-urban dairy cattle in northern Tanzania. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 116(11), pp. 1082-1090. (doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac076) (PMID:36040309) (PMCID:PMC9623736)
Tamarozzi, F. et al. (2022) Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Maasai livestock-keeping communities. Parasites and Vectors, 15, 396. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05518-x) (PMID:36307877) (PMCID:PMC9616617)
de Glanville, W. A. et al. (2022) Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(10), e0010871. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010871) (PMID:36306281) (PMCID:PMC9665400)
Myers, J. et al. (2022) Crossover-use of human antibiotics in livestock in agricultural communities: a qualitative cross-country comparison between Uganda, Tanzania and India. Antibiotics, 11(10), 1342. (doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11101342) (PMID:36290000)
Thomas, K. M. et al. (2022) Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in Northern Tanzania. Scientific Reports, 12, 11669. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15517-8) (PMID:35803982) (PMCID:PMC9270399)
Dennis, T. P.W., Mable, B. K. , Brunelle, B., Devault, A., Carter, R. W., Ling, C. L., Mmbaga, B. T., Halliday, J. E.B. , Oravcova, K. and Forde, T. L. (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for challenging-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. Microbial Genomics, 8(5), 000836. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000836) (PMID:35622897) (PMCID:PMC9465068)
Davis, A. et al. (2022) How public health crises expose systemic, day-to-day health inequalities in low- and-middle income countries: an example from East Africa. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11(1), 34. (doi: 10.1186/s13756-022-01071-5) (PMID:35164886) (PMCID:PMC8842514)
Forde, T. L. et al. (2022) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. Microbial Genomics, 8(2), 000759. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000759) (PMID:35188453) (PMCID:PMC8942019)
Msoka, E., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Serventi, F., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2022) Understandings and Responses to Joint Pain: Preliminary Findings from a Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Northern Tanzania. British Society for Rheumatology, Glasgow, UK, 25-28 April 2022.
2021
Davis, A. et al. (2021) "He who relies on his brother’s property dies poor": the complex narratives of livestock care in northern Tanzania. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, 749561. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.749561) (PMID:34805339) (PMCID:PMC8595325)
Msoka, E., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Serventi, F., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2021) Understandings and Responses to Joint Pain: A Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Northern Tanzania. 3rd National Non-Communicable Diseases Scientific Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, 11 12 Nov 2021.
Articles
Mmbaga, B. T. et al. (2023) Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders with arthritis screening in Tanzania: new insights into the growing clinical, economic and societal burden of non-communicable disease. Tanzania Public Health Bulletin, 10(1), pp. 8-14.
Virhia, J. et al. (2023) “If you do not take the medicine and complete the dose…it could cause you more trouble”: bringing awareness, local knowledge and experience into antimicrobial stewardship in Tanzania. Antibiotics, 12(2), 243. (doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12020243) (PMID:36830154) (PMCID:PMC9952761)
Nthambi, M. , Lembo, T. , Davis, A. , Nasuwa, F., Mmbaga, B. T., Matthews, L. and Hanley, N. (2023) Quantifying farmers’ preferences for antimicrobial use for livestock diseases in northern Tanzania. Q Open, 3(1), qoac032. (doi: 10.1093/qopen/qoac032)
De Glanville, W. A. et al. (2022) An outbreak of Rift Valley fever among peri-urban dairy cattle in northern Tanzania. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 116(11), pp. 1082-1090. (doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac076) (PMID:36040309) (PMCID:PMC9623736)
Tamarozzi, F. et al. (2022) Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Maasai livestock-keeping communities. Parasites and Vectors, 15, 396. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05518-x) (PMID:36307877) (PMCID:PMC9616617)
de Glanville, W. A. et al. (2022) Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(10), e0010871. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010871) (PMID:36306281) (PMCID:PMC9665400)
Myers, J. et al. (2022) Crossover-use of human antibiotics in livestock in agricultural communities: a qualitative cross-country comparison between Uganda, Tanzania and India. Antibiotics, 11(10), 1342. (doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11101342) (PMID:36290000)
Thomas, K. M. et al. (2022) Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in Northern Tanzania. Scientific Reports, 12, 11669. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15517-8) (PMID:35803982) (PMCID:PMC9270399)
Dennis, T. P.W., Mable, B. K. , Brunelle, B., Devault, A., Carter, R. W., Ling, C. L., Mmbaga, B. T., Halliday, J. E.B. , Oravcova, K. and Forde, T. L. (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for challenging-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. Microbial Genomics, 8(5), 000836. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000836) (PMID:35622897) (PMCID:PMC9465068)
Davis, A. et al. (2022) How public health crises expose systemic, day-to-day health inequalities in low- and-middle income countries: an example from East Africa. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11(1), 34. (doi: 10.1186/s13756-022-01071-5) (PMID:35164886) (PMCID:PMC8842514)
Forde, T. L. et al. (2022) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. Microbial Genomics, 8(2), 000759. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000759) (PMID:35188453) (PMCID:PMC8942019)
Davis, A. et al. (2021) "He who relies on his brother’s property dies poor": the complex narratives of livestock care in northern Tanzania. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, 749561. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.749561) (PMID:34805339) (PMCID:PMC8595325)
Research Reports or Papers
Kilonzo, K. G. et al. (2023) Estimating the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania: protocol for a mixed methods study [Protocol]. Other. protocols.io. (doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.8epv5j8r4l1b/v1).
Conference or Workshop Item
Msoka, E., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Serventi, F., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2022) Understandings and Responses to Joint Pain: Preliminary Findings from a Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Northern Tanzania. British Society for Rheumatology, Glasgow, UK, 25-28 April 2022.
Msoka, E., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Serventi, F., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2021) Understandings and Responses to Joint Pain: A Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Northern Tanzania. 3rd National Non-Communicable Diseases Scientific Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, 11 12 Nov 2021.
Research datasets
2022
Tamarozzi, F., Kibona, T., De Glanville, W., Mappi, T., Adonikamu, E., Salewi, A., Misso, K., Maro, V., Casulli, A., Santoro, A., Santolamazza, F., MMBAGA, B. T. and Cleaveland, S. (2022) Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Masaai livestock-keeping communities. [Data Collection]
Yongolo, N., Halliday, J. , Bunn, C. , Mtesha, B., Kelly, C., Krauth, S. , Mwingwa, A., Biswaro, S., Siebert, S. , Kipengele, A., Walker, R., McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2022) Estimating prevalence and predictors of musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania – A pilot study. [Data Collection]
Dennis, T., Mable, B. , Brunelle, B., Devault, A., Carter, R., Ling, C., MMBAGA, B. T., Halliday, J. , Oravcova, K. and Forde, T. (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for difficult-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. [Data Collection]
2021
Forde, T. , Dennis, T., Aminu, R. O., Harvey, W., Hassim, A., Kiwelu, I., Medvecky, M., Mshanga, D., Van Heerden, H., Vogel, A., Zadoks, R. , MMBAGA, B. T., Lembo, T. and Biek, R. (2021) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. [Data Collection]