Browsing by Author "Fawzi, Wafaie"
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Anaemia, prenatal iron use, and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis
Haider, Batool A; Olofin, Ibironke; Wang, Molin; Spiegelman, Donna; Ezzati, Majid; Fawzi, Wafaie W (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2013)Objectives: To summarise evidence on the associations of maternal anaemia and prenatal iron use with maternal haematological and adverse pregnancy outcomes; and to evaluate potential exposure-response relations of dose of ... -
Anemia and Growth Failure Among HIV-Infected Children in India: a Retrospective Analysis
Shet, Anita; Mehta, Saurabh; Rajagopalan, Nirmala; Dinakar, Chitra; Ramesh, Elango; Samuel, NM; Indumathi, CK; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; Kurpad, Anura V (BioMed Central, 2009)Background: Anemia and poor nutrition have been previously described as independent risk factors for death among HIV-infected children. We sought to describe nutritional status, anemia burden and HIV disease correlates ... -
Anemia at the Initiation of Tuberculosis Therapy Is Associated with Delayed Sputum Conversion among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Nagu, Tumaini J.; Spiegelman, Donna; Hertzmark, Ellen; Aboud, Said; Makani, Julie; Matee, Mecky I.; Fawzi, Wafaie; Mugusi, Ferdinand (Public Library of Science, 2014)Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis and anemia are both prevalent in Tanzania. There is limited and inconsistent literature on the association between anemia and sputum conversion following tuberculosis treatment. Methods: ... -
Angiogenic and inflammatory biomarkers in midpregnancy and small-for-gestational-age outcomes in Tanzania
Darling, Anne Marie; McDonald, Chloe; Conroy, Andrea L.; Hayford, Kyla T.; Liles, W. Conrad; Wang, Molin; Aboud, Said; Urassa, Willy S.; Kain, Kevin C.; Fawzi, Wafaie W. (Elsevier BV, 2014)OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between a panel of angiogenic and inflammatory biomarkers measured in mid-pregnancy and small-for-gestational age (SGA) outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. STUDY DESIGN Concentrations ... -
Angiogenic Proteins, Placental Weight and Perinatal Outcomes Among Pregnant Women in Tanzania
McDonald, Chloe; Darling, Anne Marie; Liu, Enju; Tran, Vanessa; Cabrera, Ana; Aboud, Said; Urassa, Willy; Kain, Kevin C.; Fawzi, Wafaie W. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016)Introduction Placental vascular development, and ultimately placental weight, is essential to healthy fetal development. Here, we examined placental weight in a cohort of Tanzanian women in association with angiogenic ... -
Association between Breast Milk Erythropoietin and Reduced Risk of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission of HIV
Arsenault, Joanne E.; Webb, Aimee L.; Koulinska, Irene N.; Aboud, Said; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; Villamor, Eduardo (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010)We examined the prospective associations between breast milk concentrations of erythropoietin, a factor with trophic effects on infant gut epithelia, and risk of MTCT through breastfeeding in a study of 59 MTCT cases and ... -
Association between intimate partner violence and poor child growth: results from 42 demographic and health surveys
Chai, Jeanne; Fink, Günther; Kaaya, Sylvia; Danaei, Goodarz; Fawzi, Wafaie; Ezzati, Majid; Lienert, Jeffrey; Smith Fawzi, Mary C (World Health Organization, 2016)Abstract Objective: To determine the impact of intimate partner violence against women on children’s growth and nutritional status in low- and middle-income countries. Methods: We pooled records from 42 demographic and ... -
The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis
Kozuki, Naoko; Lee, Anne CC; Silveira, Mariangela F; Sania, Ayesha; Vogel, Joshua P; Adair, Linda; Barros, Fernando; Caulfield, Laura E; Christian, Parul; Fawzi, Wafaie; Humphrey, Jean; Huybregts, Lieven; Mongkolchati, Aroonsri; Ntozini, Robert; Osrin, David; Roberfroid, Dominique; Tielsch, James; Vaidya, Anjana; Black, Robert E; Katz, Joanne (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Previous studies have reported on adverse neonatal outcomes associated with parity and maternal age. Many of these studies have relied on cross-sectional data, from which drawing causal inference is complex. ... -
Associations of Suboptimal Growth with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Children under Five Years: A Pooled Analysis of Ten Prospective Studies
Olofin, Ibironke; McDonald, Christine M.; Ezzati, Majid; Flaxman, Seth; Black, Robert E.; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; Caulfield, Laura E.; Danaei, Goodarz (Public Library of Science, 2013)Background: Child undernutrition affects millions of children globally. We investigated associations between suboptimal growth and mortality by pooling large studies. Methods: Pooled analysis involving children 1 week to ... -
Burden of severe maternal morbidity and association with adverse birth outcomes in sub–Saharan Africa and south Asia: protocol for a prospective cohort study.
Fawzi, Wafaie W. (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2016)OBJECTIVES: The AMANHI morbidity study aims to quantify and describe severe maternal morbidities and assess their associations with adverse maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes in predominantly rural areas of nine sites ... -
C-reactive protein independently predicts HIV-related outcomes among women and children in a resource-poor setting
Drain, Paul K; Kupka, Roland; Msamanga, Gernard I; Urassa, Willy; Mugusi, Ferdinand; Fawzi, Wafaie W. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2007)Objective To evaluate C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory marker, as a predictor of HIV-related outcomes among women and children in a resource-poor setting. Design We measured serum CRP concentration among ... -
Changing patterns of social inequalities in anaemia among women in India: cross-sectional study using nationally representative data
Balarajan, Yarlini S; Fawzi, Wafaie W; Subramanian, S V (BMJ Group, 2013)Objectives: To examine the patterns of social inequalities in anaemia over time among women of reproductive age in India. Design: Repeated cross-sectional study using nationally representative data from the 1998/1999 and ... -
Community Health Workers to Improve Antenatal Care and PMTCT Uptake in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Quantitative Performance Evaluation
Lema, Irene A.; Sando, David; Magesa, Lucy; Machumi, Lameck; Mungure, Esther; Mwanyika Sando, Mary; Geldsetzer, Pascal; Foster, Dawn; Kajoka, Deborah; Naburi, Helga; Ekström, Anna M.; Spiegelman, Donna; Li, Nan; Chalamilla, Guerino; Fawzi, Wafaie; Bärnighausen, Till (JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2014)Background: Home visits by community health workers (CHW) could be effective in identifying pregnant women in the community before they have presented to the health system. CHW could thus improve the uptake of antenatal ... -
Depression at antiretroviral therapy initiation and clinical outcomes among a cohort of Tanzanian women living with HIV
Sudfeld, Christopher Robert; Kaaya, Sylvia; Gunaratna, Nilupa S.; Mugusi, Fedinand; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; Aboud, Said; Smith Fawzi, Mary C. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017)OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to assess the relationship of depression at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation with mortality and clinical outcomes among Tanzanian women living with HIV. DESIGN: We ... -
Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Predict Sustained Quality of Life Deficits in HIV-Positive Ugandan Adults Despite Antiretroviral Therapy
Ezeamama, Amara E; Woolfork, Makhabele N; Guwatudde, David; Bagenda, Danstan; Manabe, Yukari C; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; Smith Fawzi, Mary C (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016)The impact of psychosocial status at onset of antiretroviral therapy on changes in quality of life (QOL) and subjectively rated health (SRH) among adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in resource-limited ... -
Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Predict Sustained Quality of Life Deficits in HIV-Positive Ugandan Adults Despite Antiretroviral Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study
Ezeamama, Amara E; Woolfork, Makhabele N; Guwatudde, David; Bagenda, Danstan; Manabe, Yukari C; Fawzi, Wafaie W; Smith Fawzi, Mary C (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2016)Abstract The impact of psychosocial status at onset of antiretroviral therapy on changes in quality of life (QOL) and subjectively rated health (SRH) among adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in ... -
Determinants of Anemia in Postpartum HIV-Negative Women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Petraro, Paul; Duggan, Christopher Paul; Urassa, Willy; Msamanga, Gernard; Makubi, Abel; Spiegelman, Donna Lynn; Fawzi, Wafaie W. (Nature Publishing Group, 2013)Objective: The determinants of anemia during both pregnancy and postpartum recovery remain incompletely understood in sub-Saharan African women. Subjects/methods: In a prospective cohort study among pregnant women, we ... -
Development and validation of an early childhood development scale for use in low-resourced settings
McCoy, Dana Charles; Sudfeld, Christopher Robert; Bellinger, David C; Muhihi, Alfa; Ashery, Geofrey; Weary, Taylor Evans; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; Fink, Gunther (Springer Nature, 2017)Background:Low-cost, cross-culturally comparable measures of the motor, cognitive, and socioemotional skills of children under 3 years remain scarce. In the present paper, we aim to develop a new caregiver-reported early ... -
Do countries rely on the World Health Organization for translating research findings into clinical guidelines? A case study
Noor, Ramadhani A.; Geldsetzer, Pascal; Bärnighausen, Till; Fawzi, Wafaie (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) antiretroviral therapy (ART) guidelines have generally been adopted rapidly and with high fidelity by countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Thus far, however, WHO has not published ... -
Dyslipidemia in an HIV-Positive Antiretroviral Treatment-Naive Population in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Armstrong, Catharina; Liu, Enju; Okuma, James; Spiegelman, Donna Lynn; Guerino, Chalamilla; Njelekela, Marina Alois; Grinspoon, Steven Kyle; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; Hawkins, Claudia (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2011)Limited data are available on dyslipidemia in HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings (RLS). We performed a cross-sectional analysis in ART-naïve, non-fasting HIV-infected patients in Tanzania between November ...