Ministry of Health Zanzibar (MOHZ), Tanzania

Building resilience to climate-sensitive mosquito-borne viral diseases: preventing hospital-acquired infections and their epidemic spread through integrated mosquito control and sentinel surveillance in Zanzibar hospitals

Research project Hospitals can be hotspots for the initiation and spread of infectious disease outbreaks. However, in tropical areas more research is needed to identify and pilot sustainable interventions to minimize the risk of hospital-transmission and epidemic spr ... First year report Objectives The project has suffered considerable delays due to unforeseen changes to the selected study sites. This includes demolition of existing hospital structures end of 2022. Changes to the hospital management system is al ...
Period: 2022-04-1 to 2027-03-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), Tanzania Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), Tanzania Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri (PHL-IdC), Tanzania Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Tanzania Ministry of Health Zanzibar (MOHZ), Tanzania SACIDS Foundation for One Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK), Denmark Project code: 21-05-KU Total grant: 11,999,216 DKK
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Environmental sustainability of hotels on Zanzibar

Research project Tourism is one of world’s largest economic sectors, generating 9.8% of global GDP and 284 million jobs to the global economy in 2015. However, the sector has also been criticized for operating in an unsustainable manner, impacting natural resources a ... Midterm Report The EnSuZa project set out to investigate Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) practices of hotel-generated solid waste with a view to identify and assess innovative solutions for solid waste management in selected hotel ...
Period: 2018-03-1 to 2025-02-28 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark Ministry of Health Zanzibar (MOHZ), Tanzania State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), Tanzania Project code: 17-04-KU Total grant: 9,996,580 DKK
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Predicting the next epidemic: DHIS2-based risk modeling

Research project Unexpected onset of large-scale epidemics caused by climate-sensitive vector-borne diseases (VBDs) present a growing risk to human health and societal stability throughout the world. The situation is especially critical in LMICs as health systems str ... Midterm report Monthly entomological surveys in 11 sites in Tanga region and 4 sites on Unguja, United Republic of Tanzania have been performed for almost 2 years and will be completed in Nov. and Sept., 2023 respectively. Additionally, human clin ...
Period: 2020-03-1 to 2025-02-28 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), Tanzania Ministry of Health Zanzibar (MOHZ), Tanzania University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania University of Gothenburg, Sweden Joint Malaria Programme (JMP), Tanzania Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC), Tanzania Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania Project code: 19-02-KU Total grant: 11,995,367 DKK
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