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  1. High sero-prevalence of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Temeke municipal health facilities, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cross sectional study

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr Mtebe Venance Majigo

  2. Diagnostic delay and associated factors among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Article • Infectious Diseases of Poverty, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  3. Prevalence and clinical relevance of helminth co-infections among tuberculosis patients in urban Tanzania

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2017, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  4. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Tommi Vasankari, Melkamu Merid Mengesha , Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  5. Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  6. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Andrew T. Olagunju, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Dr/ Adj Prof Vijay Kumar Chattu

  7. Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  8. Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  9. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya

  10. Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Zahid A Butt, Professor David M. Pereira, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  11. Correction to Lancet HIV 2016; 3: e361–87

    Article • The Lancet HIV, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Professor David M. Pereira, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya

  12. Home-Based and Facility-Based Directly Observed Therapy of Tuberculosis Treatment under Programmatic Conditions in Urban Tanzania

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2016, PLOS

    Lukas Fenner, Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  13. Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Article • The Lancet HIV, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Zahid A Butt, Dr marek majdan, Dr Amador Goodridge, Dr Arindam Basu, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Samer Hamidi, Professor David M. Pereira, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

  14. Managing research and surveillance projects in real-time with a novel open-source e Management tool designed for under-resourced countries

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, February 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Lukas Fenner

  15. Screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in a Tanzanian prison and computer-aided interpretation of chest X-rays

    Article • Public Health Action, December 2015, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  16. 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4

    Article • The Lancet, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Lorenzo Monasta, Professor David M. Pereira, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Nadine Steckling, Dr marek majdan, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Ione Schneider, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya

  17. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Article • The Lancet, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr Lorenzo Monasta, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr marek majdan, prof alberto ortiz , Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Ione Schneider, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya

  18. Evaluation of Giant African Pouched Rats for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients from a High-Endemic Setting

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2015, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  19. Do Instructional Videos on Sputum Submission Result in Increased Tuberculosis Case Detection? A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2015, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Lukas Fenner

  20. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Article • The Lancet, August 2015, Elsevier

    Professor David M. Pereira, Dr Farshad Pourmalek, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr marek majdan, Nadine Steckling, prof alberto ortiz , Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Professor Alina Rodriguez

  21. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by EasyNAT Diagnostic Kit in Sputum Samples from Tanzania

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  22. Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community level services

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira

  23. Global, regional, and national age–sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Article • The Lancet, January 2015, Elsevier

    Mr Heresh Amini, Professor David M. Pereira, Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dr Farshad Pourmalek, Dr marek majdan, prof alberto ortiz , Dr Arindam Basu, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Tommi Vasankari, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Professor ORISH EBERE ORSAKWE

  24. Diagnostic Accuracy of Computer-Aided Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Chest Radiographs: A Validation Study from Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2014, PLOS

    Dr Francis A Mhimbira, Dirk Wagner