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Informed consent as stipulated in regulatory human research guidelines requires volunteers to be well-informed about what will happen to them in a trial. However, researchers may be faced with the challenge of...
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Open AccessResidential and inpatient treatment of substance use disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: a sco** review
With substance use rates increasing in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), an understanding of the accessibility and effectiveness of rehabilitative services for people who use alcohol and other drugs (AOD) is critical ...
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Open AccessA controlled pilot intervention on community violence prevention, financial and social capital generation in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Community violence has been found to be highly prevalent in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Increasing socioeconomic inequality has been outlined as one of the main causes of community violence. This controlled pilot...
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Open AccessEntrepreneurship, beekee**, and health training to decrease community violence in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a pilot study for an intervention trial
High unemployment rates and limited access to resources, services, and economic opportunities are associated with many types of violence. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, most violence is experienced by unemployed,...
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Open AccessMental health care and delivery system at Temeke hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Low and middle income countries face many challenges in meeting mental health needs in their regions. Treatment of patients with mental disorders is inadequate in most of these countries and majority of indivi...
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Open AccessMedication challenges for patients with severe mental illness: experience and views of patients, caregivers and mental health care workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Management of patients with mental disorders is inadequate in the majority of low and middle income countries. The main treatment modality for patients with severe mental disorders in these countries is mainly...
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Open AccessThe psychosocial problems of families caring for relatives with mental illnesses and their co** strategies: a qualitative urban based study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Mental illness may cause a variety of psychosocial problems such as decreased quality of life of the patient’s family members as well as increased social distance for the patient and the family caring for the ...
