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Mary Mwanyika

About Mary Mwanyika
I am a Tanzanian female Medical Doctor who I was born in October 28th 1977 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in a family of four siblings, my sister and two brothers. I am married with one daughter. I did all my schooling in Dar es Salaam and graduated from Muhimbili University of College of Health Sciences (MUCHS) in Dec 2004. After completing my internship in 2005, I worked as a physician for 18 months in an HIV/AIDS clinic under the Dar es Salaam Archdioces
where I saw up to 70 patients per day. Two years ago I joined the HIV/AIDS Collaborative project by Muhimbili University, Dar es Salaam City Council and Harvard School of Public Health (MDH) where I have been working as the Medical Monitor. MDH aims to provide universal access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment for all in Dar es Salaam. My main responsibilities include providing technical support to about 120 program physicians in 22 sites, coordinating all clinical activities as well as identifying gaps in and facilitating in various trainings.

I am also the Medical Monitor for an NIH funded Trial of Vitamins (TOV3) Study that operates within seven of the MDH program supported clinics. I am a member and the current Publicity Secretary for the Medical Women Association of Tanzania (MEWATA).Our mission is to advocate for and facilitate the provision of quality health services among women, youth and children, through existing social systems and capacity building among health professionals.

Role(s) / Profession(s)

Physician

Organization

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences - MUHAS
Website: http://www.muchs.ac.tz/ Type: Medical Institution Country: Tanzania, United Republic of About: The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) is a successor to the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS), which was a constituent College of the University of Dar es Salaam. MUCHS was established by an Act of Parliament, Act No 9 of 1991, when the then Faculty of Medicine was upgraded to a College. The Faculty of Medicine originated from the Dar es Salaam School of Medicine, which was established in 1963 by the Ministry of Health with the primary aim of training clinical health staff. In 1968, the Dar es Salaam School of Medicine was upgraded to a Faculty of Medicine of the Dar es Salaam University College of the University of East Africa. In 1976 the Faculty of Medicine was incorporated into Muhimbili Hospital to form the Muhimbili Medical Centre (MMC).

Work Location(s)

Tanzania, United Republic of

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Adherence & Retention

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Mary Mwanyika replied to "Linking pregnant women with HIV to HIV services in Tanzania" in the Adherence & Retention community.

Thanks you all for your responces Yes there is a challeneg for the HIV positive pregnant women to keep appointments also after delivery, but we are trying to use thclinic appointments for the baby's vaccination visits to also see the mother, and also sreen the baby for DNA PCR. We have also initiated keeping the postnata women at the ANCs for up to six months after delivery unless her baby turns out to be HIV ...
Mary Mwanyika replied to "Linking pregnant women with HIV to HIV services in Tanzania" in the Adherence & Retention community.

Hi Michael, The fact that the women and other people are moving back to their homeland poses a great challenge to follow ups as well as timely provision of interventions 4 pmtct as you have mentioned. I would think that even though you anticipate things to go back to normal over time but I think you can still do something during this transition like designing simple referral forms which can be given to the women ...

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