Dr Saidi Kapiga MD MPH ScD

Reader in Epidemiology and International Health

• Affiliation
• Teaching
• Research
• Publications

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• Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit
• National Institute for Medical Research
• Mwanza
• P.O. Box 11936
• T: +255 (0)28 254 1677
• F: +255 (0)28 250 0019

Saidi Kapiga joined the School in 2007, and is a Reader in Epidemiology and International Health in the Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit. He is also the current Scientific Director of the Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU) and is based fulltime in Mwanza, Tanzania. This is a semi-autonomous Unit established by the School in partnership with the Tanzanian National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR). The mission of MITU is to contribute to improving health through the development and evaluation of interventions against HIV and other health problems by conducting research, including clinical trials, to the highest international standards; to enhance the capacity to carry out such research in Tanzania and the East African region; and to contribute to the translation of research findings into health policy. This Unit is a very good example of North-South collaboration in research capacity development.

Affiliation

• Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Teaching

Saidi is currently involved in teaching students undertaking distance learning courses in epidemiology, public health, infectious diseases and clinical trials.

Research

Saidi is a clinical epidemiologist, whose main research interest is in the epidemiology and control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS. He has conducted research studies to determine the biological and social factors associated with increased risk of HIV/AIDS and other STIs among high-risk groups and in the general population. He has also conducted studies to test the impact of STI control as a strategy for prevention of HIV infection; development and testing of new female-controlled HIV/STI prevention methods, including the efficacy of candidate microbicide products, among high-risk populations; and studies to determine the distribution of HIV-1 subtypes and immunological and genetic factors that could confer resistance to HIV infection. He conducts his research studies as part of collaborations with institutions in Tanzania - Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) and NIMR Mwanza research centre; and in Burkina Faso - Centre Muraz/Site ANRS and University of Ouagadougou.

• Selected publications

• Commentary: Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: a new global health priority and opportunity.

  Kapiga, S. ;

  Int J Epidemiol, 2011;

• Acyclovir and Transmission of HIV-1 from Persons Infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2

  Celum, C.; Wald, A.; Lingappa, J.R.; Magaret, A.S.; Wang, R.S.; Mugo, N.; Mujugira, A.; Baeten, J.M.; Mullins, J.I.; Hughes, J.P.; Bukusi, E.A.; Cohen, C.R.; Katabira, E.; Ronald, A.; Kiarie, J.; Farquhar, C.; Stewart, G.J.; Makhema, J.; Essex, M.; Were, E.; Fife, K.H.; de Bruyn, G.; Gray, G.E.; McIntyre, J.A.; Manongi, R.; Kapiga, S.; Coetzee, D.; Allen, S.; Inambao, M.; Kayitenkore, K.; Karita, E.; Kanweka, W.; Delany, S.; Rees, H.; Vwalika, B.; Stevens, W.; Campbell, M.S.; Thomas, K.K.; Coombs, R.W.; Morrow, R.; Whittington, W.L.H.; McElrath, M.J.; Barnes, L.; Ridzon, R.; Corey, L.; Partners in Prevention HSV/HIV Transmission Study Team.

  New England Journal of Medicine, 2010; 362(5):427-439

• Alcohol Use Before Sex and HIV Risk: Situational Characteristics of Protected and Unprotected Encounters Among High-Risk African Women

  Fisher, J.C.; Cook, P.A.; Kapiga, S.H.

  Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2010; 37(9):571-578

• HIV prevention research: taking stock and the way forward.

  Hayes, R.; Kapiga, S.; Padian, N.; McCormack, S.; Wasserheit, J.;

  AIDS, 2010; 24 Suppl 4:S81-92

• Risk Factors of Alcohol Problem Drinking Among Female Bar/Hotel Workers in Moshi, Tanzania: A Multi-level Analysis.

  Ao, T.T.; Sam, N.; Kiwelu, I.; Mahal, A.; Subramanian, S.V.; Wyshak, G.; Kapiga, S.;

  AIDS Behav, 2010;

• Risk Factors for Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women in South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia: Results From HPTN 055 Study.

  Kapiga, S.; Kelly, C.; Weiss, S.; Daley, T.; Peterson, L.; Leburg, C.; Ramjee, G.;

  Sex Transm Dis, 2009; 36(4):199-206

• The role of herpes simplex virus type 2 and other genital infections in the acquisition of HIV-1 among high-risk women in northern Tanzania

  Kapiga, S.H.; Sam, N.E.; Bang, H.; Ni, Q.; Ao, T.T.; Kiwelu, I.; Chiduo, S.; Ndibe, U.; Seage, G., 3rd; Coplan, P.; Shao, J.; Rosenberg, Z.F.; Essex, M.

  Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2007; 195(9):1260-9

• A randomized trial of multivitamin supplements and HIV disease progression and mortality

  Fawzi, W.W.; Msamanga, G.I.; Spiegelman, D.; Wei, R.; Kapiga, S.; Villamor, E.; Mwakagile, D.; Mugusi, F.; Hertzmark, E.; Essex, M.; Hunter, D.J.

  New England Journal of Medicine, 2004; 351(1):23-32

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