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Prof Saidi Kapiga

Professor of Epidemiology & Intl. Health

Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit
Isamilo Road
11936 Mwanza
Tanzania

Tel.
+44(0)2079272676
Saidi Kapiga joined the School in 2007, and is a clinical epidemiologist. Prior to coming to the School, he was an Associate Professor of Reproductive Health at Harvard School of Public Health, MA, USA. Saidi is currently based fulltime in Mwanza, Tanzania where he is the Scientific Director of the Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU), the Unit established by the School in partnership with the Tanzanian National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR). Saidi is a member of several research and capacity development programmes in East Africa, including the Wellcome Trust funded THRiVE to Research Excellence consortium, and the Lake Victoria Consortium for Health Research that aims to improve the health of populations in fishing communities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre for Evaluation
Vaccine Centre

Teaching

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

Research

Saidi Kapiga has more than 30 years public health research experience, with particular interests on investigating the individual risk factors and underlying structural factors associated with HIV and other health problems in Africa, and evaluation of public health interventions in a range of populations. Currently, he is involved in a range of studies conducted in Mwanza city, including a clinical trial to assess the impact of a social-worker intervention on reducing post-hospital mortality among HIV patients; observational studies to determine the incidence and determinants of hypertension among HIV-infected and uninfected adults and adolescents and young people; and in a study to develop and evaluate an intervention programme to screen and treat or refer adolescents aged 10-19 years for a range of common conditions using routine health check-ups. Saidi is also a Co-Principal Investigator of the MRC-funded study to investigate substance use disorders among men in urban and rural communities in South Africa.
Research Area
Adolescent health
Alcohol
Clinical trials
Complex interventions
Disease control
Global Health
Sexual and reproductive health
Substance use
Violence
Epidemiology
Medicine
Disease and Health Conditions
HIV/AIDS
Non-communicable diseases
Infectious diseases
Cardiovascular diseases
Sexually transmitted infections
Country
South Africa
Tanzania
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Unmet menstrual needs and psychosocial well-being among schoolgirls in Northern Tanzania: baseline results from the PASS MHW study.
Okello, ES; AYIEKO, P; Rubli, J; TORONDEL, B; GRECO, G; Mcharo, O; Luwayi, JR; Keya, SS; THOMAS, K; Renju, J; KAPIGA, S; Tanton, C;
2024
BMC women's health
Healthy lifestyle factors and male perpetration of intimate partner violence: a cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Jacob, AE; Mshana, G; Mosha, N; Hashim, R; Sichalwe, S; Malibwa, D; KAPIGA, S; AYIEKO, P; Stöckl, H;
2024
Global health action
Exposure to toxic chemical elements among people living with HIV/AIDS in Northern Tanzania.
Nyanza, EC; KAPIGA, SH; Nsanya, MK; Willkens, M; Cichowitz, C; Peck, RN;
2024
Environmental research
Adolescent health and well-being check-up programme in three African cities (Y-Check): protocol for a multimethod, prospective, hybrid implementation-effectiveness study.
Banati, P; Ross, DA; Weobong, B; KAPIGA, S; WEISS, HA; Baltag, V; NZVERE, F; Glozah, F; Nsanya, MK; GRECO, G; FERRAND, R; DOYLE, AM; Y-Check Research Programme Team,;
2024
BMJ open
The Association Between Depression, Suicidal Thoughts and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Young Men in Mwanza, Tanzania
Aloyce, D; Stöckl, H; MOSHA, N; Malibwa, D; Sichalwe, S; Hashim, R; AYIEKO, P; KAPIGA, S; Mshana, G;
2024
Journal of Family Violence
Exposure to pornographic material and perpetration of intimate partner violence among young men in Mwanza Tanzania
Aloyce, D; Stöckl, H; MOSHA, N; Malibwa, D; Sichalwe, S; Hashim, R; AYIEKO, P; KAPIGA, S; Mshana, G;
2024
Journal of Public Health
Linkage Case Management and Posthospitalization Outcomes in People With HIV: The Daraja Randomized Clinical Trial.
Peck, RN; Issarow, B; KISIGO, GA; Kabakama, S; Okello, E; Rutachunzibwa, T; Willkens, M; Deogratias, D; Hashim, R; GROSSKURTH, H; Fitzgerald, DW; AYIEKO, P; Lee, MH; Murphy, SM; Metsch, LR; KAPIGA, S;
2024
JAMA
Comparing one dose of HPV vaccine in girls aged 9-14 years in Tanzania (DoRIS) with one dose in young women aged 15-20 years in Kenya (KEN SHE): an immunobridging analysis of randomised controlled trials.
BAISLEY, K; Kemp, TJ; Mugo, NR; Whitworth, H; Onono, MA; Njoroge, B; Indangasi, J; Bukusi, EA; Prabhu, PR; Mutani, P; Galloway, DA; Mwanzalime, D; KAPIGA, S; Lacey, CJ; HAYES, RJ; Changalucha, J; Pinto, LA; Barnabas, RV; WATSON-JONES, D;
2024
The Lancet. Global health
Epidemiology of alcohol use and alcohol use disorders among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Northwest Tanzania: implications for ART adherence and case management.
AYIEKO, P; Kisanga, E; Mshana, G; Nkosi, S; HANSEN, CH; Parry, CD H; WEISS, HA; GROSSKURTH, H; HAYES, RJ; Morojele, NK; KAPIGA, S;
2024
AIDS care
Finding women in fishing communities around Lake Victoria: "Feasibility and acceptability of using phones and tracking devices".
Nanyonjo, G; Kwena, Z; Nakamanya, S; Okello, E; Oketch, B; BAHEMUKA, UM; Ssetaala, A; Okech, B; Price, MA; KAPIGA, S; Fast, P; Bukusi, E; SEELEY, J; LVCHR study team,;
2024
PLoS ONE
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