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Call Career Development Fellowship (CDF)
Programme EDCTP2
Start Date 2019-07-01
End Date 2023-12-31
Project Code TMA2017CDF-1876
Status Active

Title

Evaluation of Pharmacokinetics and Safety/Tolerability of Higher Doses of Rifampicin in Children with Newly Diagnosed, Uncomplicated Tuberculosis

Host Organisation

Institution Country
Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI) Tanzania, United Republic of

Current Organisation

Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute

Current Job Title

Head-Clinical Trial Unit

Awards

2017 Carrier Development Fellowship
2018 Carrier Development Award-THRIVE consortium
2021 RSTMH small grant award

Students Supervised

Type Name Title University Start Date End Date
PhD Arnold Ndaro Mr Radboud University 2019 2024
Master Hamidu Rajabu Mr MUHAS-Tanzania 2021 2023
PhD Alexander Mbuya Dr KCMUCo 2021 2025

Memberships

Role Committee/board Start Date End Date
Study conduct TSC 2019 2023
Pharmacist Pharmacy Council 2003

Education

Institution Degree Year
University of Dar es salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of BPharm 1995-12-03
KCMCUo, Tanzania, United Republic of MPH 2006-11-06
Radboud University, Netherlands PhD 2014-04-26

Areas Of Specialisation

Tuberculosis (TB)

Grants

Publications

Projects

Fellow:
Hadija Hamisi Semvua
Collaborators:
Name Country Institution
Hadija Semvua Tanzania, United Republic of KCMUCo
Objectives:
To assess the pharmacokinetic safety/tolerability of high dose rifampicin in children aged 1-14 year with tuberculosis
Sites:
KCMC, HYDOM, HURUMA HOSPITAL
Study Design:
Phase 2 A dose ranging study
Subjects:
Children aged 2-14 years
Outcomes:
safety and efficacy achieved compared to the adult study
Start Date:
2019-07-01
End Date:
2023-12-31

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