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Name
Dr. Jared Sylivester Bakuza

Academic Rank
Senior Lecturer

Department
Biological Sciences

Biography

Biography

Dr. Jared Sylivester Bakuza is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Faculty of Science. He completed his Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow, UK focusing on ecology of Schistosoma mansoni. He also holds BSc. in Zoology and Wildlife Ecology and MSc. in Applied Zoology (Parasitology) both from the University of Dar es Salaam.  Dr. Bakuza specializes in biological and biomedical sciences and his teaching areas include chordate and invertebrate zoology, entomology & parasitology and vector and pest management. He has researched and published on water-bone and vector-borne parasitic infections including neglected tropical diseases as well as assessment of impact of sanitation and hygienic practices on environmental microbial contamination. 

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jared.bakuza@duce.ac.tz

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Research Interest

Research Interest
Epidemiological investigations of neglected tropical diseases and zoonoses, disease diagnosis, biological threats management, climate change and disease transmission.

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Projects

Projects

  1. Grant from Protestant Agency for Diakonie and Development for Bread for the World (Churches Helping Churches) of Berlin Germany for a project entitled Sanitation and hygiene project for communities in Tanzania. June 2023- May 2024. Value: 7,500 Euros. 

  2. UDSM’s Competitive Research Grants-2020/2021 for a study on Assessing and modelling the Quality of Handwashing Water and Sanitizers Used for COVID-19 Prevention in Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Zanzibar”. Dec. 2020-Nov. 2021 Value: US$ 12,937.00

  3. UDSM’s Competitive Research Grants-2019/2020 for research on Impact of Sanitation and Hygienic Practices on Vegetable Parasite Load in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nov. 2019-Oct. 2020. Value: US$ 12,860.00

  4. DUCE’s Competitive Research Grants-2019/2020 for research on A Survey of Intestinal and Urinary Parasites among University Students at Dar es Salaam University College of Education, Nov. 2019 -Oct. 2020. Value: US$ 5,910.00

  5. The Kushlan Research Award for a study Impact of the Feeding Habits of the African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) on Schistosome-transmitting snails in four water-logged sites in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania: Oct. 2016-Sept. 2017. Value: US$ 7,000.00.

  6. WHO/TDR Short-term training grant for research capacity strengthening and knowledge management to study Geospatial analysis of infections patterns of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in southern Tanzania. Oct. 2015-Sept. 2016. Value: US$ 50,000.00

  7. Tanzania Partnership Programme for Sustainable Development (TPP) grant-Infection status of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Milola Ward, Lindi Tanzania: Aug. 2014-July 2015. Value: US$ 4,000.00

Publications

Publications

  1. Rajab SK & Bakuza JS. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Schistosomiasis in Pujini Shehia, Pemba Island, Tanzania: A Blueprint for Planning Community-based Interventions. East Afr Health Res. J. 2023;8(1):1-12. https://doi.org/10.24248/ eahrj.v8i1.Z. 

  2. Fulgence, M., Mustafa, U. & Bakuza, J.S. Prevalence and Burden of Gastrointestinal Parasites among University Students at Dar es Salaam University College of Education, Tanzania, Tanz. J. Sci., Vol 49, No 2 (2023) 

  3. Yohana, C., Bakuza, J.S., Kinung’hi, S.M. et al. The trend of schistosomiasis related bladder cancer in the lake zone, Tanzania: a retrospective review over 10 years period. Infect Agents Cancer 18, 10 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13027-023-00491-1.

  4. Yohana, C., M. Kinung’hi , S.M., Nyundo, B.A., Rambau, P.F. and Bakuza, J.S. (2022). Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Urinary Schistosomiasis-Related Morbidity among Communities in Itilima District, Tanzania. Vol 48, No 4 (875-885).DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjs.v48i4.14

  5. Haji M. & Bakuza, J. S. (2022). Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Rondo Dwarf Galago in Coastal Forests, Tanzania. Environmental Management. doi: 10.1007/s00267-022-01605-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35195785 

  6. Peterson J.K., Bakuza J., Standley C.J. (2020). One Health and Neglected Tropical Diseases-Multisectoral Solutions to Endemic Challenges. Trop Med Infect Dis.;6(1):4. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed6010004. PMID: 33383621; PMCID: PMC7838914.

  7. Wolf, T. M., Deere, R. J., Lonsdorf, E. V., Collins, D. A., Gillespie, R. T., Terio, T., Murray, C. M., Mjungu, D., Kamenya, S., Mwacha, D., Raphael, J., Lipende, I., Bakuza J. et al. (2020). Forming, Storming and Norming Your Way into One Health: The Gombe Case Study. In Knauf S. & Jones-Engel, L. (Eds). Neglected Diseases in Monkeys, From the Monkey-Human Interface to One Health, pp. 373-382. © Springer Nature Switzerland.

  8. Bakuza, J. S. (2020). Epidemiological Significance of Parasitic Infections in Olive Baboons (Papio anubis) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, Vol 46 (1): 137-150.

  9. Bakuza J. (2018). Demographic factors driving infection of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases in Milola Ward Lindi District, Tanzania: A useful guide for launching intervention programmes. The East African Health Research Journal, Vol. 2 (2): 156-167.

  10. Bakuza J. (2018). Distribution Patterns of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, Vol. 44 (1): 134-144.

  11. Bakuza J., Denwood M. J., Nkwengulila G., Mable B. K. (2017). Estimating the prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infection among rural communities in Western Tanzania: The influence of sampling strategy and statistical approach. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11(9): e0005937. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005937.

  12. Bakuza J. (2017). Gillespie, R., Nkwengulila, G.; Adam, A.; Kilbride, E., and Mable, B. Assessing S. mansoni prevalence in Biomphalaria snails in the Gombe region of Western Tanzania: the importance of DNA sequence data for clarifying species identification. Parasites & Vectors, 10:584. https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/*

  13. Mtethiwa A. H., Nkwengulila G., Bakuza J., Sikawa D.and Kazembe, A (2015). Extent of morbidity associated with schistosomiasis infection in Malawi: a review paper. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 4;4:25. doi: 10.1186/s40249-015-0053-1. eCollection.

  14. Mtethiwa, A. H.N, Bakuza J. and Nkwengulila G. (2015). Prevalence and Intensity of Schistosomiasis in Communities around Water Reservoirs in Malawi. Journal of Tropical Diseases. 4:1 http://dx.doi.org/10.4183/2329-891X.100018.*

  15. Bakuza, J. and Nkwengulila, G. (2009). Variation over Time in Parasite Prevalence Among Free-ranging Chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology, 30 (1): 43-53.

  16. Gilespie, R. T. and Bakuza J. (2017). Trematodes of Primates. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Fuentes, A. (Ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Volume 1, P. 1–2. DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0445. ISBN: 978-0-470-67337-9.