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Dr. Agapiti H. Chuwa

Agapiti Hipoliti Chuwa

Lecturer

University of Dar es Salaam-Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences

Biography

Dr. Agapiti H. Chuwa is a Lecturer in Medical Physiology at the University of Dar es Salaam-Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences. A medical doctor and specialist, he received his M.D. from the Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Russia, and a Master of Medical Sciences in Clinical Oncology from the University of Central Nicaragua. He completed his Ph.D. in Reproductive Medicine at the University of Tokyo, Japan in 2018 through a merit scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Education of Japan (MEXT). Dr. Chuwa is also pursuing an MSc in Physiology at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.

 

Dr. Chuwa has worked as a medical doctor in Tanzania at Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital, Kilema Designated District Hospital and Usangi District Hospital. He was instrumental in establishing the Good Samaritan Cancer Hospital in Ifakara, Morogoro, and served as its first Director of Medical Services until August, 2020. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed international journals and continues to contribute to medical research and education.

Research Interest

Reproductive physiology

Gynaecological cancers

Cardiometabolic disorders

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Chuwa, A. H., & Mvunta, D. H. (2024). Prognostic and clinicopathological significance of survivin in gynecological cancer. Oncology reviews, 18, 1444008. https://doi.org/10.3389/or.2024.1444008. 

 

Chuwa, A. H., Sone, K., Oda, K., Ikeda, Y., Fukuda, T., Wada-Hiraike, O., Inaba, K., Makii, C., Takeuchi, M., Oki, S., Miyasaka, A., Kashiyama, T., Arimoto, T., Kuramoto, H., Kawana, K., Yano, T., Osuga, Y., & Fujii, T. (2016). Significance of survivin as a prognostic factor and a therapeutic target in endometrial cancer. Gynecologic oncology, 141(3), 564–569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.04.003. 

Chuwa, A. (2023). Efficacy of central-shielding external beam radiotherapy for FIGO stage IB2 carcinoma of the cervix: A case report. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(1), 692–696. https://doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v25i1. 

Mrema, A., Kiwia, P. H., Shaban, S. J., Mohamed, A. Z., Abdallah, L. R., Kiaratu, R., Mahoyogo, J., Chuwa, A., & Mvunta, D. H. (2024). A Case of Metastatic Vulvar Choriocarcinoma Misdiagnosed as Vulvar Abscess: A Case Report. Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology, 2024, 9918452. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9918452 

 

Chuwa, A. H., Sone, K., Oda, K., Tanikawa, M., Kukita, A., Kojima, M., Oki, S., Fukuda, T., Takeuchi, M., Miyasaka, A., Kashiyama, T., Ikeda, Y., Nagasaka, K., Mori-Uchino, M., Matsumoto, Y., Wada-Hiraike, O., Kuramoto, H., Kawana, K., Osuga, Y., & Fujii, T. (2018). Kaempferol, a natural dietary flavonoid, suppresses 17β-estradiol-induced survivin expression and causes apoptotic cell death in endometrial cancer. Oncology letters, 16(5), 6195–6201. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9340 

 

Chuwa A. H. (2023). Huge solitary gallstone complicated with liver cirrhosis in a middle-aged woman: case report. Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 85 (9), 4539–4542. https://doi.org/10.1097/MS9.0000000000000296 

Takeuchi, M., Tanikawa, M., Nagasaka, K., Oda, K., Kawata, Y., Oki, S., Agapiti, C., Sone, K., Miyagawa, Y., Hiraike, H., Wada-Hiraike, O., Kuramoto, H., Ayabe, T., Osuga, Y., & Fujii, T. (2019). Anti-Tumor Effect of Inhibition of DNA Damage Response Proteins, ATM and ATR, in Endometrial Cancer Cells. Cancers, 11(12), 1913. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers11121913. 

Chuwa, A., & Christopher, J. (2025). Use of family planning services and fertility transition in Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 26(1), 1870–1878. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/271893.