UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
MBEYA COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES (MCHAS)

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BARNABAS MSHANGILA

Lecturer, Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences
Education:

MD, MMed

Teaching:

Ophthalmology

Research:

2018 – 2019: Lead Ophthalmologist in Mbeya for a study titled; Red reflex screening in east Africa: is it practical and effective for early detection of cataract and retinoblastoma? The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of training community nurses on using Arclight and Catcam for red reflex screening

Publications:

  1. Milka M. Mafwiri, Ntsilane S Mosenene, Candida Moshiro, Barnabas Mshangila. Tanzania Medical Journal 2017. Severe visual impairment and blindness among children in Mbarali district, Southern Tanzania. Prevalence and Types. https://tmj.or.tz/index.php/tmj/article/view/V29-M1
  2. Barnabas Mshangila, Musana Paddy, Henry Kajumbula, Charles Ateenyi-Agaba, Binta Kahwa, Jeremiah Seni. BMC Ophthalmology 2013, 13:71 (15 November 2013). External ocular surface bacterial isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among pre-operative cataract patients at Mulago National Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. https://bmcophthalmol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2415-13-71

Conference Presentations                                                                                 

  1. Barnabas Mshangila: Review of Retinoblastoma Services (Oral). Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium Five Year Meeting, London, United Kingdom (2019)
  2. Barnabas Mshangila: Review of Children’s Eye Health situation and Challenges (Oral). Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium Five Year Meeting, London, United Kingdom (2019)