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HALIMA M. AMIR

Lecturer, Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education
Education:

Ph.D. in Botany , University of Dar es Salaam, 2022

Teaching:

  • Plant ecology
  • Taxonomy of high plants
  • Plant physiology
  • Anatomy of angiosperms

Research:

Ecology; Ecosystem resilience, Climate change, Ecosystem functioning and services, Biodiversity conservation. Ethno-botany and Ethno-medicine, plant taxonomy and systematics.

Projects:

  1. Screening of phytochemicals, toxicity, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the mostly used plants for treatment of respiratory disorders in Tabora region. Researchers: Halima Mvungi Amir (PI), David Sylvester Kacholi, and Steven Nyandoro (Co-PIs). Amount: 29,999,650.00 TZS (12,850 USD). Duration: 1 year (March 2023 to February 2024). Funding: UDSM the 5th Call for competitive research and innovation grants 2022/20223.
  2. Development of poultry feed from under-utilized food wastes: A strategic step towards value added food wastes and improved public health in Tanzanian Cities. Researchers: James Tano Zacharia (PI), David Sylvester Kacholi, Halima Mvungi Amir, and Rita Alex Lyatuu (Co-PIs). Amount: 100,000,000.00 TZS (42,850 USD). Duration: 1 year (March 2023 to February 2024). Funding: UDSM the 5th Call for competitive research and innovation grants 2022/20223.
  3. Ethnolinguistic and Ethnobotanical Investigation of Medicinal Plants Used by Nyamwezi and Sukuma People in Tanzania: A Case of Treatment of Respiratory Disorders.  Funding: University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Competitive Research and Innovation Grants – 2020 Project Registration Number DUCE-20172 1.1 
  4. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Tabora region, Tanzania. Funding: DUCE Competitive Research and Innovation Grants – 2019. Project Registration Number DUCE-20030
  5. Species composition and carbon sequestration in regenerating Miombo woodland in Tabora region.  Funding:  NORAD through the NORHED project (UGA-13/0019)
  6. Taxonomic study of selected Aloe species of Tanzania and the associated indigenous Knowledge Funding:  World bank through STEP project DUCE-2009

Publications:

  • Kacholi, D.S. and Amir, H.M., 2022. Ethnomedicinal survey of antidiarrheal plants of the Nyamwezi people of Nsenda ward in Urambo District, central western Tanzania. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 24,1-14.
  • Kacholi, D.S. and Amir, H. M., 2022. Herbal remedies used by traditional healers to treat haemorrhoids in Tabora region, Tanzania. Pharmaceutical Biology, 60(1), pp.2182-2188. https://doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2022.2136204
  • Mogha, N.G., Kalokora, O.J., Amir, H.M. and Kacholi, D.S., 2022. Ethnomedicinal plants used for treatment of snakebites in Tanzania–a systematic review. Pharmaceutical Biology, 60(1), pp.1925-1934. https://doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2022.2123942
  • Kacholi, D. S., and Amir, M. H. (2022). "Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by traditional healers in managing Gonorrhoea and Syphilis in Urambo District, Tabora Region, Tanzania." Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants 28(2):179-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/10496475.2022.2035476
  •  Kacholi, D.S. and Amir, H.M, 2021. Plants Used by Nyamwezi Traditional Health Practitioners To Remedy Sexually Transmitted Infections in Sikonge, Tanzania. Journal of Education, Humanities and Sciences, 10 (6): 89–101.
  • Amir, H. M., & Manoko, M. L. (2020). Does the Seedling Emergence Technique Limit the Detection of Seeds of Miombo Species in Miombo Woodlands?.Journal of Education, Humanities & Science (JEHS), 8(2). http://jehs.duce.ac.tz/index.php/jehs/article/view/20