Donat Shamba

1.7k total citations
45 papers, 757 citations indexed

About

Donat Shamba is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donat Shamba has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 757 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 20 papers in General Health Professions and 13 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Donat Shamba's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (25 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (13 papers) and Mental Health and Patient Involvement (10 papers). Donat Shamba is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (25 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (13 papers) and Mental Health and Patient Involvement (10 papers). Donat Shamba collaborates with scholars based in Tanzania, United Kingdom and Uganda. Donat Shamba's co-authors include Fatuma Manzi, Joanna Schellenberg, Suzanne Penfold, Tanya Marchant, Rebecca Nixdorf, Galia S. Moran, Bernd Puschner, Jasmine Kalha, Grace Ryan and Candelaria Mahlke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Donat Shamba

35 papers receiving 732 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donat Shamba Tanzania	15	388	327	177	164	117	45	757
Liliana Carvajal–Aguirre United States	12	190 0.5×	285 0.9×	95 0.5×	110 0.7×	28 0.2×	17	479
Stephanie A. Grilo United States	16	578 1.5×	152 0.5×	177 1.0×	32 0.2×	76 0.6×	39	973
Jessica M. Harwood United States	11	319 0.8×	212 0.6×	138 0.8×	64 0.4×	28 0.2×	20	624
Maria Aparecida Munhóz Gaíva Brazil	16	553 1.4×	395 1.2×	117 0.7×	113 0.7×	17 0.1×	164	954
Anshu Banerjee Switzerland	9	216 0.6×	156 0.5×	89 0.5×	54 0.3×	34 0.3×	29	589
Altamira Pereira da Silva Reichert Brazil	17	483 1.2×	361 1.1×	166 0.9×	76 0.5×	56 0.5×	127	857
Elizabeth Baker United States	18	272 0.7×	207 0.6×	168 0.9×	50 0.3×	28 0.2×	51	892
Renee Schwalberg United States	15	506 1.3×	297 0.9×	285 1.6×	21 0.1×	63 0.5×	23	1.2k
Emmanuel Ngui United States	13	376 1.0×	218 0.7×	292 1.6×	20 0.1×	67 0.6×	36	925
Marie Golsäter Sweden	14	215 0.6×	239 0.7×	177 1.0×	14 0.1×	119 1.0×	64	629

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shamba, Donat, et al.. (2025). Who is at the table and who has the power? Case study analysis of decision-making processes for the Global Financing Facility in Tanzania. Global Health Action. 18(1). 2552531–2552531.

Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza, et al.. (2025). Users’ capabilities related to the electronic RHIS for newborn and stillbirth indicators: quantitative and qualitative findings of the IMPULSE study across 151 sites in the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Journal of Global Health. 15. 4239–4239. 2 indexed citations

Moshi, Fabiola Vincent, et al.. (2025). Prevalence of short inter-birth intervals and associated factors among women of reproductive age: evidence from a nationally representative survey in Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 25(1). 185–185.

Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza, Paolo Declich, Giovanni Putoto, et al.. (2025). Availability and the quality of key newborn data within routine health facility data: findings of the IMPULSE observational study in the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Journal of Global Health. 15. 4359–4359.

Ryan, Grace, Ashleigh Charles, Jasmine Kalha, et al.. (2024). Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 480–480. 4 indexed citations

Kotera, Yasuhiro, Philip A. Wolf, Rebecca Nixdorf, et al.. (2024). Measuring fidelity to manualised peer support for people with severe mental health conditions: development and psychometric evaluation of the UPSIDES fidelity scale. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 675–675.

Nixdorf, Rebecca, Yasuhiro Kotera, Galia S. Moran, et al.. (2024). Development of the UPSIDES global mental health training programme for peer support workers: Perspectives from stakeholders in low, middle and high-income countries. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0298315–e0298315. 3 indexed citations

Ruysen, Harriet, Donat Shamba, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, et al.. (2024). How and why does mode of birth affect processes for routine data collection and use? A qualitative study in Bangladesh and Tanzania. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(12). e0003808–e0003808.

Joshi, Beena, Tanimola M. Akande, Komal Preet Allagh, et al.. (2023). Determining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Availability, Use, and Readiness of Family Planning and Contraceptive Services at Selected Primary Health Care Facilities in Africa and Asia: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e43329–e43329. 1 indexed citations

10.

Msemo, Georgina, Donat Shamba, Kara Palamountain, et al.. (2023). Devices and furniture for small and sick newborn care: systematic development of a planning and costing tool. BMC Pediatrics. 23(S2). 566–566. 2 indexed citations

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Boydell, Victoria, Petrus S. Steyn, Joanna Paula Cordero, et al.. (2023). The role of social accountability in changing service users’ values, attitudes, and interactions with the health services: a pre-post study. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 957–957.

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Charles, Ashleigh, Chris Newby, Candelaria Mahlke, et al.. (2022). Proportionate translation of study materials and measures in a multinational global health trial: methodology development and implementation. BMJ Open. 12(1). e058083–e058083. 8 indexed citations

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Reed, Sarah, Josephine Shabani, Dorothy Boggs, et al.. (2021). Counting on birth registration: mixed-methods research in two EN-BIRTH study hospitals in Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 21(S1). 236–236. 7 indexed citations

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Salim, Nahya, Donat Shamba, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton, et al.. (2021). Birthweight measurement processes and perceived value: qualitative research in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 21(S1). 232–232. 14 indexed citations

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Charles, Ashleigh, Dean M. Thompson, Rebecca Nixdorf, et al.. (2020). Typology of modifications to peer support work for adults with mental health problems: systematic review. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 216(6). 301–307. 20 indexed citations

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Shamba, Donat, Tara Tancred, Claudia Hanson, Juddy Wachira, & Fatuma Manzi. (2019). Delayed illness recognition and multiple referrals: a qualitative study exploring care-seeking trajectories contributing to maternal and newborn illnesses and death in southern Tanzania. BMC Health Services Research. 19(1). 225–225. 10 indexed citations

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Hanson, Claudia, Fatuma Manzi, Kizito Shirima, et al.. (2015). Effectiveness of a Home-Based Counselling Strategy on Neonatal Care and Survival: A Cluster-Randomised Trial in Six Districts of Rural Southern Tanzania. PLoS Medicine. 12(9). e1001881–e1001881. 44 indexed citations

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Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A., Yared Amare, Babatunji A. Omotara, et al.. (2015). “Why not bathe the baby today?”: A qualitative study of thermal care beliefs and practices in four African sites. BMC Pediatrics. 15(1). 156–156. 28 indexed citations

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Shamba, Donat, Joanna Schellenberg, Zoe Jane‐Lara Hildon, et al.. (2014). Thermal care for newborn babies in rural southern Tanzania: a mixed-method study of barriers, facilitators and potential for behaviour change. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14(1). 267–267. 39 indexed citations

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Penfold, Suzanne, Donat Shamba, Claudia Hanson, et al.. (2013). Staff experiences of providing maternity services in rural southern Tanzania – a focus on equipment, drug and supply issues. BMC Health Services Research. 13(1). 61–61. 82 indexed citations

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