Background
Dr Mangesho holds an MA in Medical Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Dar es Salaam and a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cape Town. He has over 17 years of experience in health research. He has participated in different projects as a PI and Co-PI on HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, Ebola, and Covid-19, Health Systems improvements and clinical trials participation experiences, as well as research on the histories of medical research institutes.
Mangesho's recent research has been on the social, economic and cultural aspects of antimicrobial resistance and zoonoses in at-risk communities by applying social anthropological tools within a One Health framework. Current research is in the Social History of Antimicrobial Formal and informal circulations with a focus on regulation development in Tanzania, aiming at addressing antimicrobial resistance. The latter is part of the FAR project.
Academic interests
- Social Science and antimicrobial use
- Social history and health
- One health research
- Social and cultural aspects of Zoonoses
- East African medical anthropology
- Anthropology and the Environment
Position luck
Principal Research Scientist - National Institute for Medical Research (Tanzania)
Selected Publications
- Shayo, Elizabeth H., Nahya Khamis Nassor, Leonard EG Mboera, Esther Ngadaya, Peter Mangesho , Mtumwa Bakari, Mark Urassa et al. "The impacts of COVID-19 and its policy response on access and utilization of maternal and child health services in Tanzania: a mixed methods study." withRxiv (2023): 2023-01. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.11.23284423
- Caudell, Mark, Peter E. Mangesho , Elibariki R. Mwakapeje, Alejandro Dorado-García, Emmanuel Kabali, Cortney Price, Moses OleNeselle, Tabitha Kimani, and Folorunso O. Fasina. (2022) "Narratives of veterinary drug use in northern Tanzania and consequences for drug stewardship strategies in low-income and middle-income countries." BMJ global health 7, no. 1: e006958. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006958
- Mangesho PE et al (2021) “Knowing is not enough”: A mixed-methods study of antimicrobial resistance knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Maasai pastoralists Front. Know. Sci., 22 March | https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.645851
- Mangesho PE , Caudell MA, Mwakapeje E, OleNesselle M, Kabali E, Obonyo M, Dorado-Garcia A, Valacare A, Kimani T, Price C, Eckford S. (2021) “We are doctors”: Drivers of animal health practices among Maasai pastoralists and implications for antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Volume 188 , 105266: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105266
- Mark A. Caudell, Alejandro Dorado-Garcia, Suzanne Eckford, Chris Creese, Denis K. Byarugaba, Kofi Afakye, Tamara Chansa-Kabali, Folorunso O. Fasina, Emmanuel Kabali, Stella Kiambi, Tabitha Kimani, Geoffrey Mainda, Peter E. Mangesho, et al. (2020) Towards a bottom-up understanding of antimicrobial use and resistance on the farm: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey across livestock systems in five African countries. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0220274. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0220274
- Mangesho PE, Neselle MO, Karimuribo ED, Mlangwa JE, Queenan K, Mboera LEG, et al. (2017) Exploring local knowledge and perceptions on zoonoses among pastoralists in northern and eastern Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(2): e0005345. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005345
- Kevin Queenan, Peter Mangesho , Moses Ole Neselle, Esron Karimuribo, Mark Rweyemamu, Richard Kock, Barbara Häsler (2017) Using local language syndromic terminology in participatory epidemiology: Lessons for One Health practitioners among the Maasai of Ngorongoro, Tanzania Preventive veterinary medicine Volume 139 , Part A , Pp: 42–49 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.02.003