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Are hospital-based Emergency Medical Services effective and efficient; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2010
brief
Health Research

Background: Effective Emergency Medical Services (EMS) aim to provide timely care for medical emergencies, including pre-hospital care, transfer, and in-hospital treatment. A well-coordinated, designed, and locally appropriate system is crucial …

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How can Community Health Workers be used to empower communities; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2010
brief
Health Research

Background: Community empowerment enables people to increase control over their lives and decisions, implying ownership and action towards social and developmental change. Effective empowerment strategies build on authentic participation, autonomy …

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How safe is the practice of Reflexology; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2010
brief
Health Research

Background: Reflexology is a therapeutic method of relieving pain by stimulating predefined pressure points on the feet and hands. While its popularity has increased, the safety of reflexology has not …

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What are the best methods for involving patients in health system decision-making in Uganda; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2010
brief
Health Research

Background: The involvement of patients and the community in health care is widely acknowledged for its potential to improve the availability and relevance of health services and to promote participative …

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What are the effects and guidelines of mass immunization of health workers against Hepatitis B; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2010
brief
Health Research

Background: Hepatitis B is a major global occupational health hazard, with healthcare workers having a higher prevalence of HBV infection than the general population. Vaccination is recommended to reduce the …

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What does policy implementation monitoring entail; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2010
brief
Health Research

Background:Monitoring is essential for policymakers, government officials, development managers, and civil society to learn from past experiences, improve service delivery and plan and allocate resources. In addition, it helps to …

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What is the appropriate malaria treatment for a low-income endemic country like Uganda; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2010
brief
Health Research

Background: The treatment of malaria in endemic, low-income countries is complicated by increasing resistance to anti-malarial medicines and challenges in accessing these medicines. The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued …

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What should be included in an optimal package of interventions to prevent the spread of HIV and manage HIV/AIDS; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2010
brief
Health Research

Background: HIV/AIDS prevention and management requires a multi-pronged approach, including clinical and public health interventions.Rapid Response Question: What should be included in an optimal package of interventions to prevent the …

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Are herbal photolarvicides efficient and safe to use in vector management; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2011
brief
Health Research

Background: The resurgence of interest in larvicides for vector control, particularly in combating malaria, is driven by research demonstrating their effectiveness in reducing mosquito populations and malaria infection rates. Recent …

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Can decentralization of health services improve health service delivery in Uganda; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2011
brief
Health Research

Background: Many developing countries face challenges in providing quality and equitable healthcare, especially to marginalized populations. Decentralization, a political reform aimed at reducing central influence and increasing local autonomy, has …

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NICOV : a model to analyse impact of nutritional status and immunity on COVID-19
Hussain Zakir, Borah Malaya Dutta
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

A few months back there was no medication and vaccine for COVID-19. Yet, most of the infected people got recovered. A very small portion of the infected people could not …

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Prevalence and Genotypic Characterization of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Uropathogens Isolated from Refugees with Urinary Tract Infections in Nakivale Refugee Settlement camp, Southwestern Uganda
Hussein A.A., Kassaza K., Mwesigye J., Mwamibi B., Kabanda T., Bazira J.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: World Health Organization approximates that one in four individuals have had at least one UTI episode requiring treatment with an antimicrobial agent by the teen age. At Nakivale refugee …

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More Sustainable Systems Through Consolidation? The Changing Landscape of Rural Drinking Water Service Delivery in Uganda
Huston A, Gaskin S, Moriarty P, Watsisi M
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

The drinking water services sector in Uganda is in the early stages of a nationally planned transition; it aims to move from a paradigm based on community managed point sources …

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National policy development for cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia: the relationship between Context, Evidence and Links
Hoskins S, Phiri S, Hutchinson E, Parkhurst J, Gibb DM, Chishinga N, Droti B
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Several frameworks have been constructed to analyse the factors which influence and shape the uptake of evidence into policy processes in resource poor settings, yet empirical analyses of health …

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Translating evidence into policy in low-income countries: Lessons from co-trimoxazole preventive therapy
Hoskins S, Phiri S, Hutchinson E, Parkhurst J, Chishinga N, Droti B, Gibb D
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

In the April 2010 issue of this journal, Date et al. expressed concern over the slow scale-up in low-income settings oftwo therapies for the prevention of opportunistic infections in people …

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'It puts life in us and we feel big': shifts in the local health care system during the introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria into drug shops in Uganda
Nabirye C, Kayendeke M, Magnussen P, Mbonye A, Clarke S, Lal S, Hutchinson E, Chandler C, Kizito J
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

This paper is an analysis of the social interaction between drug sellers, their clients and local health care workers within a medical trial that introduced rapid diagnostic tests for malaria …

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EFFECTIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF A COLLABORATIVE IMPROVEMENT METHOD TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF ROUTINE MALARIA SURVEILLANCE DATA IN KAYUNGA DISTRICT, UGANDA
et al, Hutchinson E., Nabirye C., Naiga S., Staedke S., Westercamp N., Centers for Disease Control, Prevention U. S. A.
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: Improving malaria surveillance data quality in Africa is a priority. We evaluated the effect of collaborative improvement method (CIM), an innovative quality improvement method, to increase malaria …

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Introducing rapid tests for malaria into the retail sector: what are the unintended consequences?
Nabirye C, Kayendeke M, Chandler CIR, Magnussen P, Clarke SE, Mbonye A, Lal S, Hutchinson E, Hutchison C, Hansen K
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

The observation that many people in Africa seek care for febrile illness in the retail sector has led to a number of public health initiatives to try to improve the …

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Data value and care value in the practice of health systems: A case study in Uganda
Nabirye C, Nayiga S, Staedke SG, Hutchinson E, Taaka L
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

In anthropology, interest in how values are created, maintained and changed has been reinvigorated. In this case study, we draw on this literature to interrogate concerns about the relationship between …

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Life in the buffer zone: Social relations and surplus health workers in Uganda?s medicines retail sector
Clarke SE, Mbonye A, Hutchinson E, Mundua S, Ochero L
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

In many countries, when health systems are examined from the bottom up medicine sellers emerge as critical actors providing care and access to commodities. Despite this, these actors are for …

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