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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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Increasing levels of pretreatment HIV drug resistance and safety concerns for dolutegravir use in women of reproductive age
Kaleebu P., Inzaule S. C., Jordan M. R., Cournil A., Vitoria M., Ravasi G., Cham F., Le L. V., Dzangare J., Hamunime N. and others...
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

Use of dolutegravir-based first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in response to rising levels of pretreatment HIV drug resistance (PDR) to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) may be limited, given safety concerns …

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High levels of resistance to nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors in newly diagnosed antiretroviral treatment-naive children in sub-Saharan Africa
Kaleebu P., Eshleman S.H., Hunt G., Dzangare J., Bertagnolio S., Inzaule S.C., Jordan M.R., Bello G., Wadonda-Kabondo N., Mounerou S. and others...
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

: Exposure of infants to antiretroviral drugs for prevention of mother-to-child transmission can induce resistance to nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). Data from nine national surveys of pretreatment drug resistance …

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The relative contributions of HIV drug resistance, nonadherence and low-level viremia to viremic episodes on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa
Ondoa P., Hamers R.L., Sigaloff K.C.E., Siwale M., Mandaliya K., Ive P., Wellington M., Bertagnolio S., Inzaule S.C., Rinke de Wit T.F. and others...
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

INTRODUCTION: To achieve viral suppression among more than 90% of people on antiretroviral therapy (ART), improved understanding is warranted of the modifiable causes of HIV viremic episodes. We assessed the …

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Non-randomised Ebola trials: lessons for optimal outbreak research
Ioannidis John P. A., Ippolito Giuseppe, Lanini Simone, Brouqui Philippe, Di Caro Antonino, Vairo Francesco, Fusco Francesco Maria, Krishna Sanjeev, Capobianchi Maria Rosaria, Kyobe-Bosa Henry and others...
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Effect of Dynamic Meditation on Mental Health
Iqbal Naved, Singh Archana, Aleem Sheema
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research
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"Those who died are the ones that are cured". Walking the political tightrope of Nodding Syndrome in northern Uganda: Emerging challenges for research and policy
Rujumba J, Idro R, Mwaka AD, Irani J, Arach J, Lanyuru D, Gerrets R, Grietens KP, O'Neill S
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundNodding Syndrome was first reported from Tanzania in the 1960s but appeared as an epidemic in Northern Uganda in the 1990s during the LRA civil war. It is characterized by …

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'There Were Moments We Wished She Could Just Die': The Highly Gendered Burden of Nodding Syndrome in Northern Uganda
Rujumba J, Colebunders R, Idro R, Mwaka AD, Irani J, Arach J, Lanyuru D, Gerrets R, Grietens KP, O'Neill S
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Nodding Syndrome (NS) occurs within a wide spectrum of epilepsies seen in onchocerciasis endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa. It has debilitating consequences on affected individuals and increases the socio-economic, physical …

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Comparison of the PIPAS severity score tool and the QSOFA criteria for predicting in-hospital mortality of peritonitis in a tertiary hospital in Uganda: a prospective cohort study
Makumbi T, Iranya RN, Mbiine R, Semulimi AW, Nasige J, Galukande M
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background The majority of the prognostic scoring tools for peritonitis are impractical in low resource settings because they are complex while others are quite costly. The quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure …

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Anterior and distal tunnel orientation for anatomic reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament is safer in patients with open growth plates
Irarrázaval S., Besa P., Fernández F., Fernández T., Tuca M., Lira M.J., Orrego M.
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

PURPOSE: In patients with open growth plates, the direction of tunneling that avoids distal femoral physis (DFP) damage in anatomic reconstructions of the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) has been a …

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