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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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A systematic review of global surgery partnerships and a proposed framework for sustainability
Jedrzejko N., Margolick J., Nguyen J.H., Ding M., Kisa P., Ball-Banting E., Hameed M., Joos E.
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Building surgical capacity through global surgery partnerships (GSPs) between high and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is a rising global health focus. Our aim was to conduct a systematic …

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Trends in cervical cancer incidence in sub-Saharan Africa
Liu BY, Korir A, Parkin DM, Jedy-Agba E, Joko WY, Buziba NG, Borok M, Masamba L, Manraj SS, Finesse A and others...
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods Trends in the incidence of cervical cancer …

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Associations with HIV testing in Uganda: an analysis of the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling database 2003-2012
Ouma J, Valadez JJ, Jeffery C, Beckworth C, Hadden WC, Lwanga SK
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Beginning in 2003, Uganda used Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) to assist district managers collect and use data to improve their human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS program. Uganda's LQAS-database (2003-2012) covers …

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A 24-year-old Woman from Uganda with Fever and Shock: Filoviral Diseases
Jeffs B
2015
Book, Chapter
Health Research

IntroductionThis case report discusses a 24-year-old woman from Uganda presenting with a severe febrile illness and shock, following the recent death of her husband from a similar illness. The case …

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Assessing Acceptability of a Diagnostic and Malaria Treatment Package Delivered by Community Health Workers in Malaria-Endemic Settings of Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Uganda
Ajayi IO, Nsungwa-Sabiiti J, Siribie M, Falade CO, Serme L, Afonne C, Sanou AK, Oshiname FO, Jegede AS
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background. The efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and rectal artesunate for severe malaria in children is proven. However, acceptability of a package of interventions that included use of malaria …

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Vulnerability assessment tools for infectious threats and antimicrobial resistance: A scoping review protocol
Kutalek R, Jeleff M, Lehner L, Giles-Vernick T, Dückers M L.A, Napier A D, Jirovsky E
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

Introduction This protocol will guide and explain theworking process of a systematic scoping review onvulnerability assessment tools in the field of infectiousdisease outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)crises. The scoping review …

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Mental health and the development agenda in sub-Saharan Africa
Jenkins Rachel, Kauye Felix, Baingana Florence, Kiima David, Belkin Gary, Mayeya John, Borowitz Michael, Mbatia Joseph, Daly Anthony, Tyson Stewart and others...
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

This article synthesizes the views of participants in two roundtables that were convened in Nairobi (March 2007) and London (July 2008) to identify key challenges to the prioritization of mental …

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The Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC) in the Mbale Region of Uganda
Jenkins D., Gateri C., Nakayenza A.
2010
Conference Proceedings
Health Research
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The Riddle of Malnutrition : The Long Arc of Biomedical and Public Health Interventions in Uganda
Jennifer Tappan
2017
Book, Whole
Health Research

More than ten million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition globally each year. In Uganda, longstanding efforts to understand, treat, and then prevent the condition initially served to medicalize it, …

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Effect of savings-led economic empowerment on HIV preventive practices among orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda: Results from the Suubi-Maka randomized experiment
Nabunya P, Jennings L, Ssewamala F M
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Improving economic resources of impoverished youth may alter intentions to engage in sexual riskbehaviors by motivating positive future planning to avoid HIV risk and by altering economiccontexts contributing to HIV …

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