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Rapid Response Briefs (69)

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Dimensions of reintegration of Covid-19 survivors and suspects into their communities; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

BackgroundRe-settling in communities for Covid-19 survivors and their contacts following release from isolation facilities might be particularly challenging. Due to the enormous fear Covid-19 has caused in communities, returning individuals …

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Effective communication strategies during COVID-19 outbreak; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

BackgroundPolicy and decision makers in Uganda are cognisant of the importance of effective communication from the responsible authorities in the prevention and control of an outbreak, as a lack of …

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Forming partnerships between Health Management Organisations and public health service providers; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:A private partner has built a health facility in a district in Uganda and intends to operate a Health Management Organization model of health care delivery. However, the facility is …

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How facilities can adequately prepare to provide safe spaces and management for the elderly during the Covid-19 pandemic in LMIC; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background: Elderly population accounts for a big percentage of severe Covid-19 cases and deaths worldwide. Despite Uganda reporting 44 cases as of 1st April 2020 with no fatality, MoH is …

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Impact of Acting District Health Officers on Health Services Delivery within their Respective Jurisidictions; A Case for Advocacy; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:The staffing norms for the districts in Uganda require that each district has a District Health Officer (DHO) who is a qualified medical docor with additional training in â¦â¦. However, …

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Integration of Health Services Delivery for the Elderly within the Existing Structures; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:The Ministry of Health is drafting a policy that aims at integrating health services delivery for people above 60 years within the existing delivery structures in Uganda. To inform their …

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Results-Based Financing in low and middle-income countries; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:There are on-going efforts within the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Uganda to actively scale up results-based financing (RBF) and improve health system performance by aligning investments to system performance. …

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Safety Considerations for Standard Operating Procedures for Places of Worship during the COVID-19 pandemi; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:There have been several outcries from believers and leaders of religious sects in Uganda for the government to allow places of worship to reopen to the public describing them as …

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Strengthening district laboratory systems: Scaling up the response for the COVID-19 outbreak in Uganda; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:Probable cases of Covid-19 with in districts have to be refered or transported to designated facilities to collect samples amidst an on-going country wide lockdown. This is increasingly becoming a …

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Strengthening Health promotion and prevention structures at the districts; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:The Ministry of Health recently issued guidance to districts to increase health promotion and prevention expenditure in the primary health care grant from 10% to 30%. However, districts note several …

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DIABETES MELLITUS: CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING CARE AND ASSISTANCE TO THE ELDERLY
Guedes Batista Morganna, de Araújo Melo Roberta Kellé, Aurília Ferreira Macêdo Maximino Danielle, Emanuel Silva Paulo, Rufino de Lucena Adriana Lira, Francis Leal Vieira Kay
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective: investigating the characteristics of nursing care provided to diabetic elderly. Method: adescriptive, exploratory study with a quantitative approach, performed in a Basic Family Unit in SantaRita/Paraiba with 30 diabetic …

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Intermediate vaginal flora is associated with HIV prevalence as strongly as bacterial vaginosis in a cross-sectional study of participants screened for a randomised controlled trial
Guedou FA, Van Damme L, Mirembe F, Solomon S, Becker M, Deese J, Crucitti T, Alary M
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective The authors analysed data from female sex workers screened prior to participation in a microbicide trial to examine the association between prevalent vaginal flora abnormalities and HIV infection, with …

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Implementation and operational feasibility of SAMBA I HIV-1 semi-quantitative viral load testing at the point-of-care in rural settings in Malawi and Uganda
Balkan S, Gueguen M, Nicholas S, Poulet E, Schramm B, Szumilin E, Wolters L, Wapling J, Ajule E, Rakesh A and others...
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective We monitored a large-scale implementation of the Simple Amplification-Based Assay semi-quantitative viral load test for HIV-1 version I (SAMBA I Viral Load = SAMBA I VL) within Medecins Sans …

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Banana Leaves As an Alternative Wound Dressing
Guenova E, Hoetzenecker W, Kisuze G, Teske A, Heeg P, Voykov B, Hoetzenecker K, Schippert W, Moehrle M
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background There is a need for cheap and efficacious wound dressings in developing countries. Banana leaves have been described as an excellent, inexpensive, easily available dressing material in tropical countries. …

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Pediatric Cerebral Malaria
Guenther G., Muller D., Moyo D., Postels D.
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Purpose of Review: Malaria is the most important parasitic disease of humankind. Cerebral malaria is malariaâs deadliest clinical manifestation and has a profound public health impact in endemic areas. In …

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Does disability increase households' health financial risk: evidence from the Uganda demographic and health survey
Guets W, Behera DK
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background In the last few years, there has been a worldwide commitment to protect the vulnerable individuals from higher financial risk through out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditure. This study examines the …

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Comportements sexuels chez les adolescents en Afrique sub-Saharienne: l'exemple du Burkina Faso, du Ghana, du Malawi et de l'Ouganda
Guiella Georges
2012
Dissertation
Health Research

Adolescent girls and boys represent key segments of the population for the future in all societies across the world. The readiness of these young people to assume adult roles and …

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Evaluation du succès implantaire chez les patients avec antécédents de maladies parodontales: revue systématique
Guirassy Mouhamadou Lamine, Kane Aboubacar Sidiki Thissé, Diarra Abdouaziz, Mobio Gnaba Samson, Boussehain Mariam, Benoist Henri Michel
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

INTRODUCTION: Une série de facteurs de risque a été reliée au développement de la maladie péri-implantaire, parmi lesquels: la mauvaise hygiène orale, le diabète, le tabagisme et l'antécédent de parodontites. …

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Novel activities by ebolavirus and marburgvirus interferon antagonists revealed using a standardized in vitro reporter system
Albarino CG, Towner JS, Guito JC, Chakrabarti AK
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

Filoviruses are highly lethal in humans and nonhuman primates, likely due to potent antagonism of host interferon (IFN) responses early in infection. Filoviral protein VP35 is implicated as the major …

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A bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 research in Africa
Guleid F.H., Oyando R., Kabia E., Mumbi A., Akech S., Barasa E.
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research
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