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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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References (4020)

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Clinical supervision for clinical psychology students in Uganda: an initial qualitative exploration
Hall J, Kasujja R, Oakes P
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Burn out in clinical psychologists working in low income countries has been reported. Clinical supervisory structures do not yet exist in Uganda. A way to decrease levels of burn …

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Exploring Tuberculosis Genetics: Resistance to infection, progression to active disease, host genetics and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages within a household contact study in Kampala, Uganda
Hall Noemi Borsay
2016
Dissertation
Health Research

Pulmonary tuberculosis disease (TB), caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a major public health threat globally, with a high burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, we explored …

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Ethionamide-Induced Hypothyroidism in Children
Hallbauer U. M, Schaaf H. S
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Ethionamide is a second-line anti-tuberculosis drug used in the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Hypothyroidism is reported to be a rare adverse effect. A retrospective descriptive study was done of all …

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Comparison of capillary and venous parasitemia measurements in clinical trials of malaria in Ugandan children, adults, and pregnant women (CPCV)
Hamadu Musleehat
2014
Dissertation
Health Research

Malaria is mesoendemic in Uganda; with an entomological inoculation rate (EIR) estimated at 562 infective bites per person year (PPY), Tororo, a rural district located in Eastern Uganda, is one …

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Improving healthcare: A guide to roll-out best practices
Ham-Baloyi W.T., Minnie K., van der Walt C.
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Best practices comprise recent, relevant, and helpful nursing practices, methods, interventions, procedures or techniques based on high-quality evidence. Best practices should be implemented to improve individual patientsâ health outcomes …

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African and Asian Zika virus strains differentially induce early antiviral responses in primary human astrocytes
Hamel R, Ferraris P, Wichit S, Diop F, Talignani L, Pompon J, Garcia D, Liegeois F, Sall AA, Yssel H and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

ZIKA virus (ZIKV) is a newly emerging arbovirus. Since its discovery 60 years ago in Uganda, it has spread throughout the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, emphasizing the capacity …

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Global threat from drug resistant HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
Kityo Cissy, Hamers Raph, Lange Joep M. A., Rinke de Wit Tobias F., Mugyenyi Peter
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

The article reports on the rising rate of HIV drug resistance and its public health implications in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the development of drug resistance was worsened by …

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Patterns of HIV-1 drug resistance after first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) failure in 6 sub-saharan african countries: Implications for second-line ART strategies
Kityo C., Hamers R.L., Sigaloff K.C.E., Wensing A.M., Wallis C.L., Siwale M., Mandaliya K., Ive P., Botes M.E., Wellington M. and others...
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Availability of Therapies and Services for Parkinson's Disease in Africa: A Continent-Wide Survey
Hamid E., Ayele B.A., Massi D.G., Ben Sassi S., Tibar H., Djonga E.E., El-Sadig S.M., Amer El Khedoud W., Razafimahefa J., Kouame-Assouan A.E. and others...
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: The growing burden of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Africa necessitates the identification of available therapies and services to improve patient care. Objective: To investigate the availability, affordability, frequency of …

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Evaluating the impact of targeting livestock for the prevention of human and animal trypanosomiasis, at village level, in districts newly affected with T-b. rhodesiense in Uganda
Bardosh KL, Picozzi K, Waiswa C, Welburn SC, Hamill L, Fyfe J, von Wissmann B, Wastling S, Wardrop N, Selby R and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Uganda has suffered from a series of epidemics of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), a tsetse transmitted disease, also known as sleeping sickness. The area affected by acute Trypanosoma brucei …

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