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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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Blood transfer devices for malaria rapid diagnostic tests: evaluation of accuracy, safety and ease of use
Hopkins H, Oyibo W, Luchavez J, Mationg ML, Asiimwe C, Albertini A, Gonzalez IJ, Gatton ML, Bell D
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are increasingly used by remote health personnel with minimal training in laboratory techniques. RDTs must, therefore, be as simple, safe and reliable as possible. …

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Highly sensitive detection of malaria parasitemia in a malaria-endemic setting: Performance of a new loop-mediated isothermal amplification kit in a remote clinic in Uganda
Hopkins H, Asiimwe C, Bell D, González I J, Polley S D, Angutoko P, Ategeka J, Agaba B, Kyabayinze D J, Sutherland C J and others...
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background. Current malaria diagnostic tests, including microscopy and antigen-detecting rapid tests, cannotreliably detect low-density infections. Molecular methods such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are highly sensitive but remain too complex …

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Impact of introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on antibiotic prescribing: analysis of observational and randomised studies in public and private healthcare settings
Goodman C, Staedke SG, Chandler CIR, Owusu-Agyei S, Hansen KS, Magnussen P, Clarke SE, Yeung S, Lal S, Webster J and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

OBJECTIVESTo examine the impact of use of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on prescribing of antimicrobials, specifically antibiotics, for acute febrile illness in Africa and Asia.DESIGNAnalysis of nine preselected linked …

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Hopkins et al (J Infect Dis 2013; 208:645â52)
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

A correction to the article "Highly sensitive detection of malaria parasitemia in an endemic setting: Performance of a new LAMP kit in a remote clinic in Uganda" that was published …

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Delivery practices, hygiene, birth attendance and neonatal infections in Karamoja, Uganda: a community-based study
Hopp LJ
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Drawing attention to home birth conditions and subsequent neonatal infections is a key starting point to reducing neonatal morbidity which are a main cause of mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.Objectives: …

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Field Studies in Pathology and Health Monitoring
Hopper J., Kalema-Zikusoka G., Sente C., Jaffe J.
2017
Book, Chapter
Health Research
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Are some Women More at Risk of Obstetric Fistula in Uganda? Evidence from the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey
Hoque N, Sagna M. L, Sunil T
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

With only four years left for the Millennium Development Goal's 2015 deadline for reducing poor maternal health outcomes; developing countries are still bearing a huge burden of maternal morbidity worldwide. …

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Transnational connections of health professionals: medicoscapes and assisted reproduction in Ghana and Uganda
Horbst V, Gerrits T
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives. Based on our comparative fieldwork in two private fertility clinics in Accra (Ghana) and Kampala (Uganda), we explore the transnational mobility of providers involved in assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) …

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Public Health and Social Justice: Forging the Links
Horn L
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

The purpose of this article is to explore the concept and scope of public health and to argue that particularly in low income contexts; where social injustice and poverty often …

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