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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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Potential Roles of Mhealth for Community Health Workers: Formative Research With End Users in Uganda and Mozambique
Kallander K, InSCALE Study Grp, Thondoo M, Strachan DL, Nakirunda M, Ndima S, Muiambo A, Hill Z
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Community health workers are reemerging as an essential component of health systems in low-income countries. However, there are concerns that unless they are adequately supported, their motivation and performance …

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Valuing the work of unpaid community health workers and exploring the incentives to volunteering in rural Africa
Vassall A, inSCALE Study Grp, Kasteng F, Kallander K, Settumba S
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Community health worker (CHW) programmes are currently being scaled-up in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to healthcare. CHWs are often volunteers; from an economic perspective, this raises considerations whether reliance …

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Low prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii lung colonization in Ugandan HIV-infected patients hospitalized with non-Pneumocystis pneumonia
Worodria W, den Boon S, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, Yoo SD, Huang L, Int HIV-Associated Opportunistic, Taylor SM, Meshnick SR, Andama A and others...
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

Pneumocystis jirovecii is an important opportunistic infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. In the developed world, P. jirovecii epidemiology is marked by frequent colonization in immunosuppressed patients, but …

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Procalcitonin predicts mortality in HIV-infected Ugandan adults with lower respiratory tract infections
Worodria W, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, Huang L, Int HIV Assoc Opportunistic Pneumo, Tokman S, Barnett CF, Jarlsberg LG, Taub PR, Den Boon S and others...
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background and objectiveIn low and middle-income countries where HIV infection is prevalent, identifying patients at high risk of dying from lower respiratory tract infections is challenging and validated prognostic models …

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List of occupational diseases (revised 2010): Identification and recognition of occupational diseases: Criteria for incorporating diseases in the ILO list of occupational diseases (OSH 74)
International Labour Office
2010
Book, Whole
Health Research

The new list includes a range of internationally recognized occupational diseases, from illnesses caused by chemical, physical and biological agents to respiratory and skin diseases, musculoskeletal disorders and occupational cancer. …

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Investments in Children: Evidence from Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia
Children Save the
Generic
Health Research

Children and youth form the bulk of the population globally. This is even more the case in developing countries including Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia as covered under this study. There …

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Affordable HIV drug-resistance testing for monitoring of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa
Ondoa P., Hamers R. L., Inzaule S. C., Peter T., Mugyenyi P. N., Stevens W. S., de Wit T. F. R.
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Increased provision of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa has led to a growing number of patients with therapy failure and acquired drug-resistant HIV, driving the demand for more costly further …

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Correction: Long-Term Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence in HIV-Infected Adolescents and Adults in Uganda: A Qualitative Study
Kityo Cissy, Rinke de Wit Tobias F., Inzaule Seth C., Hamers Raph L., Roura Maria
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Previous antiretroviral drug use compromises standard first-line HIV therapy and is mediated through drug-resistance
Ondoa Pascale, Rinke de Wit Tobias F., Inzaule Seth C., Hamers Raph L., Kityo Cissy M., Siwale Margaret, Akanmu Alani Sulaimon, Wellington Maureen, de Jager Marleen, Ive Prudence and others...
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: In ART programs in sub-Saharan Africa, a growing proportion of HIV-infected persons initiating first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) have a history of prior antiretroviral drug use (PAU). We assessed …

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Primary resistance to integrase strand transfer inhibitors in patients infected with diverse HIV-1 subtypes in sub-Saharan Africa
de Wit TFR, Inzaule SC, Hamers RL, Noguera-Julian M, Casadella M, Parera M, Paredes R
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and patterns of major and accessory resistance mutations associated with integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs), across diverse HIV-1 subtypes in sub-Saharan Africa.Methods: pol gene sequences …

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