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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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LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND: How to include Crisis-Affected Populations in the Generation Equality Action Coalition on Gender-Based Violence; POSITION PAPER
IRC
2020
Generic
Health Research
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FROM EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT: RETHINKING CHILD HEALTH
IRC
2021
Generic
Health Research
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ONE YEAR ON: The state of refugee inclusion in the World Bank s response to COVID-19
IRC
2021
Generic
Health Research
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Ending the hunger crisis: Response, recovery and resilience
IRC
2021
Generic
Health Research
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When We Know Nothing Recommendations for Ethical Research and Learning with and for LGBTQI People in Humanitarian Settings
IRC
2021
Generic
Health Research

There is a dearth of rigorous and ethical research to inform the policies and programs of humanitarian actors, and significant gaps remain in evidence on how to safely, ethically, and …

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DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
IRC
2021
Generic
Health Research
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Pneumonia in HIV-exposed and Infected Children and Association With Malnutrition
Kiwanuka J, Kumbakumba E, Kabakyenga J, Iroh Tam P.-Y, Wiens M O, Moschovis P P
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

We evaluated the association between HIV exposed-uninfected (HEU) status, malnutrition and risk of death in Ugandan children hospitalized with pneumonia. Both HIV exposure and infection were associated with lower anthropometric …

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Spatial analysis of construction accidents in Kampala, Uganda
Irumba R
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Construction work is one of the leading sources of occupational injuries and fatalities in Uganda. This paper set out to investigate the causes of construction accidents in Kampala, Uganda using …

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I Gave My Child Life but I Also Gave Her Death
Irving A
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

The capacity for a complex inner lifeencompassing inner speech, imaginative reverie and unarticulated moodsis an essential feature of living with illness and a principal means through which people interpret, understand …

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Is cohabitation as a form of union formation a licence to intimate partner physical violence in Uganda?
Wandera SO, Lwanga C, Kalule-Sabiti I, Fuseini K, Mangombe K, Maniragaba F
Journal, Article
Health Research

The study examined the argument that cohabitation as a form of union increases physical violence victimization among women. The study's aim was to assess the association between physical violence and …

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