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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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Use of Chest Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of COVID-19: A WHO Rapid Advice Guide
Akl E.A., Blazic I., Yaacoub S., Frija G., Chou R., Appiah J.A., Fatehi M., Flor N., Hitti E., Jafri H. and others...
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

The World Health Organization (WHO) undertook the development of a rapid guide on the use of chest imaging in the diagnosis and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The rapid …

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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
Aknin LB, Barrington-Leigh CP, Dunn EW, Helliwell JF, Burns J, Biswas-Diener R, Kemeza I, Nyende P, Ashton-James CE, Norton MI
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: Human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). In …

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Getting closer to people: Family planning provision by drug shops in Uganda
Akol A, Chin-Quee D, Wamala-Mucheri P, Namwebya J H, Mercer S J, Stanback J
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

ABSTRACTBackground: Private-sector drug shops are often the first point of health care in sub-Saharan Africa. Training andsupporting drug shop and pharmacy staff to provide a wide range of contraceptive methods …

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Health managers' views on the status of national and decentralized health systems for child and adolescent mental health in Uganda: a qualitative study
Akol A, Engebretsen IMS, Skylstad V, Nalugya J, Ndeezi G, Tumwine J
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Robust health systems are required for the promotion of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH). In low and middle income countries such as Uganda neuropsychiatric illness in childhood and …

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"We are like co-wives": Traditional healers' views on collaborating with the formal Child and Adolescent Mental Health System in Uganda
Babirye JN, Akol A, Engebretsen IMS, Moland KM
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Early identification and management of mental illness in childhood and adolescence helps to avert debilitating mental illness in adulthood but the attention given to Child and Adolescent Mental Health …

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Maternal plasma soluble fins-like tyrosine kinase-1 and free vascular endothelial growth factor at 11 to 13 weeks of gestation in preeclampsia
Akolekar R, de Cruz J, Foidart JM, Munaut C, Nicolaides KH
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective To investigate the maternal plasma concentration of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFIt-1) and free Vascular endothelial growth factor (free-VEGF) at 11 to 13 weeks of gestation in patients destined …

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Stillbirth in the African Great Lakes region: A pooled analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys
Agho KE, Akombi BJ, Ghimire PR, Renzaho AM
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to estimate the rate and predisposing factors associated with stillbirth in the African Great Lakes region (Burundi, Congo Democratic Republic, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and …

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The Protective Effect of Topical Rifamycin Treatment against Sternal Wound Infection in Diabetic Patients Undergoing on-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery : Cardiovascular Topic
Akpek Mahmut, Aygun Fatih, Kaya Mehmet G, Keser Ahmet, Kuzgun Ahmet, Ulucan Seref
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect of topical rifamycin SV treatment against sternal wound infection (SWI) in diabetic patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass …

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Bibliometric analysis of sub-Saharan African and US authorship in publications about sub-Saharan Africa funded by the Fogarty International Center, 2008â2020
Akudinobi Ezinne A, Kilmarx Peter H
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundAuthorship and author order have been used as one measure to characterise equity in research partnerships. First and last (senior) authorships often denote scientific merit as well as potential for …

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Do anti-malarials in Africa meet quality standards? the market penetration of non quality-assured artemisinin combination therapy in eight African countries
Kyomuhangi I, Hanson K, Goodman C, Kaula H, Buyungo P, Thompson R, Akulayi L, Alum A, Andrada A, Archer J and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundQuality of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is important for ensuring malaria parasite clearance and protecting the efficacy of artemisinin-based therapies. The extent to which non quality-assured ACT (non-QAACT), or those …

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