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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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Does the Narrative About the Use of Evidence in Priority Setting Vary Across Health Programs Within the Health Sector: A Case Study of 6 Programs in a Low-Income National Healthcare System
Kapiriri L
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundThere is a growing body of literature on evidence-informed priority setting. However, the literature on the use of evidence when setting healthcare priorities in low-income countries (LICs), tends to treat …

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Salient stakeholders: Using the salience stakeholder model to assess stakeholdersâ influence in healthcare priority setting
Kapiriri L, Razavi D S
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Stakeholders play an important role in health priority setting, and their roles have been discussed in the literature, mainly in relationship to their power. An emerging body of literature is …

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96:oralâEquity, justice, and social values in priority setting: a qualitative study of resource allocation criteria for global donor organizations working in low-income countries
Kapiriri Lydia, Razavi S Donya, Razavi Donya
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundThere is increasing acceptance of the importance of social values like equity and fairness in health care priority setting (PS). However, equity is difficult to define; it means different things …

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A framework to support the integration of priority setting in the preparedness, alert, control and evaluation stages of a disease pandemic
Bwire G., Kapiriri L., Essue B., Nouvet E., Kiwanuka S., Sengooba F., Reeleder D.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

The COVID-19 pandemic, where the need-resource gap has necessitated decision makers in some contexts to ration access to life-saving interventions, has demonstrated the critical need for systematic and fair priority …

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Priority setting and equity in COVID-19 pandemic plans: a comparative analysis of 18 African countries
Kapiriri L., Nouvet E., Kiwanuka S., Biemba G., Velez C., Razavi S.D., Abelson J., Essue B.M., Danis M., Goold S. and others...
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Priority setting represents an even bigger challenge during public health emergencies than routine times. This is because such emergencies compete with routine programmes for the available health resources, strain health …

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Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the setting of three different chemopreventive regimens
Achan J, Mwangwa F, Kamya M, Dorsey G, Bigira V, Kapisi J, Soremekun S, Kinara S, Clark T
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: The burden of malaria remains high for children in parts of Africa despite the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs). Chemoprevention has the potential of reducing the malaria burden; …

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ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MEASURE OF MALARIA DURING PREGNANCY AND ADVERSE BIRTH OUTCOMES
et al, Kakuru A., Natureeba P., Kapisi J. A., Muhindo M., Nayebare P., Makerere University College of Health Sciences Kampala Uganda
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: Malaria in pregnancy is associated with maternal morbidity, placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes. However, data are limited on the relationships between longitudinal measure of malaria during …

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Relationships between infection with Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy, measures of placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes NCT02163447 NCT
Kakuru A, Natureeba P, Dorsey G, Olwoch P, Kamya M R, Ategeka J, Jagannathan P, Clark T D, Nakalembe M, Muhindo M K and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundMalaria in pregnancy has been associated with maternal morbidity, placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes. However, data are limited on the relationships between longitudinal measures of malaria during pregnancy, measures …

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Relationships between infection with Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy, measures of placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes
Kamya Moses R., Kakuru Abel, Jagannathan Prasanna, Nakalembe Miriam, Clark Tamara D., Dorsey Grant, Muhindo Mary K., Havlir Diane V., KapisiJames, Natureeba Paul and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND:<BR>Malaria in pregnancy has been associated with maternal morbidity, placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes. However, data are limited on the relationships between longitudinal measures of malaria during …

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RE: Severe mental illness at ART initiation is associated with worse retention in care among HIV-infected Ugandan adults by JM Nachega et al. (2013), TMIH 18, pp 53-57
Kapoor S
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Dear Sirs,We thank Shailendra Kapoor for his commentary onour publication titled âSevere mental illness atantiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is associated withworse retention in HIV care among Ugandan adultsâ(Nachega et al. …

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