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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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The building blocks of community health systems: A systems framework for the design, implementation and evaluation of iCCM programs and community-based interventions
Karim A., De Savigny D., Awor P., Cobos Muñoz D., Mäusezahl D., Kitoto Tshefu A., Ngaima J.S., Enebeli U., Isiguzo C., Nsona H. and others...
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Introduction Almost all sub-Saharan African countries have adopted some form of integrated community case management (iCCM) to reduce child mortality, a strategy targeting common childhood diseases in hard-to-reach communities. These …

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Designing Public Health Supply Chains: Towards Improving Health Commodity Availability in Developing Countries
Karimi Amir
2020
Dissertation
Health Research

In developing countries, significant resource constraints (e.g., funding and human resource limitations) hamper the effective delivery of health commodities from upstream suppliers to the last-mile, leading to supply chain failures …

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Extended families and perceived caregiver support to AIDS orphans in Rakai district of Uganda
Ssewamala FM, Ismayilova L, Karimli L
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

Purpose: To understand the role of extended family in responding to problems of AID-orphaned children and adolescents in Uganda, the study examines who are the primary caregivers of AIDS-orphaned children …

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Financial asset accumulation by poor adolescents participating in child savings accounts in low resource communities in Uganda
Karimli Leyla
2014
Dissertation
Health Research

This dissertation examined savings attitudes and financial asset accumulation of poor and vulnerable school-going AIDS-orphaned adolescents involved in a subsidized matched child savings program in Uganda and being cared for …

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Do savings mediate changes in adolescents' future orientation and health-related outcomes? findings from randomized experiment in Uganda
Karimli L, Ssewamala F M
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

PurposeâThis present study tests the proposition that an economic strengthening interventionfor families caring for AIDS-orphaned adolescents would positively affect adolescent futureorientation and psychosocial outcomes through increased asset-accumulation (in this case, …

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Poverty, economic strengthening, and mental health among AIDS orphaned children in Uganda: Mediation model in a randomized clinical trial
Ssewamala FM, Neilands TB, Karimli L, Wells CR, Bermudez LG
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

Some evidence points to the positive effects of asset accumulation programs on mental health of children living in low-resource contexts. However, no evidence exists as to why and how such …

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Electroencephalographic features of convulsive epilepsy in Africa: A multicentre study of prevalence, pattern and associated factors
Newton Charles R., Kakooza-Mwesige Angelina, Ngugi Anthony K., Wagner Ryan G., Masanja Honorati, Kariuki Symon M., White Steven, Chengo Eddie, Ae-Ngibise Kenneth A., Sander Josemir W. and others...
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective: We investigated the prevalence and pattern of electroencephalographic (EEG) features of epilepsy and the associated factors in Africans with active convulsive epilepsy (ACE). Methods: We characterized electroencephalographic features and …

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Threatened child health through lack of immunization: Identification of risk groups in Uganda
Karlsen Klaus
1995
Dissertation
Health Research

Despite the great success of the worldwide Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), there are still 2 million third world children who die every year from the vaccine-preventable diseases. While the …

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Evaluating the value proposition for improving vaccine thermostability to increase vaccine impact in low and middle-income countries
Karp C.L., Lans D., Esparza J., Edson E.B., Owen K.E., Wilson C.B., Heaton P.M., Levine O.S., Rao R.
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research
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'I am the master key that opens and locks': Presentation and application of a conceptual framework for women's and girls' empowerment in reproductive health
Makumbi F, Kibira SPS, Karp C, Wood SN, Galadanci H, Omoluabi E, Shiferaw S, Seme A, Tsui A, Moreau C
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Rationale: A renewed focus on women's and girls' empowerment in the era of Sustainable Development Goals reflects the belief that empowerment is central to health and development. Sexual and reproductive …

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