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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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Selection of sustainable sanitation technologies for urban slums - A case of Bwaise III in Kampala, Uganda
Kansiime F, Katukiza AY, Ronteltap M, Oleja A, Niwagaba CB, Lens PNL
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Provision of sanitation solutions in the world s urban slums is extremely challenging due to lack of money space access and sense of ownership This paper presents a technology selection …

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Genomic copy concentrations of selected waterborne viruses in a slum environment in Kampala, Uganda
Katukiza AY, Lens PNL, Temanu H, Chung JW, Foppen JWA
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

The presence of viruses in a slum environment where sanitation is poor is a major concern. However, little is known of their occurrence and genomic copy concentration in the slum …

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Sanitation in Unsewered Urban Poor Areas: Technology Section, Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment and Grey Water Treatment
Katukiza Alex Yasoni
2013
Dissertation
Health Research

The sanitation crisis in unsewered urban slums of cities in developing countries is one of the challenges that need to be addressed. It is caused by the high rate of …

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Quantification of microbial risks to human health caused by waterborne viruses and bacteria in an urban slum
Katukiza AY, Ronteltap M, Lens PNL, Foppen JWA, van der Steen P
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Aims To determine the magnitude of microbial risks from waterborne viruses and bacteria in Bwaise III in Kampala (Uganda), a typical slum in Sub-Saharan Africa.Methods and Results A quantitative microbial …

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Health-related quality of life among patients with ovarian cancer at Mulago Hospital, Uganda
Kaye DK, Katumba J, Obore S
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective: Most patients with ovarian cancer are diagnosed when the disease is at an advanced stage. The symptoms and the surgery-induced loss of sexual and reproductive function have an impact …

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Reassessment of helminth infections in gulu municipality nothern uganda after the twenty years of insurgency: Using three diagonostic methods to compare their sensitivity
Katungi A, Redeker S, Kiiza P, Ocaka J, Van Goor A, Polderman A M, Lyazi I, Odongo-Aginya E I
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: During the period of insurgency there were several internally displacepeople camps all over the Northern Uganda. People who lived within ten kilometersfrom Gulu Municipality were forced to evacuate their …

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LLIN EVALUATION IN UGANDA PROJECT (LLINEUP) - IMPACT OF LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDAL NETS WITH AND WITHOUT, PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE ON MALARIA INDICATORS IN UGANDA: A CLUSTER-RANDOMIZED TRIAL
Dorsey G., Kamya M. R., Gonahasa S., Katureebe A., Maiteki-Sebuguzi C. et al, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration Kampala Uganda
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) that combine pyrethroids with piperonyl butoxide (PBO) are a promising new tool to reduce the impact of pyrethroid resistance on malaria control. The …

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Developing and Validating an Effective Pediatric and Adolescent HIV Testing Eligibility Screening Tool for High-Volume Entry Points in Uganda
Kekitiinwa A, Kazooba P, Katureebe C, Ashburn K, Machekano R, Gill MM, Gross J, Kiyonga A, Taasi G, Adler M and others...
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Introduction: Because of low pediatric HIV prevalence, more tests are needed to find 1 HIV-positive child compared with adults. In Uganda, the number needed to test (NNT) to find 1 …

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Navigating the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Workplace â the Experience of Uganda's Formal (Public and Private) Sector
Katusabe E.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Introduction: Uganda has not been spared by the global challenges of the C19 Pandemic, but responses dictated by Governments with WHO guidance focus on Individual and collective actions but not …

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A CASE OF PALATAL PERFORATION CAUSED BY TOXOPLASMOSIS
Kambugu A, Ocama P, Katusiime C
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

We describe the case of a 35-year-old HIV-positive man seen at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda, with a 2-week history of palatal perforation.

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