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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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Risk of major depressive disorder among older persons living in HIV-endemic central and southwestern Uganda
Seeley J, Kinyanda E, Mugisha J, Baisley K, Kuteesa M, Scholten F
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is projected to become the second most common cause of disability by 2020 calling for a better understanding its antecedents across the lifespan and in diverse …

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Incidence and Persistence of Major Depressive Disorder Among People Living with HIV in Uganda
Levin J, Nakasujja N, Nakku J, Kinyanda E, Mpango R, Birabwa H, Patel V, Seedat S, Weiss HA, Grosskurth H and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

Data on the course of major depressive disorder (MDD) among people living with HIV (PLWH) are needed to inform refinement of screening and interventions for MDD. This paper describes the …

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Major depressive disorder and suicidality in early HIV infection and its association with risk factors and negative outcomes as seen in semi-urban and rural Uganda
Levin J, Nakasujja N, Kinyanda E, Mpango R, Birabwa H, Patel V, Seedat S, Grosskurth H
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

Introduction:: There is a paucity of research into the psychiatric problems associated with early stage HIV clinical disease in sub-Saharan Africa.Methods: A cross sectional study was undertaken among 899 adult …

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Major Depressive Disorder: Longitudinal Analysis of Impact on Clinical and Behavioral Outcomes in Uganda
Levin J, Nakasujja N, Nakku J, Kinyanda E, Mpango R, Birabwa H, Patel V, Seedat S, Grosskurth H, Shahmanesh M and others...
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: There is still wide variability in HIV disease course and other HIV-related outcomes, attributable in part to psychosocial factors such as major depressive disorder (MDD), a subject that has …

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Rates, types and co-occurrence of emotional and behavioural disorders among perinatally HIV-infected youth in Uganda: the CHAKA study
Levin J, Nakasujja N, Abbo C, Musisi S, Kinyanda E, Patel V, Seedat S, Araya R, Salisbury TT, Mpango RS and others...
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

PurposeTo describe the rates, types and comorbidity of emotional and behavioural disorders among perinatally HIV-infected children and adolescents attending care at five HIV youth clinics in Central and Southwestern Uganda.Methods1339 …

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Major Depressive Disorder Among HIV Infected Youth in Uganda: Incidence, Persistence and Their Predictors
Levin J, Nakasujja N, Abbo C, Musisi S, Kinyanda E, Patel V, Seedat S, Araya R, Salisbury TT, Mpango RS and others...
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Incidence and persistence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in children and adolescents with HIV (CA-HIV) in Uganda is described. 1339 CA-HIV attending care were enrolled and followed up for 12 …

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Prevalence and risk factors of depression in childhood and adolescence as seen in four districts of North-Eastern Uganda
Abbo Catherine, Levin Jonathan, KinyandaEugene, Kizza Ruth, Ndyanabangi Sheila
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND:<BR>Millions of African children are having to grow up under harsh and adverse psychosocial conditions but it's not fully understood how this negative psychosocial environment is affecting their …

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Splenomegaly of unknown etiology in Congolese refugees applying for resettlement to the United States â Uganda, 2015
Goers M., Ope M.O., Samuels A., Gitu N., Akandwanaho S., Nabwami G., Nyoka R., Cetron M.S., Dalal W., Conroy A.L. and others...
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017
Abdelalim A., Abdollahi M., Abdollahpour I., Abegaz K.H., Abolhassani H., Abreu L.G., Abrigo M.R.M., Abushouk A.I., Adabi M., Adekanmbi V. and others...
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children under …

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SPLENOMEGALY IN CONGOLESE REFUGEES APPLYING FOR RESETTLEMENT FROM UGANDA TO THE UNITED STATES
Goers M., Samuels A., Gitu N., Akandwanaho S., Ope M., et al, University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residenc U. S. A.
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: In 2014, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported a high number of United States (US)-bound Congolese refugees from Uganda with splenomegaly of unknown etiology. In March …

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