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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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Tracing Makerere Universityâs 100 yearsâ contribution to lung science/medicine
Worodria W., Mayanja-Kizza H., Walusimbi S., Kirenga B.J., Nidoi J., Muttamba W., Lalitha R., Yoo S., Imoko J., Kawuma J.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Dear Editor, African Health Sciences Journal, This year, 2022, Makerere University will be celebrating 100 years of existence. As current lung science/medicine experts, we felt it as important to trace …

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National health research systems in the WHO African Region: current status and the way forward
KirigiaJoses Muthuri, Ota Martin Okechukwu, Motari Marion, Bataringaya Juliet Evelyn, Mouhouelo Pascal
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND:<BR>A number of resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the WHO Regional Committee for Africa call upon African countries and their development partners to make the required …

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The in vitro antimycobacterial activity of medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) to treat tuberculosis in the Lake Victoria basin in Uganda
Kirimuhuzya Claude Bunalema, Lydia Tabuti, John R.S. Kakudidi K, Esezah Orodho John Magadula Jangu, Joseph Otieno, Nicholas Paul,
2011
Conference Proceedings
Health Research
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Using Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex Whole Genomes and Blood Biomarkers to Study Tuberculosis Transmission
kirimunda Samuel
2020
Dissertation
Health Research

Background: There were over 10.0 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the world in 2018, a number that has been relatively stable in recent years. The burden of the disease …

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Variation in the Human Leukocyte Antigen system and risk for endemic Burkitt lymphoma in northern Uganda
Joloba M, Reynolds SJ, Otim I, Nabalende H, Legason ID, Ogwang MD, Goedert JJ, Bhatia K, Mbulaiteye SM, Kirimunda S and others...
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is an aggressive childhood B-cell lymphoma associated with Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections. Variation in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) system is …

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Prevalence, short term outcome and factors associated with survival in patients suffering from upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a resource limited-setting, the case of Mulago hospital in Kampala, Uganda
Ocama P, Quinlan J, Kagimu M, Mutyaba I, Kiringa SK
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common cause of admission and death in the gastroenterology service. The prevalence, risk factors and the case fatality rate of UGIB may differ …

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Response to anti-tuberculosis treatment by people over age 60 in Kampala, Uganda
Byaruhanga R, Kimuli D, Kasozi S, Birabwa E, Kirirabwa NS, DeJene S, Nanziri C, Okello DA, Suarez PG, Lukoye D
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

While old age is a known risk factor for developing active tuberculosis (TB), studies on TB in the population aged 60 years and older (considered elderly in this study) are …

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A four-year trend in pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis case detection in Kampala-Uganda
Byaruhanga R, Kimuli D, Kasozi S, Kirirabwa NS, Nanziri C, Okello DA, Lukoye D, Sama D, Ntudhu S
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundThe management and control of pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed (PBC) tuberculosis (TB) also known as infectious TB is important not only to monitor for resistance but also to check for severity, …

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Health, Human Capital, and Behavior Change: Essays in Development Microeconomics
Kirk Angeli Elise
2016
Dissertation
Health Research

This dissertation combines three empirical studies of household behaviors as they relate to investment in health and human capital in developing countries. The first explores how changes in children's nutrition …

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Composition of Household Income and Child Nutrition Outcomes Evidence from Uganda
Kirk A, Kilic T, Carletto C
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

This study targets the empirical space between cross-country analyses exploring links between income and nutrition without insights on micro-level determinants, and relevant microeconomic studies hindered by small sample size and/or …

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